ATTENTION FOCUSES ON IRAN IN BUSH-ALIYEV TALKS

Traprock Homepage http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav041106b.shtml EURASIA INSIGHT ATTENTION FOCUSES ON IRAN IN BUSH-ALIYEV TALKS Rovshan Ismayilov 4/11/06 Print this article Email this article An upcoming meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and US President George W. Bush is fuelling speculation about what role Azerbaijan may play in the conflict between Iran, its neighbour to the south, and… Continue reading ATTENTION FOCUSES ON IRAN IN BUSH-ALIYEV TALKS

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US Study Paints Somber Portrait of Iraqi Discord

Traprock Homepage http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/world/middleeast/09report.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 U.S. Study Paints Somber Portrait of Iraqi Discord New York Times By ERIC SCHMITT and EDWARD WONG Published: April 9, 2006 WASHINGTON, April 8 — An internal staff report by the United States Embassy and the military command in Baghdad provides a sobering province-by-province snapshot of Iraq’s political, economic and security situation,… Continue reading US Study Paints Somber Portrait of Iraqi Discord

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US nuke attack could kill over 100,000

Traprock Homepage http://www.ucsusa.org/news/commentary/administrations-nuclear.html Union of Concerned Scientists April 11, 2006 Administration’s Nuclear Saber Rattling on Iran Threatens Global Security Statement by Dr. Kurt Gottfried, Chairman, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Emeritus Professor of Physics, Cornell University Buttefly Links in nuclear weapons Nuclear Bunker Buster (RNEP) Animation offsite National Academy of Sciences report (PDF) “Recent reports… Continue reading US nuke attack could kill over 100,000

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Is “Balkans syndrome” caused by DU?

Traprock Homepage http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2006/April_10/4.html Official Italian report shows rise in tumours among Balkan troops BBC Monitoring Europe April 10, 2006 Text of report by Marco Nese, entitled “The Defence Ministry’s Report: 158 Cases of Tumours Among the Soldiers in the Balkans” report by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera website on 5 April; subheadings as published Rome:… Continue reading Is “Balkans syndrome” caused by DU?

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Military Fantasies on Iran

Traprock Homepage http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/11/opinion/11tue1.html April 11, 2006 Editorial Military Fantasies on Iran Iraq shows just how badly things can go wrong when an administration rashly embraces simple military solutions to complicated problems, shutting its ears to military and intelligence professionals who turn out to be tragically prescient. That lesson has yet to be absorbed by the… Continue reading Military Fantasies on Iran

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Native Americans Want ‘Bunker Buster’ Test Stopped

Traprock Homepage Published on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 by OneWorld.net http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/130687/1/ Native Americans Want ‘Bunker Buster’ Test Stopped by Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS – Native Americans want U.S. authorities to cancel plans to detonate 700 tons of explosives on what they say is tribal land in Nevada. The planned explosion, scheduled for June 2 some… Continue reading Native Americans Want ‘Bunker Buster’ Test Stopped

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Study may help slay ‘Yellow Monster’

Traprock Homepage http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/nau-smh040606.php Public release date: 6-Apr-2006 Contact: Lisa Nelson Lisa.Nelson@nau.edu 928-523-6123 Northern Arizona University Study may help slay ‘Yellow Monster’ Research pioneers understanding of uranium toxicity Northern Arizona University biochemist Diane Stearns, top, working with student researchers like Hertha Woody, has discovered that uranium damages DNA as a heavy metal, independent of its radioactive… Continue reading Study may help slay ‘Yellow Monster’

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18 student sweatshop protesters arrested in sit-in at California Hall

Traprock Homepage http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/04/ 11_sweatshop.shtml 18 sweatshop protesters arrested in sit-in at California Hall From Public Affairs | 11 April 2006 BERKELEY – Eighteen students who said they want the University of California to adopt new policies for companies that manufacturer collegiate apparel were cited for trespassing when they rushed into UC Berkeley’s California Hall at… Continue reading 18 student sweatshop protesters arrested in sit-in at California Hall

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New research on uranium’s effect on DNA supports concerns about US uranium weapons

Traprock Homepage http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060410-112636-2102r New research on uranium’s effect on DNA FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., April 10 (UPI) — A Northern Arizona University biochemist and her students report that uranium can damage DNA as a heavy metal independent of its radioactive properties. Their research has enormous implications for the study of depleted uranium as a component in military… Continue reading New research on uranium’s effect on DNA supports concerns about US uranium weapons

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