From nymhm at lists.artsandmedia.net Wed Apr 2 14:54:26 2008 From: nymhm at lists.artsandmedia.net (nymhm@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Wed Apr 2 15:05:13 2008 Subject: NYMHM: Great Firewall of China, Rwanda indictments, Navajo coal Message-ID: <653ad727ab86af3a224d3e226123dff9@artsandmedia.net> ======================================================================== NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * April 2, 2008 * Vol. 7, No. 14 Important but overlooked news from around the world. NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: "Some people in the west think they own us or have the authority over us. That is why some judge sits in Spain and indicts Kagame. He has no jurisdiction over us, over Rwanda. If I met him today I would tell him to go to hell." -- Rwandan President Paul Kagame, on his indictment over the death of four Spanish medical workers in his country between 1990 and 2005 (see "Top Stories," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* Australian Labor's nuclear powers "Avoidable" Gaza deaths follow medical travel bans Rwandan president disputes Spanish indictments *Media* "The Great Firewall" let's down its guard *Energy* Windmills and foul air in Navajo Nation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORIES ........................................................................ > Australian Labor's Nuclear Powers Firmly established in power, Australia's Labor Party has opted to reinvigorate a plan from the previous government to expand uranium mining. According to The Age, Labor's resources minister, Martin Ferguson, is an "enthusiastic" advocate of the industry, and has reconvened the Uranium Industry Framework, an advisory board appointed by the government of former Prime Minister John Howard of the conservative Liberal Party. Among other things, the advisory panel will undertake a publicity campaign, funded by the uranium industry, to ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004604.html > "Avoidable" Gaza Deaths Follow Medical Travel Bans The World Health Organization said preventable deaths almost doubled in the Gaza Strip between 2006 and 2007, following the Hamas takeover and a corresponding ban by Israel on most cross-border travel. The number of travel permits denied to sick Gazans seeking medical care in Israel more than ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004600.html > Rwandan President Disputes Spanish Indictments A Spanish judge has issued indictments against 40 Rwandan Army officers -- and the nation's president, Paul Kagame -- over the slaying of four Spaniards working for Doctors Without Borders between 1990 and 2002. Kagame was the commanding officer for all 40 officers, and the general of the ultimately ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004601.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MEDIA ........................................................................ > 'The Great Firewall' Lets Down its Guard While China, confronted with violence in Tibet, was shutting down some parts of the Internet, it opened access to one long-unavailable site. The BBC reported last week that, after years of being blocked by Chinese authorities, its English language news Web site was suddenly available to the Chinese public. Under a policy that has been called the "Great Firewall of China," the communist government routinely blocks foreign news sites and other sites that it deems ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004602.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENERGY ........................................................................ > Windmills and Foul Air in Navajo Nation To much environmentalist acclaim, the Navajo Nation has announced plans to create a new wind-power plant on a reservation in Arizona. But Navajo leadership is still trying to win approval for a coal-fired power plant that environmentalists have bitterly opposed. The wind project, a joint venture with Boston's Citizens Energy Corp., would produce ... 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NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004607.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: "We do not want to do anything that the companies feel would be negative in their competitive environment." -- Rhode Island cable TV regulator Eric Palazzo, on his move to keep secret formerly public information about cable companies such as Cox and Verizon (see "Top Stories," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* An investor's guide to presidential candidates Rhode Island: Secrecy affirmed for cable TV The ends of the Internet? *War & Terrorism* Uneasy France steps up to NATO role *Environment & Health* Global warming: Something to sneeze at ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORIES ........................................................................ > An Investor's Guide to Presidential Candidates Pondering a donation to a presidential candidate? Looking for the right choice given the needs of your special-interest group? Friends -- look no further than Opensecrets.org, a data-rich Web site published by the Center for Responsive Politics. Using a handy drop-down menu, the Opensecrets.org provides prospective investors with a quick and easy reference guide to which special interest groups and which candidates are ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004606.html > Rhode Island: Secrecy Affirmed for Cable TV Rhode Island's lead cable TV regulator has agreed to keep secret previously open data about the business operations of the three cable providers in the state. Cox Communications, Verizon Communications and Full Channel TV successfully lobbied the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers to prevent public access to details from their annual reports, including how many customers they have and financial information. The Providence Journal has filed a ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004608.html > The Ends of the Internet? How shall the Internet come to an end? Let us count the ways. GigaOm.com, an online media service focusing on emerging technology, outlined 10 specific ways in which the Internet as we know it could conclude. These include everything from hostile lawyers and the end of net neutrality, to technical problems, such as a hacker- assisted virus that ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004609.