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Written by Ann Garrison
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 04:07 |
From "The Telegraph," Calcutta, India
05/20//2008, Guwahati, India
"Guwahati, May 19: A little learning, it is said, is a dangerous thing. That’s what happened to a policeman and his colleagues who balked at the idea of touching a sealed packet supposedly containing a cake of radioactive uranium.
When the team from Shantipur police station in Karbi Anglong caught four youths with the wax-sealed box, they were certain it was a “big catch”. Otherwise why would someone take so much precaution?
When an army team broke open the box and suspected it could be uranium, the jubilation vanished.
So scared was one officer that he even refused to carry the substance to the forensic laboratory in Guwahati since his son, who is a student of science, had warned him about the hazards of uranium radiation."
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Written by Ann Garrison
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Sunday, 18 May 2008 14:23 |
05/15/2008 Algonquin Nation, Ontario Canada, Robert Lovelace beings Hunger Strike for good faith negotiations in uranium mining dispute
"Jailed Algonquin Leader Begins Hunger Strike
Second Algonquin Chief Going to Jail - McGuinty Government Does Nothing
On February 15, 2008 Ardoch Algonquin First Nation (AAFN) Spokesperson Robert Lovelace was sentenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Kingston to 6 months in maximum security, plus crippling fines, for peacefully protesting uranium mining in the Ardoch homeland. Chief Paula Sherman was fined $15,000 and given until today to pay the fine, failing which she will be jailed."
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Written by Brigitte Weidlich Windhoek
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Sunday, 18 May 2008 13:43 |
04/07/2008, "Namibia: The Price of Uranium Mining: a Namibian Desert Scarred by Pipelines," from "The Namibian," posted to All Africa.com
"The water requirements of at least 12 new uranium mines by 2015 will come to about 53 million cubic metres, compared to a total water supply of 67 million cubic metres presently provided by NamWater to all its customers countrywide."
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Written by Ann Garrison
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Saturday, 17 May 2008 23:27 |
05/17/2008, Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Uranium Mining in Colorado
Colorodans against resource destruction holding town hall meeting in Eaton to discuss uranium mining.
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Written by Ann Garrison
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Saturday, 17 May 2008 20:58 |
04/24/2008, British Columbia bans uranium exploration
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Written by Ann Garrison
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Saturday, 17 May 2008 20:50 |
Uranium mining boom in the Grand Canyon
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Written by Ann Garrison
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Friday, 16 May 2008 18:00 |
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05/14/2008, New Brunswick Environmentalists Say Ban Uranium Mining
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080514.wnburanium0514/BNStory/National/home
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Written by Ann Garrison
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Friday, 16 May 2008 17:50 |
Bancroft Uranium Negotiates with Canadian First Nations near Gooderham, Ontario.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0396680.htm
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