From nymhm at lists.artsandmedia.net Wed Jul 4 11:04:35 2007 From: nymhm at lists.artsandmedia.net (nymhm@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Wed Jul 4 11:06:29 2007 Subject: NYMHM: Photo-free NYC; Mogadishu backlash; Russia's Thirst for oil Message-ID: ============================================================================= NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * July 4, 2007 * Vol. 6, No. 27 Important but overlooked news from around the world. NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Online this week: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004316.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml - Donations: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTED: "Our goal is to help the Philippines. Killing the JI, that's our mission." -- U.S. Pacific Command Admiral Timothy Keating, on military cooperation with the Philippines (see "War & Terrorism," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* Photo-free NYC Backlash brewing in Mogadishu Poverty is a plague for Africa's children *Labor & Economy* Minimum wage remains elusive *Petroleum Politics* Russia's thirst for oil *War & Terrorism* Al Qaeda spreads ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORIES ............................................................................. > Photo-Free NYC A post-9/11 requirement that tourists and other casual photographers get a permit before taking pictures in New York City has the ACLU claiming a First Amendment violation. The city's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcast proposed the new rules, which would "require City-issued permits and proof of insurance for any person using a handheld ..." GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004317.html > Backlash Brewing in Mogadishu Mogadishu's transitional government, backed by Ethiopian troops, is credited with pushing out the hard-line Union of Islamic Courts. But residents say the new mayor's harsh tactics have made life even more unbearable than before. More than 1,500 government critics have been detained, many without charges, the Los Angeles Times reports. Longtime "squatters shopkeepers" have been violently ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004318.html > Poverty is a Plague for Africa's Children A gangrenous and disfiguring affliction of the face called noma is surging among impoverished, malnourished children in West Africa, and now appears to infecting HIV-positive adults as well. Aid workers told the U.N. news agency that the disease is not transmitted, and could be prevented with improved ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004319.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABOR & ECONOMY ............................................................................. > Minimum Wage An Elusive Promise South Africa introduced its first-ever minimum wage July 1 in a bid to improve the state of its hospitality industry, and public image, ahead of its turn as World Cup host in 2010. But even having a minimum wage law on the books doesn't mean it will be enforced. In New York City, a study has found that thousands of New service-industry workers aren't earning ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004321.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PETROLEUM POLITICS ............................................................................. > Russia's Thirst for Oil Russia has been single-minded in ensuring its hegemony over oil rights and delivery throughout Eastern Europe, and now seeks to edge out its American competitors in providing oil to Western Europe as well, say analysts. Vladimir Putin shocked observers by announcing a plan to annex a 460,000 square mile chunk of oil-rich ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004322.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAR & TERRORISM ............................................................................. > Al Qaeda Spreads Even as Al Qaeda sympathizers in the United Kingdom make headlines, the terrorist group has seen affiliates taking root in other countries. In Algeria, officers arrested 13 minors, some as young as 12, and dismantled a terrorist training camp near Algiers in early June. The young soldiers were members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, an outlawed group that calls itself the "North African branch" of ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004323.html ============================================================================= Editors: Julia Scott, Josh Wilson ............................................................................. SUPPORT PUBLIC-SERVICE MEDIA Newsdesk.org and News You Might Have Missed are commercial-free, and available at no charge. We welcome your tax-deductible contributions: https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?id=695 ............................................................................. 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NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Online this week: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004325.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml - Donations: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTED: "We're aging, and there's little time left. We request the court mediate and seek a settlement through direct negotiations." -- Excerpt from a letter sent by Japanese plaintiffs seeking an expedited settlement to an air pollution lawsuit that has dragged on for 11 years (see "Environment II: Pollution & Health," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* The two burials of Kamal Jalil Uthman Schwarzenegger: on the wings of charity Big boom in Baghdad home shares *War & Terrorism* Armenia & Azerbaijan: A war without end *Environment I: Conservation* It's not easy being green *Environment II: Pollution & Health* Asia's plague of cars ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORIES ............................................................................. > The Two Burials of Kamal Jalil Uthman U.S. military officials took credit for killing a top al Qaeda leader -- twice. After a recent announcement that Kamal Jalil Uthman, the leader of al Qaeda terrorists in Mosul and a "very dangerous terrorist," was killed in a raid last month, a reporter from the Examiner noticed that the military had already taken credit for killing Uthman last ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004326.html > Schwarzenegger: On the Wings of Charity Government watchdogs are concerned that a shadowy nonprofit that finances Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's lavish international trips may also allow special interests to donate big bucks to the governor in return for political favors -- and all without any public ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004327.html > Big Boom in Baghdad Home Shares Sunnis in the south of Baghdad, and Shias in the north, have been forced out of their homes as their neighborhoods came under control of militants of another sect. Rather than flee the country, however, their solution has been to swap homes with a Sunni or Shia family in the same situation ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004328.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAR & TERRORISM ............................................................................. > Azerbaijan and Armenia: War Without End The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that killed 30,000 people and created one million refugees supposedly ended 13 years ago with a ceasefire in 1994 -- but the countries are still at war over Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory in ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004329.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENT I: CONSERVATION ............................................................................. > It's Not Easy Being Green If some aspects of "green" marketing and technology sometimes sound too good to be true, that's because they are. Kansas rushed E10, an ethanol/gasoline blend, into gas stations after its ozone levels violated the Clean Air Act. But officials are having second thoughts after learning ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004330.