Yes, indeed, didn't think of that. There are some "reserverd" names you can't use. Bbesides "new" those are "page" and "pages" and of course all possible folders within your Zenphoto installation).
Of course if you don't use Zenpage you can also remove the related rewrite rules.But you will have to redo that with every update naturally.
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I think the following rewrite rule on .htaccess file.
#### Rewrite additions for zenpage
RewriteRule ^news/?$ index.php?p=news [L,QSA]
Although I don't use zenpage, but to prevent further issue, I rename the album from news to press.
http://www.hkgimages.com/pic/press/
Thanks for the hints
Of course if you don't use Zenpage you can also remove the related rewrite rules.But you will have to redo that with every update naturally.