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JOURNAL OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES

Volume 41 - Issue 03 - October 2010

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Research Articles

Slavery and cultural creativity in the Banda Islands

Phillip Winn

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 365 - 389

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000238

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The ‘informal Portuguese empire’ and the Topasses in the Solor archipelago and Timor in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Leonard Y. Andaya

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 391 - 420

doi:10.1017/S002246341000024X

Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010

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The worst of both worlds: Commercial rice production in West Indramayu, 1885–1935

M.R. Fernando

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 421 - 448

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000251

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Living with difference in rural Indonesia: What can be learned for national and regional political agendas?

Michelle Carnegie

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 449 - 481

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000263

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Unofficial contentions: The postcoloniality of Straits Chinese political discourse in the Straits Settlements Legislative Council

Daniel P.S. Goh

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 483 - 507

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000275

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Testimony, trauma and performance: Some examples from Southeast Asian theatre

Roxana Waterson

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 509 - 528

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000287

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Maritime influences in Southeast Asia, c. 900–1300: Some further thoughts

Victor Lieberman

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 529 - 539

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000299

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Review Article

Localisation, regionalism and the history of ideas in Southeast Asia

Anthony Milner

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 541 - 549

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000305

Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010

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Book Reviews

Asia. Asian port cities, 1600–1800: Local and foreign cultural interactions. Edited by Haneda Masashi. Singapore: NUS Press and Kyoto: Kyoto University Press, 2009. Pp. xvii, 233. About 100 illustrations, some in colour.

Roderich Ptak

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 551 - 553

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000317

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Vietnam. The spy who loved us: The Vietnam War and Pham Xuan An's dangerous game. By Thomas A. Bass. New York: Public Affairs Press, 2009. Pp. xviii, 296, Maps, Illustrations, Notes, Index.

Ronald H. Spector

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 553 - 555

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000366

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The Philippines. Uncultural behavior, an anthropological investigation of suicide in the southern Philippines. By Charles J.-H. Macdonald. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2007. Pp. 307.

Oscar L. Evangelista

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 555 - 556

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000378

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The Philippines. Brokering a revolution: Cadres in a Philippine insurgency. Edited by Rosanne Rutten. Manila, Ateneo de Manila Press, Pp. 400.

Jennifer Keister

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 557 - 558

doi:10.1017/S002246341000038X

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Indonesia. Indonesia and the Muslim world: Islam and secularism in the foreign policy of Soeharto and beyond. By Anak Agung Banyu Perwita. Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2007. Pp. 222, Appendix, Bibliography, Index.

Norshahril bin Saat

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 558 - 560

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000391

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Indonesia. Popular culture in Indonesia: Fluid identities in post-authoritarian politics. Edited by Ariel Heryanto. London and New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 200, Appendix, Bibliography, Index.

Shiho Sawai

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 560 - 562

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000408

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Indonesia. The archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the local institutions in Batavia (Jakarta). Edited and compiled by G. L. Balk, F. Van Dijk, D. J. Kortlang. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007. Pp. 571.

Alexander Drost

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 562 - 563

doi:10.1017/S002246341000041X

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Indonesia. Surviving against the odds: Village industry in Indonesia. By S. Ann Dunham Edited and with a preface by Alice G. Dewey and Nancy I. Cooper. With a foreword by Maya Soetoro-Ng and an afterword by Robert W. Hefner. Durham NC and London: Duke University Press, 2009. Pp. lxiv, 374.

Merle C. Ricklefs

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 563 - 564

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000421

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Malaysia. The United States and the Malaysian economy. By Shakila Yacob. London and New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 245, Maps, Plates, Notes, Bibliography, Index.

Pamela Sodhy

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 565 - 566

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000433

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Malaysia. Privatization in Malaysia: Regulation, rent-seeking and policy failure. By Jeff Tan. London and New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 234, Notes, Bibliography, Index.

Siaan Ansori

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 566 - 568

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000445

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Singapore. Muslims in Singapore piety, politics and policies. By Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir, Alexius A. Pereira and Bryan S. Turner. London and New York, Routledge, 2010. Pp. 128, Bibliography, Index.

Anthony H. Johns

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 568 - 570

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000457

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Singapore. Singapore: An atlas of perpetual territorial transformation. By Rodophe de Koninck, Julie Drolet and Marc Girard. Singapore: NUS Press. Pp. iv, 95, Maps, Bibliography.

Michael D. Barr

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 570 - 571

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000469

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Singapore. A modern history of Singapore, 1819–2005. By Constance Mary Turnbull. Singapore: NUS Press, 2009. Pp. xix, 468, Plates, Maps, Preface, Abbreviations, Introduction to the first edition, Notes, Recommended readings, Index.

