NYMHM: French DNA law; a threat to Turkey's Jews?; challenges to U.S. arms trade

Wed Oct 10 13:59:21 PDT 2007

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 NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * October 10, 2007 * Vol. 6, No. 41

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QUOTED: 

   "This is not an immigration law ... it's a nod to National Front
   electors ahead of the municipal elections."

   -- A French editorial cartoon targets a DNA-testing proposal for
   prospective immigrants (see "Top Stories," below).  

CONTENTS:

   *Top Stories*
     Inter-agency spying a U.S. "intelligence nightmare"
     Genocide resolution a threat to Turkey's Jews?
     French DNA bill stirs anti-immigrant fears

   *Refugees*
     Political asylum becomes private detention

   *Arms Race*
     U.S. leads in weapons trade -- for now

   *Crime & Punishment*   
     The world's prison crisis

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 TOP STORIES
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 > Inter-Agency Spying a U.S. "Intelligence Nightmare"

   A Marine at San Diego's Camp Pendleton pleaded guilty to passing
   top secret documents along to L.A. police and counterterrorism
   officers -- but says he did it out of a sense of patriotism.

   Sgt. Gary Maziarz said bureaucracy was preventing military and
   civilian agencies from working together, and spirited more than 
   100 classified documents out of the base and into ...

   GET THE WHOLE STORY:

   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004420.html

 > Genocide Resolution a Threat to Turkey's Jews? 

   Turkey's Foreign Minister issued a cryptically threatening remark
   in response to a non-binding resolution before the U.S. Congress 
   that would declare the World War I killings of Armenians in 
   eastern Anatolia to be genocide. 

   The Turkish government still denies the murders happened on such 
   a large scale, and warned that if the U.S. were to ...

   GET THE WHOLE STORY: 

   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004421.html

 > French DNA Bill Stirs Anti-Immigrant Fears   

   If a French bill becomes law, any immigrant seeking to join 
   relatives in France will have the option of taking a DNA test 
   to prove they are related. 

   The controversial bill is described as voluntary, but opponents 
   say they fear anyone who refuses will be discriminated against 
   when they apply, and that ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004422.html

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 REFUGEES
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 > Political Asylum Becomes Private Detention 

   "Untouchable" refugees -- including the elderly, certain ethnic
   groups, large families, single men and poorly educated 
   individuals -- remain unwelcome in many prospective host 
   countries, according to a new U.N. report. 

   The report notes that even if their asylum claims are justified, 
   refugees from countries like Iraq, Sri Lanka and Somalia face a
   poor reception depending on where they go. 

   Some countries even refuse to allow ocean-traveling refugees to
   disembark when their ships make landfall. Those that are permitted
   entry may be treated no differently than criminals, facing "legal
   limbo" in ... 

   GET THE WHOLE STORY: 

   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004423.html

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 ARMS RACE
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 > U.S. Leads in Weapons Trade -- For Now

   The United States still dominates the global arms trade, but 
   its modus operandi has come under increased scrutiny, even
   as competitors battle for first place. 

   Australia, Britain Japan, and mush of Africa are among 100 
   countries that would like to create a U.N. treaty regulating 
   the arms trade.

   The NRA vehemently opposes the proposal -- which would focus 
   only on arms imports and exports, but which the advocacy group
   perceives as a slippery slide toward ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004424.html

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 CRIME & PUNISHMENT
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 > The World's Prison Crisis

   Overcrowding, poor hygiene and drug addiction aren't just issues 
   that affect U.S. prisons, but extend to those of other regimes 
   worldwide.  

   In Iraq, several prisoners in Interior Ministry facilities have 
   been diagnosed with scabies -- though it's not clear whether the
   problem extends to U.S.-run prisons. The government denies that 
   scabies are a problem, and refuses to accept medication from an 
   Iraqi advocacy group, which is now calling for international 
   intervention. 

   In Zimbabwe, overcrowded prisons -- crammed with 40,000 people, 
   but designed for only 16,000 -- are rife with filth, and have 
   become home to a mass outbreak of ...

   GET THE WHOLE STORY: 

   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004425.html

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Editors: Julia Scott, Josh Wilson
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