diff --git a/app/models/news.rb b/app/models/news.rb
index 4c4943b7..969b37a0 100644
--- a/app/models/news.rb
+++ b/app/models/news.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# redMine - project management software
-# Copyright (C) 2006  Jean-Philippe Lang
+# Redmine - project management software
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2008  Jean-Philippe Lang
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class News < ActiveRecord::Base
   acts_as_activity_provider :find_options => {:include => [:project, :author]}
   
   # returns latest news for projects visible by user
-  def self.latest(user=nil, count=5)
-    find(:all, :limit => count, :conditions => Project.visible_by(user), :include => [ :author, :project ], :order => "#{News.table_name}.created_on DESC")	
+  def self.latest(user = User.current, count = 5)
+    find(:all, :limit => count, :conditions => Project.allowed_to_condition(user, :view_news), :include => [ :author, :project ], :order => "#{News.table_name}.created_on DESC")	
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/news_test.rb b/test/unit/news_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..527715b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/news_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Redmine - project management software
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2008  Jean-Philippe Lang
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
+
+class NewsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  fixtures :projects, :users, :roles, :members, :enabled_modules, :news
+
+  def setup
+  end
+  
+  def test_should_include_news_for_projects_with_news_enabled
+    project = projects(:projects_001)
+    assert project.enabled_modules.any?{ |em| em.name == 'news' }
+
+    # News.latest should return news from projects_001
+    assert News.latest.any? { |news| news.project == project }
+  end
+  
+  def test_should_not_include_news_for_projects_with_news_disabled
+    # The projects_002 (OnlineStore) doesn't have the news module enabled, use that project for this test
+    project = projects(:projects_002)
+    assert ! project.enabled_modules.any?{ |em| em.name == 'news' }
+
+    # Add a piece of news to the project
+    news = project.news.create(:title => 'Test news', :description => 'This should not be returned by News.latest')
+
+    # News.latest should not return that new piece of news
+    assert News.latest.include?(news) == false
+  end
+  
+  def test_should_only_include_news_from_projects_visibly_to_the_user
+    # users_001 has no memberships so can only get news from public project
+    assert News.latest(users(:users_001)).all? { |news| news.project.is_public? } 
+  end
+  
+  def test_should_limit_the_amount_of_returned_news
+    # Make sure we have a bunch of news stories
+    10.times { projects(:projects_001).news.create(:title => 'Test news', :description => 'Lorem ipsum etc') }
+    assert_equal 2, News.latest(users(:users_002), 2).size
+    assert_equal 6, News.latest(users(:users_002), 6).size
+  end
+
+  def test_should_return_5_news_stories_by_default
+    # Make sure we have a bunch of news stories
+    10.times { projects(:projects_001).news.create(:title => 'Test news', :description => 'Lorem ipsum etc') }
+    assert_equal 5, News.latest(users(:users_004)).size
+  end
+end