Albert Lau

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 571 - 573

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000470

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Books Received

Books Received

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 41, Issue 03, October 2010, pp 575 - 584

doi:10.1017/S0022463410000329

Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010

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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

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Burma

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General Southeast Asia or General Asia

UN Trust Fund Provides Hope for Indonesian Women Trafficked Abroad
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Indonesian-Women-Trafficked-Abroad-Find-Hope-in-UN-Trust-Fund-102283959.html

Helpful Editorials Discussing Ways On How To Get Economical Flight Prices
http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Helpful-Editorials-Discussing-Ways-On-How-To-Get-Economical-Flight-Prices/1528200


Indonesia

DPR Laments Military Operation in Papua
http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2010/09/06/brk,20100906-276937,uk.html

Church Plans To Burn Quran Lead To Protests In Indonesia
http://lezgetreal.com/2010/09/church-plans-to-burn-quran-lead-to-protests-in-indonesia/

How ICT is helping to feed Indonesia
http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2010/sep/06/how-ict-helping-feed-indonesia/

Malaysia - Indonesia Border Row
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/09/06/malaysia-indonesia-border-row/

Indonesian president visits volcano refugees
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1582581.php/Indonesian-president-visits-volcano-refugees

Illicit Arms in Indonesia
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2010/asia/illicit-arms-in-indonesia.aspx

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http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south-east-asia/indonesia/B109%20Illicit%20Arms%20in%20Indonesia.ashx


Papua New Guinea

Poor roads promoting carjacking in PNG’s second biggest city
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=55700

Students fear over clash
http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/7861-students-fear-over-clash

# Freedom for West Papua
http://themonpisuite.blogspot.com/2010/09/freedom-for-west-papua.html

Papua New Guinea Calls for UN Assessment of West Papua Situation
http://akrockefeller.com/news/papua-new-guinea-calls-for-un-assessment-of-west-papua-situation/


Timor-Leste

BITE 2007 Participation Report
http://www.scribd.com/doc/36939305/Participation-Report-Embassy-of-Timor-Leste-Beijing-China

F-FDTL Soldier fires on Government Car
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2010/09/f-fdtl-soldier-fires-on-government-car.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EastTimorLawJusticeBulletin+%28East+Timor+Law+%26+Justice+Bulletin%29


Malaysia

We want Taib to contest elections
http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/9578/

Sabah, Sarawak to change history soon, Anwar predicts
http://kesavanpkr.com/2010/09/06/sabah-sarawak-to-change-history-soon-anwar-predicts/

Foreign affairs minister urges the Philippines to set up consulate in Sabah
http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=64505

A shared history of suffering
http://www.thenutgraph.com/a-shared-history-of-suffering/

## SocioPolitical Journal Blogs Daily
http://marvelousarchive.blogspot.com/

Taib Must Go (TMG)
http://dayaknation.com/blog/?p=5163

Special Rights Cannot Be Erased Unless The Malays Agree To It - Analysts
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=526582


Singapore

Singapore Air’s Goh to take helm as rivals expand
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/596476-singapore-airs-goh-to-take-helm-as-rivals-expand-

PRC Singapore PR: Singaporeans are stupid
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/09/06/prc-singapore-pr-singaporeans-are-stupid/

Fewer men for women in Singapore
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Diva/Story/A1Story20100906-235770.html


Brunei

# His Majesty's personal gifts to recipients simultaneously in the four districts
http://www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn/?c=newsDetail&news_id=12795


Philippines

Philippines Government to form peace panel
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/philippines/philippines-government-to-form-peace-panel-1.678009

# AFP, PNP raise alert levels in Mindanao
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/200330/afp-pnp-raise-alert-levels-in-mindanao

Islamic clerics consulted on start, end of Ramadan
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/275837/islamic-clerics-consulted-start-end-ramadan

Palace won’t touch Ombudsman extortion report
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100906-290744/Palace-wont-touch-Ombudsman-extortion-report

Philippines asks court to outlaw Abu Sayyaf
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ha_AevW8dDLQ0vyR5jO8UGcvZ8lwD9I28LEO1

Half of Philippines considers itself poor: survey
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iXPQ4VaRuZkpV34CvypqRpTx6oXg

Aquino to visit US September 20-26
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/09/06/10/aquino-visit-us-september-20-26

Is the Philippines Hopeless?
http://thelivingrice.blogspot.com/2010/09/is-philippines-hopeless.html


Thailand

Diplomacy set to pay dividend in Cambodia
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/194792/diplomacy-set-to-pay-dividend-in-cambodia

90% cut in regional call rates
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/194793/90-cut-in-regional-call-rates

In Rural Thailand, an Unappeased Opposition Bides Its Time
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/world/asia/01iht-thai.html?ref=todayspaper


Laos

# Voices of Nakai - Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project in Laos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCD4BzwCfvE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

# Laos hydro-power plans threaten the Mekong
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201009/s3003503.htm

Vietnam helps to develop new urban area in Laos
http://vietnambusiness.asia/vietnam-helps-to-develop-new-urban-area-in-laos/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


Cambodia

# Khmer Pride Videos
http://w.videowap.tv/Khmer+Pride/

# NarTube - Kampuchea krom watch video, clips, musics, movies, films
http://www.nartube.net/f586f5f3bc:psWTMdhGRuA.html

“Daughters of Cambodia” Frees Girls from Sex Industry
http://www.waynebrownministries.com/b2evolution/blogs/index.php/2010/09/05/daughters-of-cambodia-frees-girls-from-sex-industry?blog=23