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENT II: POLLUTION & HEALTH ............................................................................. > Asia's Plague of Cars In spite of Asia's renown for producing the most advanced, gas-efficient cars on the planet, the growing popularity of car travel in China, Japan, Vietnam and their neighbors has led to serious air pollution and heath effects. Pollution kills 750,000 people in China every year, according to previously unreleased ... 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NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Online this week: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004333.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml - Donations: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTED: "What is ironic is that at the same time lawmakers were crowing about no earmarks this year, they were surreptitiously drowning agency heads in funding requests." -- Government watchdog Steve Ellis says Democrats in Congress didn't go easy on the pork after all (see "Top Stories," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* A Mexican drug sting bites back Abu Ghraib: the tip of the iceberg? Democratic Congress: No skimping on the pork *War & Terrorism* Iraqi fatalities on the rise amid checkpoints, eye scans *Law & Justice* Joseph Koney: Wanted for war crimes, betting on settlement *Environment & Health* Bottled water revolt gathers steam ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORIES ............................................................................. > Mexican Drug Sting Bites Back A drug bust that netted $205 million gave Mexican President Felipe Calderon bragging rights back in March, but has since turned into a PR nightmare. Zhenli Ye Gon, a Chinese immigrant and Mexican national, was accused of importing tons of methamphetamine ingredients, but turned the tables by claiming that the money was actually illegal campaign cash, and that Calderon's operatives threatened to ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004334.html > Abu Ghraib: The Tip of the Iceberg? An exhaustive series of interviews with 50 Iraq war veterans by two reporters with the liberal news magazine The Nation reveals that attacks on innocent civilians are much more common than U.S. media suggest. They tell stories of living in constant fear of IEDs, and a devolving view of Iraqi civilians who are increasingly treated as "less human than us" ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004338.html > Democratic Congress: No Skimping on the Pork A report from the Center for Investigative Reporting exposes the hypocrisy of Democratic claims that the $463.5-billion spending bill they passed in February was "earmark-free," or free of any specific pork-barrel project money for their home states. But within days of the bill passing, Democrats deluged ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004339.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAR & TERRORISM ............................................................................. > Iraqi Fatalities on the Rise Amid Checkpoints, Eye Scans American checkpoints and database ID programs seek to stem the tide of insurgent attacks ripping through Iraqi society. But the bolstered security programs come at a human cost. U.S. soldiers have killed or wounded 429 Iraqi civilians at checkpoints since June 2006, according to statistics obtained exclusively by McClatchy News Service. The number has risen each month even as more U.S. troops pour into Iraq ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004335.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAW & JUSTICE ............................................................................. > Joseph Kony: Wanted for War Crimes, Betting on a Settlement It was Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni who triggered the indictment of Joseph Kony and other former leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army by the International Criminal Court in 2003. Now Museveni wants the court to drop the charges, to the consternation of the international community. Rather than jeopardize the ongoing peace talks with Kony and his officers, who face 33 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Museveni offered ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004336.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH ............................................................................. > Bottled Water Revolt Gathers Steam Green-minded cities around the world are encouraging residents to trade in their bottled water for tap water, which is often the same thing. The City Council of Ann Arbor, Michigan, passed a resolution banning the use of bottled water at ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004337.html ============================================================================= Editor: Julia Scott, Josh Wilson ............................................................................. SUPPORT PUBLIC-SERVICE MEDIA Newsdesk.org and News You Might Have Missed are commercial-free, and available at no charge. 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NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Online this week: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004341.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml - Donations: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTED: "All of these renewable sources of energy are incredibly invasive and aggressive with regard to nature. Renewables may be renewable, but they are not green." -- Prof. Jesse Ausubel of Rockefeller University, NY, says the industrialization of open space for biofuels and wind farms undermines the benefits of renewable power (see "Energy," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* A farewell to arms Copyright expires on British Invasion Mommy, I got the safe-sex merit badge! *Energy* Green hopes pale as energy appetites grow *Oil Spills* Oil spills are commonplace, decried, and tolerated ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORIES ............................................................................. > A Farewell to Arms Gun sales and stockpiles may be booming worldwide, but in Colombia an unusual ceremony saw the destruction of 13,778 handguns, machine guns, rifles and mortars. The weapons were melted down as part of International Gun Destruction Day ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004342.html > Copyright Expires on Classic Rock The United Kingdom has denied efforts by Paul McCartney and other figures from music history to extend the copyright from 50 to 70 years on their early hits. This includes the Beatles classic ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004343.html > Mommy, I Got the Safe-Sex Merit Badge! The U.K.-based Girl Guides are raising a few eyebrows, and acknowledging the realities of modern life, by initiating a new program of sex education, debt management, and ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004344.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENERGY ............................................................................. > Green Hopes Pale as Energy Appetites Grow As humanity's energy needs only grow, world powers are plumbing the depths of the Arctic Ocean for fossil fuels and making plans to give countless acres of land over to "green" power production, even as average citizens in energy-rich nations rely on the most primitive ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004345.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOCUS: INSIDE THE ISSUES ............................................................................. > Oil Spills Are Commonplace, Decried, and Tolerated Far from isolated mega-catastrophes, such as the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska's Prince William Sound, oil spills occur routinely around the world, causing environmental and economic damage, provoking investigations by regional governments, and often leaving the victims ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004346.html ============================================================================= Editor: Josh Wilson ............................................................................. SUPPORT PUBLIC-SERVICE MEDIA Newsdesk.org and News You Might Have Missed are commercial-free, and available at no charge. 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