June 26, 2011 - News, Views, Studies and Entertainment on Core Topics

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Southeast Asia

China and Vietnam to ease maritime tensions
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/asia-pacific/2011/06/201162610193480905.html

Thaksin's sister leads polls into Thai vote
http://english.aljazeera.net/video/asia-pacific/2011/06/201162642513553705.html

Cambodia: First hearing ex-Khmer Rouge leaders' trial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13922564

Bangkok University Poll show large Puea Thai lead
http://asiancorrespondent.com/58371/bangkok-university-poll-show-large-puea-thai-lead/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BangkokPundit+%28Bangkok+Pundit%29&utm_content=Google+

Graft Scandals Taking Toll on SBY’s Popularity
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/sbys-public-approval-continues-to-slip/449158



The Muslim World

Proposed Bangladesh Islamic Constitution Angers Ethnic Minorities
http://www.ebangladesh.com/2011/06/26/proposed-bangladesh-islamic-constitution-angers-ethnic-minorities/

Yemen's Saleh to 'appear on TV'
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/2011626201428809641.html

Bomb blasts 'kill 25 in Nigeria'
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/06/201162621858898349.html

Letter from Kabul
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/features/letters-from/letter-from-kabul?page=show

Pakistan expels British trainers of anti-Taliban soldiers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/26/pakistan-expels-trainers-anti-taliban-soldiers

Building Boom in Gaza’s Ruins Belies Misery That Remains
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/world/middleeast/26gaza.html


American Studies

Minority-owned business grew in Louisiana over 5-year period
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/minority-owned_business_grew_i.html

This is no time for a return to racism in Texas
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/news_columnists/robert_rivard/article/This-is-no-time-for-a-return-to-racism-in-Texas-1440489.php

Immigrants gather at a Starbucks in Northern Virginia for a taste of home
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigrants-gather-at-a-starbucks-in-northern-virginia-for-a-taste-of-home/2011/06/22/AGNXZ9kH_story.html

Hidden lives of Baltimore's Irish immigrants unearthed for first time
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=128&id=56127&t=Hidden+lives+of+Baltimore%27s+Irish+immigrants+unearthed+for+first+time

With Michele Bachmann’s surge comes fresh scrutiny
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-michele-bachmanns-surge-comes-fresh-scrutiny/2011/06/26/AG75u2lH_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage

N.Y. Gov. Cuomo seen as getting political boost from gay marriage bill
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ny-gov-cuomo-seen-as-getting-political-boost-from-gay-marriage-bill/2011/06/25/AGkip6kH_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage


Global Issues

Kirti Held At Gunpoint
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/crackdown-06262011174629.html

Father of Brazilian food programme to lead FAO
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03ca6c72-9fd6-11e0-a115-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1QQTa24rx


Minority Groups

Asians Charged With Drug-related Activities in Oslo
http://www.scandasia.com/viewNews.php?coun_code=no&news_id=9067

South Korea’s religious harmony put to the test
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/South+Korea+religious+harmony+test/5007204/story.html


Internet Studies

Find Similar Images from a Site
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/06/find-similar-images-from-site.html

LulzSec Says Goodbye with New Data Dump
http://www.pcworld.com/article/231201/lulzsec_says_goodbye_with_new_data_dump.html#tk.rss_main

Crisis Group - GAM vs GAM in the Aceh Elections

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Indonesia: Gam vs Gam in the Aceh Elections

Asia Briefing N°123, 15 June 2011

Five years after the first post-conflict elections in Aceh brought  former guerrillas of the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, GAM) to power, local elections scheduled for November 2011 are turning into a bitter intra-GAM battle.

Overview | Full PDF report | Media release

Full report URL - http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south-east-asia/indonesia/B123%20Indonesia%20--%20Gam%20vs%20Gam%20in%20the%20Aceh%20Elections.pdf

A Demographic Portrait of Hispanics in Puerto Rico, 2009

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The 2010 U.S. Census counted 3.7 million Hispanics¹ living in Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States.² This was down from 3.8 million in 2000.
By contrast, in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (D.C.), the Hispanic population of Puerto Rican origin increased from 3.4 million in 2000 to 4.6 million in 2010, surpassing Puerto Rico's Hispanic population. Nearly a third of Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin in the 50 states and D.C. were born in Puerto Rico, according an analysis of 2009 American Community Survey data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.
People born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens by birth. But because Puerto Rico, like Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, is not part of the 50 states or D.C., those who reside in Puerto Rico are not allowed to vote for president or to elect a voting member of the U.S. Congress.³ Those who move from Puerto Rico to live in the 50 states and D.C. can vote in federal elections.
This profile compares the demographic, income and economic characteristics of Hispanics living in Puerto Rico with the characteristics of Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin living in the 50 states and D.C. as well as with all Hispanics living in the 50 states and D.C. These profiles are based on tabulations of the 2009 Puerto Rico Community Survey and the 2009 American Community Survey by the Pew Hispanic Center. Both surveys provide detailed demographic and economic characteristics that are not available in the 2010 Census. This includes place of birth.
For a statistical profile focused on Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics living in the 50 states and D.C., see the Pew Hispanic Center factsheet "Hispanics of Puerto Rican Origin in the United States, 2009".
Key facts include:

• Population. According to the 2009 American Community Survey, there were a total of 8.3 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin living in Puerto Rico, the 50 states and D.C. Among those, fewer than half (47%) lived in Puerto Rico.
• Age. The median age of Hispanics in Puerto Rico is 36, higher than it is for all Hispanics (27) in the 50 states and D.C. and higher than it is for Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics (28) in the 50 states and D.C.
• Marital status. Some 37% of Hispanics in Puerto Rico are married, a share equal to that among Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics in the 50 states and D.C. However, both groups are less likely to be married than all Hispanics in the 50 states and D.C. Among the larger group, 45% are married.
• Educational attainment. More than one-in-five (22%) Hispanics in Puerto Rico have a bachelor's degree. In contrast, 16% of Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics in the 50 states and D.C. have a college degree. Among all Hispanics in the 50 states and D.C. just 13% have a bachelor's degree.
• Income. The median annual personal earnings for Hispanics in Puerto Rico ages 16 and older was $14,400; median earnings for Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics in the 50 states and D.C. was $25,000 and among all Hispanics in the 50 states and D.C. it was $20,000.
• Poverty status. More than four-in-ten (44%) Hispanics in Puerto Rico live in poverty, a share higher than that among Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics in the 50 states and D.C. who live in poverty (24%) or all Hispanics in the 50 states and D.C. (23%).
• Health Insurance. Fewer than one-in-ten (8%) Hispanics in Puerto Rico do not have health insurance, a share lower than among Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics living in the 50 states and D.C. (15%) or among all Hispanics living in the 50 states and D.C. (32%).
• Homeownership. The rate of homeownership (72%) in Puerto Rico is higher than the rate among Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics in the 50 states and D.C. (39%), or all Hispanics in the 50 states and D.C. (48%). The homeownership rate in Puerto Rico is also higher than it is among all Americans (66%).

See detailed data tables in the full report (PDF) at pewhispanic.org.

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<sub>1. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Puerto Rico was 3,725,789 in 2010. That included 37,334 non-Hispanics. This report focuses on the 3,688,455 Hispanic residents in Puerto Rico. In Census Bureau surveys, including the 2010 Census, respondents self-identify as Hispanic or non-Hispanic.
2. See the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2010 Census Brief (C2010BR-04) "The Hispanic Population: 2010" by Sharon R. Ennis, Merarys Rios-Vargas, and Nora G. Albert.
3. Residents of Puerto Rico, however, nominate delegates to the Democratic and Republican presidential conventions.</sub>

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IIAS Newsletter No. 56

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Spring 2011
1	Cover
2	Contents
3	From the Director
The Study
4 - 5	A Yao Script Project: “Culture”, Texts and Literacy in Contemporary Vietnam Bradley C. Davis
6 - 7	The crown jewels lost and found Louis Zweers
8 - 9	The exceptional Asian: The fetish for culture In India and Japan Olga Kanzaki Sooudi and Ajay Gandhi
10	“Love travels downwards” Dorota Szawarska
11	BULAC library Francis Richard
11	Book publishing in Cambodia Kheng Pytou Kethya
12	Bookmarked
The Focus - Supplementary education in Asia
13 - 14	Supplementary education in Asia Julian Dierkes and Mark Bray
15	Buxiban in Taiwan Chuing Prudence Chou and James K. S. Yuan
16 - 17	The policies on supplemental education in Korea Jin Lee
18 - 19	Supplementary education in Cambodia Walter Dawson
20	Facing the shadow education system in Hong Kong Ora Kwo and Mark Bray
21 - 23	Living on edges: Supplementing education in an Australian mining town Martin Forsey
24 - 25	Supplementary education in Japan Julian Dierkes
26 - 27	A bird’s-eye view of the private tutoring phenomenon in Vietnam Hai-Anh Dang
28	Shadow education with Chinese characteristics Wei Zhang
The Review
29	New For Review
30 - 31	Gedun Chopel, 20th century Tibet’s finest writer Heather Marie Stoddard
32	Scientific instruments in pre-modern India and the global circulation of knowledge Saraju Rath
33	Crime as punishment Annette van der Hoek
The Network
34	Opinion: License to lead Kerry Brown
35 - 36	IIAS News
38	IIAS Research
39	IIAS Fellows Colophon
The Portrait
40	Three Sanskrit Collections at the Danish Royal Library Hartmut Buescher

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