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WAR & TERRORISM ........................................................................ > Uneasy France Steps up NATO Role Playing for a larger role in NATO, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said his country will send 700 or more troops to Afghanistan -- but the move has spurred harsh criticism at home. During last week's NATO summit in Bucharest, Sarkozy also said that France will seek a return to the military command structure of NATO, a position it has not held since the 1960s, when then- President Charles de Gaulle pulled out. Socialist opposition leader Jean-Marc Ayrault said the ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004610.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH ........................................................................ > Global Warming: Something to Sneeze at As if deadlier storms, new diseases, compromised agriculture, rising sea levels and endangered polar bears weren't enough to worry about, add hay fever to the list of global warming concerns. Studies show that allergy-related pollens are blooming sooner, for a longer period of time and in greater quantity as the climate warms, according to news reports. "It's an incredibly complicated issue," Dr. Martin Citardi, a specialist at the University of ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004611.html ======================================================================== Editors: Will Crain, Josh Wilson ........................................................................ 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NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004613.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: "The police chief has asked us to stop so we are stopping, but remain peaceful, because soon we will be running this country." -- Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim, who was drummed out of power 10 years ago, speaking at a rally to mark his political return (see "Malaysia," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* King Tobacco, Balkan crime lord Cultivating change in Lebanon Israel: Homelessness spikes for girls *Intolerance* Not your father's hate groups *Malaysia* A political resurrection in Malaysia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORIES ........................................................................ > King Tobacco, Balkan Crime Lord Cigarette counterfeiting and smuggling in the Balkans is one of the primary drivers of crime and corruption in the region, according to a coalition of investigative reporting projects. Bosnia-Herzegovina alone is estimated to lose $200 million each year in tax revenue from tobacco smuggling, a sum that could approach billions worldwide. The Organized Crime & Corruption Reporting Project, with bureaus and partners in Sarajevo, Albania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and else- where, has assembled a massive investigative package on tobacco smuggling, and particularly the involvement of government officials in ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004614.html > Cultivating Change in Lebanon Caught between warring militias and Israeli reprisal, Lebanon's farmers have a hardscrabble life that is only exacerbated by the threat of unexploded munitions littering the fields, forests and mountain slopes. Radio Netherlands reports that support for rural communities is "scant," and blamed a "clannish and corrupt" government of elites for their plight. Enter Rami Zurayk, a professor at the American University in Beirut, whose small aid group Land and People provides ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004615.html > Israel: Teenage Homelessness Spikes for Girls The percentage of homeless teenage girls in Israel jumped from 15 to 25 percent last year, driven by the social stresses of immigration and family discord, the Jerusalem Post reports. The problem includes not just homeless youth, but also teens who "loiter" on the streets, many of whom are from immigrant families whose parents work multiple jobs and are rarely home. Left in charge of their younger siblings by absent parents, the teens take their brothers and sisters with them ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004616.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTOLERANCE ........................................................................ > Not Your Father's Hate Groups A national survey has found the number of active hate groups in the United States has increased by 48 percent since 2000. But the study by Alabama's Southern Poverty Law Center doesn't count just the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazi groups and other usual suspects; it also counts anti-immigration groups and the black nationalist Nation of Islam. "You might be surprised at which group in Greenville is listed as among the 888 hate groups in America," reads the headline on a story from the Delta Democrat Times in Greenville ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004617.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MALAYSIA ........................................................................ > A Political Resurrection in Malaysia Almost 10 years after he was driven out of office by a bizarre series of corruption and sodomy charges, Malaysia's former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim returned to politics this week with a big rally and big plans. Anwar, who like many Malaysians goes by his given name, celebrated the expiration of a five-year ban on political activity with a midnight rally in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital. According to the New Straits Times, 10,000 people showed up to the unauthorized rally Monday night before it was shut down by ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004618.html ======================================================================== Editors: Will Crain, 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004621.