NYMHM: Photo-free NYC; Mogadishu backlash; Russia's Thirst for oil

Wed Jul 4 11:04:35 PDT 2007

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 NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * July 4, 2007 * Vol. 6, No. 27

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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

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 TOP STORIES
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 > 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 ...

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   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 ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004319.html 

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 LABOR & ECONOMY
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 > 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 ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004321.html

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 PETROLEUM POLITICS
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 > 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 ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004322.html

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 WAR & TERRORISM
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 > 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  ... 

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004323.html

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Editors: Julia Scott, Josh Wilson
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