NYMHM: Great Firewall of China, Rwanda indictments, Navajo coal

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   NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * April 2, 2008 * Vol. 7, No. 14

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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


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  TOP STORIES
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  > 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


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  MEDIA
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  > '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


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  ENERGY
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  > 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 ...

    GET THE WHOLE STORY:

    http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004603.html


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