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If you are talking about the main menu entries you could just edit the xoops_version.php in the news module folder and replace these lines:
// Menu
$modversion['hasMain'] = 1;
$modversion['sub'][1]['name'] = _MI_NEWS_SMNAME1;
$modversion['sub'][1]['url'] = "submit.php";
$modversion['sub'][2]['name'] = _MI_NEWS_SMNAME2;
$modversion['sub'][2]['url'] = "archive.php";
by something like
// Menu
$modversion['hasMain'] = 1;
[b][color=FF3333]//[/color][/b]$modversion['sub'][1]['name']= _MI_NEWS_SMNAME1;
[b][color=FF3333]//[/color][/b]$modversion['sub'][1]['url']= "submit.php";
$modversion['sub'][[b][color=FF3333]1[/color][/b]]['name'] = _MI_NEWS_SMNAME2;
$modversion['sub'][[b][color=FF3333]1[/color][/b]]['url'] = "archive.php";
But this would make it invisible to everyone so you would need to have some kind of custom menu like iMenu for example where you could setup a block or menu point which is only visible for your authorized group with a link to submit.php
This should do the trick.
(Don´t forget to update the module)
Someone pointed me to this on the german forum some time ago ... think it was frankblack but i am not sure anymore and can´t find the original posting now.
Well which way ever - a big thanks to both of you! 
