Gaza press restrictions imposed

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27 September 2011 Last updated at 11:12 GMT Hamas have governed Gaza alone since the group drove Fatah out of the territory in 2007 New restrictions on foreign journalists working in the Gaza Strip have been introduced by the Hamas authorities.

The Islamist movement which governs the Palestinian territory says journalists must now apply five days in advance in order to work there.

A senior Hamas official told the BBC that there appeared to have been a misunderstanding.

The new rules are not being strictly implemented yet but a BBC correspondent had trouble entering Gaza.

Arriving at Hamas-run passport control just inside Gaza on Tuesday morning, the BBC's Jon Donnison was told he needed permission from the interior ministry to be allowed in.

Permission needed to be applied for five days in advance, he was told.

He managed to get into the enclave after some delay.

Some other foreign reporters said they had also been asked to sign forms saying that if any news items critical of Hamas were published, local Palestinian journalists they work with would be held responsible.

Hamas's Deputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamed said the move was a misunderstanding and he would work to resolve it.

The region's Foreign Press Association has said it is seeking clarification from Hamas.

In the past it has been Israel which has sometimes made it difficult for reporters to get into the blockaded Palestinian territory, our correspondent says.

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San Francisco can pass restrictions of public nudity

Published September 07, 2011| Associated Press

Something could soon come between proud San Francisco nudist and their unusual freedom to all nu.

Walking naked is legal in the city under most circumstances, but a city supervisor concerned about public health and sanitation has introduced legislation Tuesday that would require little inclined to put a cloth or other clothing barriers under their merits when they take a seat in public.

Proposal of the supervisor Scott Wiener would also require nudist to conceal in restaurants.

This "that does," Weiner said the San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/rao7dr), "is demanding that people show some basic courtesy and decency towards their fellow citizens when they are naked".

Wiener represents Castro District the city, where a group of local sections of men identify as "naked guys" are known to strut its stuff, and some residents were tired of uncensored views.

One of the guys, Eric Anderson, said offended by public displays of nudity people must consider why they have problems with the human body.

"To force their conservative views on me not fair," he told the Chronicle sitting on a metal Chair in a place of Castro with a book, a sandwich and a sarong which separates from the seat back.

Captain of Police of San Francisco Greg Corrales said his station fields often complaints about naked guys, but being in the buff is illegal in the city, only if the person shows signs of sexual arousal. In this case, the behavior may be loaded as obscene conduct.

If a member of the public makes a citizen's arrest, police could free a naturist being a public nuisance. But these complaints almost never happen, Corrales said.

Under the proposal of Weiner, refusing to cover a public seat or enter a naked restaurant had to carry a $100 fine for a first offence and a fine for a second offence $ 200 in the year. A third offence would be responsible for an offence punishable by a maximum $1,000 fine and one year of imprisonment.

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