Southeast Asia Briefs #1

Transforming Timor-Leste for Sustainable Development (upcoming conference organized by Victoria University and Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at UNTL)
http://www.vu.edu.au/sites/default/files/faehd/pdfs/East-Timor-Reg-Form.pdf

Lone Planet East Timor Travel Guide (new edition now on sale)
http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/Primary/Region/ASIA/South_East_Asia/East_Timor/PRD_PRD_1985/East+Timor+Travel+Guide.jsp

East Timor Parliament Approves Law Allowing Emergency Abortions (news)
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2009/06/parliament-approves-law-allowing.html

Illegal VSAT Antennas Ordered Switched Off by Timor Telecommunications Regulator (news)
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2009/06/illegal-vsat-antennas-ordered-switched.html

East Timor Government Says Fretilin Has Presented No Social or Fiscal Policies to the Nation (press release)
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2009/06/east-timor-government-says-fretilin-has.html

Pidato Presiden Barack Obama: Permulaan yang Baru
http://jakarta.usembassy.gov/bhs/siaran-pers/June09/obama_remarks_id.html

Cultural Identity of Buleleng (upcoming conference)
http://northbali.org/

Gramedia Toko Buku Online (the major online bookseller in Indonesia)
http://www.gramediaonline.com/

Indonesia: Stop Prison Brutality in Papua (critical analysis)
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/06/04/indonesia-stop-prison-brutality-papua

Email Puts Indonesia's Harsh Defamation Laws in Dock (news)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4370984-5168-11de-84c3-00144feabdc0.html

Sex Trafficking in Singapore (blog)
http://singabloodypore.rsfblog.org/archive/2009/06/05/sex-trafficking-in-singapore.html

PAS Finding Its Way Still (analysis)
http://www.aliran.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=932:pas-

PM Abhisit Calls Urgent Meeting on Southern Unrest (news)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/145148/pm-to-chair-meeting-on-southern-unrest

Finding It Hard to Explain Southern Arrest Abroad (news)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/17919/finding-it-hard-to-explain-southern-unrest-abroad

WhatAils Filipino Education? (analysis)
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/june/04/yehey/opinion/20090604opi4.html