Core Topics Links - September 14, 2010

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Former concentration camps for Roma in France.

Southeast Asia

Burma postings are covered daily in my Burma Monitor blog at http://burmamonitor.blogspot.com/

I have created extensive link directories to Southeast Asia sources on my second research blog, Starting
Points, at http://starting-points.blogspot.com/

Lee Kuan Yew: Man who made Singapore
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Lee-Kuan-Yew-Man-who-made-Singapore/articleshow/6547901.cms

Parliamentary Majority Alliance Government's Anti-Corruption Policies
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2010/09/parliamentary-majority-alliance.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EastTimorLawJusticeBulletin+%28East+Timor+Law+%26+Justice+Bulletin%29

Yale Plans to Create a College in Singapore
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/education/14yale.html?ref=todayspaper


The Muslim World

Indian Kashmir Under Strict Curfew
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Indian-Kashmir-Under-Strict-Curfew---102854784.html

Network of spies threatens Somalia
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091306554.html

Taliban said to be eyeing role in the Afghan political system
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091306044.html

New rules reflect shift in how Afghan contracts are awarded
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091306045.html

Saudis may get huge arms deal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091306429.html

Ayatollah Speaks of Plot to Abuse Koran
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/world/middleeast/14iran.html?ref=todayspaper


American Studies

DoD Adviser: Pay, Retirement Systems Outdated, Too Costly
http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20100909/PERSONNEL03/9090302/1049/PERSONNEL

Obama's Weekly Job Approval Average Improves to 46%
http://www.gallup.com/poll/142991/Obama-Weekly-Job-Approval-Average-Improves.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=USA

Disability claims rising sharply at Social Security
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091306556.html

More women than men got PhDs last year
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091306555.html


Global Issues

Delay in N. Korea prompts questions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091306396.html

Cuba’s Public-Sector Layoffs Signal Major Shift
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/world/americas/14cuba.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

South Korea to Send Flood Relief to the North
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/world/asia/14korea.html?ref=todayspaper

Young Greeks Seek Options Elsewhere
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/business/global/15drachma.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa23


Minority Groups

France: Replacement Directive Omits Word ‘Roma’
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/world/europe/14briefs-FRANCE.html?ref=todayspaper

A Beninois Priest Seeks New Respect, and New Practitioners, for Voodoo
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/world/africa/14benin.html?ref=todayspaper

Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/us/14photographer.html?ref=todayspaper

Racial Disparity in School Suspensions
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/education/14suspend.html?ref=todayspaper


Internet Studies

Alternatives To Google In Europe
http://searchengineland.com/alternatives-to-google-in-europe-50425

Haystack stops tests of Iran anti-censor software amid security concerns
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091305827.html

After Negotiations, Israel Emerges on Twitter
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/world/middleeast/14israel.html?ref=todayspaper

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Lee Kuan Yew -- at the end of the day?