News, Views, Studies and Entertainment on Core Topics, September 7, 2010

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Southeast Asia - All countries are now covered in a separate posting to this blog
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The Muslim World

In an idyllic Dutch town, a new wave of Iranian activism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/06/AR2010090603599.html

Lacking Money and Leadership, Push for Taliban Defectors Stalls
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/world/asia/07taliban.html?ref=todayspaper

Dutch anti-Islam MP better off in opposition: analysts
http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/dutch-news/dutch-anti-islam-mp-better-off-in-opposition-analysts_94274.html

Lebanese PM: Mistake to Blame Syria for Hariri Killing
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Lebanese-PM-Mistake-to-Blame-Syria-for-Hariri-Killing-102294189.html

Iraq’S Cost
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/09/13/100913taco_talk_hertzberg

Why 'Islamophobia' is less thinly veiled in Europe
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/0905/Why-Islamophobia-is-less-thinly-veiled-in-Europe?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4559335

Iraq’s Looted Treasures in a Revolving Door
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/world/middleeast/08iraq.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa21


American Studies

Capital Flight  
http://ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4877

Republicans making gains ahead of midterm elections
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/06/AR2010090603893.html

New lawsuit to challenge laptop searches
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/06/AR2010090603221.html

Leadership scenarios for Congress
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/06/AR2010090603628.html

Polarization of Supreme Court Is Reflected in Justices’ Clerks
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/us/politics/07clerks.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Health Care Wastefulness Is Detailed in Studies
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/policy/07health.html?ref=todayspaper

Pandemic over, it's a normal flu season: Plenty of vaccine should be available
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090305113.html

Teaching for a Shared Future: American Educators Need to Think Globally
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki/teaching-for-a-shared-fut_b_706504.html?ir=College

# Gulf Seafood Health Concerns Linger
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Gulf-Seafood-Health-Concerns-Linger--101656658.html

Frat House for Jesus
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/13/100913fa_fact_boyer

State Gains Would Give Redistricting Edge to G.O.P.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/us/politics/08legislature.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa29


Global Issues

FDA nears approval as food of genetically altered salmon
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/06/AR2010090603223.html

U.N. report says Iran is stockpiling enriched uranium
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/06/AR2010090603598.html

In North Korea, Signs Point to Key Political Conference
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/world/asia/07korea.html?ref=todayspaper

North Korea releases prisoners in exchange for humanitarian aid
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0907/North-Korea-releases-prisoners-in-exchange-for-humanitarian-aid?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4559335

Soros to Donate $100 Million to Rights Group
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/business/07gift.html?ref=todayspaper

Young Japanese Seek Second, and Third, Jobs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/business/global/07iht-jobs.html?ref=todayspaper

Volunteers at Walter Reed endure mosquito bites to help find a malaria vaccine
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090305111.html

Child poverty fight threatened by west's cost cuts, says Unicef
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/sep/07/budget-cuts-threaten-un-goals

Erratic global weather threatens food security
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iph3VNfMzcagThy2R1XRFYlB4Aog


Minority Groups

Muslims toning down Eid festivities in honor of Sept. 11
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/06/AR2010090603894.html

Muslims file EEOC suits against meatpacking plants
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/06/AR2010090603908.html

After Tough Year, New York’s Haitians Gather
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/nyregion/07rara.html?ref=todayspaper


Internet Studies

12 Ways the Tech Industry Is Screwing You (and How to Fight Back)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/20464612_ways_the_tech_industry_is_screwing_you_and_how_to_fight_back.html?tk=hp_new

How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child Traffickers and Other Abusive Scumbags
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danah-boyd/how-censoring-craigslist-_b_706789.html

Domino's online pizza ordering system boosts profits by 23%
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100907/BUSINESS06/9070353/1318/Pizza-lovers-turning-to-the-Internet&template=fullarticle

A look at Google Chrome
http://www.helium.com/items/1944442-what-is-google-chrome