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: "This unique population has given us an indication that cell phone use is associated with cancer." -- Dr. Siegal Sadetzki of the University of Tel Aviv, on cell phones and salivary gland tumors (see "Public Health," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* Ghana's oil -- blessing or curse? Broadband: BBC calls for market 'intervention' Yemen steps, uneasy, from past to future *Public Health* Callbacks on the cell phone cancer story *Water* Virtual water and real thirst ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORIES ........................................................................ > Ghana's Oil -- Blessing or Curse? With the discovery that Ghana is sitting atop an estimated three billion barrels of oil, the impoverished West African nation is facing not just a flood of new wealth, but also its potential "undoing." So said President John Kufuor at an extractive industries forum in March. His words echo widespread concerns that the unrelenting poverty and corruption that plagues other African oil nations could easily take hold in Ghana. According to the United Nations news service, Ghanian officials say managing the flow of oil and revenue, expected to kick off in 2010 at 100,000 barrels a day, is the country's greatest challenge since ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004620.html > Broadband: BBC calls for Market 'Intervention' Citing inclusion and civic participation as trumping private profit, the British Broadcasting Corporation is making a case for government "intervention" in the broadband market to ensure universal access to affordable, high-speed Internet services. In doing so, the BBC wades into the increasingly heated waters of the "Net Neutrality" debate. At issue is whether the commercial owners of the telecom networks that propagate the Internet worldwide should be able to influence what is transmitted, and charge ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004622.html > Yemen Steps, Uneasy, From Past to Future The poorest nation in the Middle East is also proving to be one of the most potentially volatile. Yemen -- the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden, bordered by Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea -- is opening up culturally as the Internet and wireless technologies knock down barriers to communication. Yet water shortages, civil war, semi-autonomous tribal militias, drug trafficking, an al Qaeda presence and state-owned media add up to an uncertain future. Most recently, the Yemen Post reported that a Pakistani ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004623.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PUBLIC HEALTH ........................................................................ > Callbacks on the Cell Phone Cancer Story The long running debate over whether cell phones cause cancer is heating up again. The latest round of press came after the release of two studies suggesting a link between cell phone use and cancer, and one that denies such a link altogether. Australia's Dr. Vini Khurana made waves recently with research finding that using cell phones for more than 10 years could more than double the risk of developing malignant ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004624.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WATER ........................................................................ > Virtual Water and Real Thirst The recent hike in the price of food worldwide is usually blamed on the price of oil or the conversion of food crops to biofuels. But a handful of experts have pointed to a simpler cause: a shortage of water. "The two underlying causes of the world food crisis are falling supplies and rising demand on the international market," writes environmental consultant and author Fred Pearce in the London Telegraph. "Why falling supplies? Because of major droughts in Australia, one of the world's big three suppliers, and ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004625.html ======================================================================== Editors: Will Crain, 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 ........................................................................ MANAGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Subscribe, unsubscribe, etc: http://lists.artsandmedia.net/mailman/listinfo/nymhm/ ........................................................................ News You Might Have Missed and Newsdesk.org are free services of Independent Arts & Media: http://artsandmedia.net/ ........................................................................ 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The keynote will be recorded by KQED-FM for broadcast; we'll send that info along as soon as it's available. Meanwhile, due to the heavy workload, this week's NYMHM will be slightly shorter than usual. Thanks much to Will Crain for another stellar batch of topic roundups ... And thank YOU for your readership and support! ======================================================================== NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * April 30, 2008 * Vol. 7, No. 18 Important but overlooked news from around the world. NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004627.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: "Everyone who has looked for pesticide poisoning in birds has found it." -- Biology professor Bridget Stutchbury, on the drastic declines in migratory songbird populations (see "Environment," below). CONTENTS: *Environment* Where have all the songbirds gone? *Agriculture* Look, up in the sky! Urban farming puts down roots ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................ > Where Have all the Songbirds Gone? Songbirds fly thousands of miles to return to the northern hemisphere every spring, just as regularly as the sun comes up every morning. Or, that's how it's supposed to be. But the numbers of migratory birds reaching the northern hemisphere from their winter grounds in the south have ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004629.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................ > Look, up in the Sky! Urban Farming Puts Down Roots Urban farming can be as simple as a backyard vegetable patch or as complicated as a proposed agricultural skyscraper in Las Vegas. Yes, you read that right. NextEnergryNews reports that plans are afoot for a 30-story, $200 million building which will feature crops growing on many of its floors -- and the building will go up in the notoriously environmentally unfriendly city of Las Vegas ... 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