Starting Points Core Topics - Headlines Aug 22, 2010

Southeast Asia

Praying across borders
http://www.insideindonesia.org/stories/praying-across-borders-22081351

Vietnam's Defensive Diplomacy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575438474083884494.html

No Respite From Fear
http://robertamsterdam.com/thailand/?p=296

PM’s party opens offices to roars of support
http://www.dvb.no/elections/pm%E2%80%99s-party-opens-offices-to-roars-of-support/11360

SRP defends letter mailed to US leaders
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010082041387/National-news/srp-defends-letter-mailed-to-us-leaders.html

Leading the student movement in the 1960s
http://www.thenutgraph.com/leading-the-student-movement-in-the-1960s/

All right to lie, cheat, bluff? Election laws gray, untested
http://pcij.org/stories/all-right-to-lie-cheat-bluff-election-laws-gray-untested/

President Nathan will not seek re-election when his term ends next year
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/08/22/president-nathan-will-not-seek-re-election-when-his-term-ends-next-year/

Stop disbanding parties: Kaewsan
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/08/22/politics/Stop-disbanding-parties-Kaewsan-30136347.html


The Muslim World

In Kenya's capital, Somali immigrant neighborhood is incubator for jihad
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/21/AR2010082102682.html

As U.S. scales back role in Iraq, attacks and political deadlock persist
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/21/AR2010082102383.html

Taliban Intensify Attacks Against Afghan Police
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/asia/22afghan.html?ref=todayspaper

Experience Isn’t Enough in Pakistani Flood Plain
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/middleeast/22pstan.html?ref=todayspaper

Russian Forces Kill Suspect in Moscow Bombings
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/europe/22russia.html?ref=todayspaper

An Ancient City in Turkey Finds New Life in Modern Art
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/travel/22nextstop.html?ref=todayspaper

Christians and Muslims
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/books/review/Robinson-t.html?ref=todayspaper


American Studies

Before salmonella outbreak, egg firm had long record of violations
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/21/AR2010082102822.html

Washington-set films may fudge facts, but good ones speak to larger truths
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/20/AR2010082002087.html

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, how New Orleans saved its soul
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/20/AR2010082002125.html

Crime (Sex) and Punishment (Stoning)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/weekinreview/22worth.html?ref=todayspaper

Over Time, a Gay Marriage Groundswell
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/weekinreview/22gay.html?ref=todayspaper

What Is It About 20-Somethings?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?ref=todayspaper

Joe Sestak, the 60th Democrat
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Sestak-t.html?ref=todayspaper


Global Issues

Despite 'all that money,' more than 1 million Haitians remain displaced by January earthquake
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/21/AR2010082102882.html

In nuclear negotiations, more women at the table for U.S.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/21/AR2010082102600.html

India Tries Using Cash Bonuses to Slow Birthrates
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/asia/22india.html?ref=todayspaper


Minority Groups

Limited spiritual support in Virginia prisons as number of Muslim inmates grows
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/21/AR2010082101325.html

Siggi's, a niche yogurt, goes from Iceland to the American icebox
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/20/AR2010082006353.html

Ethnic food earns its fair share
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/16/AR2010081605440.html

Chicago's temples of the big shoulders
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/19/AR2010081905947.html

Everywhere Yugo in New York
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/19/AR2010081906078.html

For Imam in Muslim Center Furor, a Hard Balancing Act
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/nyregion/22imam.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Mormons on a Mission
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/arts/music/22choir.html?ref=todayspaper

Revisiting the Russian Name I Changed
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22lives-t.html?ref=todayspaper


Internet Studies

Luxury hotels are offering eReaders as perks to their elite guests
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/16/AR2010081602914.html

Technology Leads More Park Visitors Into Trouble
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/science/earth/22parks.html?ref=todayspaper

Sweden Adds to Drama Over Founder of WikiLeaks
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/europe/22wikileaks.html?ref=todayspaper

Roommates Who Click
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/nyregion/22roommates.html?ref=todayspaper

Now Playing: Night of the Living Tech
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/weekinreview/22lohr.html?ref=todayspaper

Tall Tales, Truth and My Twitter Diet
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/weekinreview/22stelter.html?ref=todayspaper

Delta Sells Tickets Through Facebook
http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/delta-sells-tickets-through-facebook/?ref=todayspaper

What ‘Fact-Checking’ Means Online
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22FOB-medium-t.html?ref=todayspaper

E-Books Make Readers Less Isolated
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/fashion/22Noticed.html?ref=todayspaper