Vietnam

Vietnam seaports’ potential cramped by underdeveloped infrastructure
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/reports/201009/Vietnam-seaports%E2%80%99-potential-cramped-by-underdeveloped-infrastructure-933705/

Vietnamese PM Vows To Facilitate Foreign Investments
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=526461

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The Muslim World

5 Russian Soldiers Killed in Dagestan Suicide Bombing
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Suicide-Car-Bomber-Kills-5-Russian-Soldiers-in-Dagestan-2248884.html

ElBaradei accuses Egyptian government of smear campaign over Facebook photos of daughter
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/7983001/ElBaradei-accuses-Egypt-of-smear-campaign-over-photos-of-daughter.html

Loss of Faith in Afghan Leaders May Hurt Push Against Taliban
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/weekinreview/05filkins.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1

Leaders in Mideast Hopeful After Initial Talks
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/world/middleeast/06mideast.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1

Bahrain dissidents charged
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/09/201095201748804676.html

How Pakistan's Floods Have Made Women Too Visible
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2016193,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

Islamic Resistance Movement condemns suicide bombing in Al-Quds rally
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\09\06\story_6-9-2010_pg7_7


American Studies

Democrats mobilize to thwart the GOP 'tsunami'
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20100905_Democrats_mobilize_to_thwart_the_GOP__tsunami_.html

Reporting Arizona law to UN was correct
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/04/bhatnagar.arizona.un/?hpt=Mid#fbid=MQ4O5Cba_ag&wom=false

U.S. issues upbeat report on human rights at home
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/05/AR2010090503766.html


Global Issues

Spain's Basque Separatists Declare Cease-Fire
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Spains-Basque-Separatists-Declare-Cease-Fire-102252189.html

Guatemala Mudslides Kill At Least 38; 2 Buses Hit
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129664618

In Amazon, traces of an advanced civilization
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/05/AR2010090503740.html

China surges to 5th largest global investor
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2010-09/06/c_13480063.htm

Mozambique bread riots may be warning sign on African food security
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2010/0906/Mozambique-bread-riots-may-be-warning-sign-on-African-food-security

Peacekeeping cushioning African states from scrutiny: analysts
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGvXvDJA71h52xiRgeLhUQdKp8Rw


Minority Groups

Hate crime at mosque angers residents of California town
http://mobile.latimes.com/wap/news/text.jsp?sid=294&nid=20891620&cid=17190&scid=-1&ith=0&title=Local

Racial violence changes student and school
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/05/AR2010090501565.html

Muslim Americans Find Their Voice Amid The Shouts
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129668035

America’s History of Fear
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/opinion/05kristof.html?ref=global-asia&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasab1

Trucking in the U.S.A.: Where the Accent is Russian
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2016184,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

From the Other Side of Ground Zero, Anti-Muslim Venom
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/nyregion/06mosque.html?_r=1

Conversion row over missing Copt
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/09/201096131612990143.html

Local Muslim families mix Ramadan's rituals with American culture
http://www.freep.com/article/20100906/FEATURES01/9060307/1372/FEATURES/Local-Muslim-families-mix-Ramadans-rituals-with-American-culture

Iraqi Refugees in US Struggle To Find Work
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Iraq-Refugees-in-US-Struggle-To-Find-Work--102300094.html

Migrants in Germany: The lives of others
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/06/immigration-germany-editorial

# Chinese Traditional Wedding-Va Ethnic Minority
http://blog.alicepub.com/chinese-traditional-wedding-va-ethnic-minority


Internet Studies

Functionality remains Baidu’s priority
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/479a2ce6-b6b4-11df-b3dd-00144feabdc0.html


The Boss Is Robotic, and Rolling Up Behind You
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/science/05robots.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa25

Online Giving Meets Social Networking
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/business/05proto.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa25

A new-age twist on the age-old parenting technique of grounding
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/05/AR2010090503737.html

Some Newspapers, Tracking Readers Online, Shift Coverage
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/business/media/06track.html?ref=todayspaper

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# Soldiers of Convenience
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/09/02/world/africa/20100902-pirates.html?ref=global-asia&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasab1


Turkey Grants U.S. Military Limited Concession on Using Its Territory
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/world/europe/04turkey.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa21

A twofold conflict in Helmand
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090305996.html

Syria’s Solidarity With Islamists Ends at Home
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/world/middleeast/04syria.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Attack in Tajikistan Highlights Fears of Militancy
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/world/asia/04tajik.html?ref=todayspaper

Bailout in the Works for Afghan Bank as Panic Continues
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/world/asia/05kabul.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1

The post-9/11 life of an American charged with murder
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/04/AR2010090403334.html

For Kashmiris, every day is a challenge of isolation and disruption
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/04/AR2010090400487.html


American Studies

30 False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/world/middleeast/04blackwater.html?ref=todayspaper

A housing market out of sync
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/04/AR2010090403332.html

Democrats Plan Political Triage to Retain House
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/us/politics/05dems.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

After Bargains of Recession, Air Fares Soar
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/business/05air.html?ref=todayspaper


Global Issues

E.U.'s Big Step Toward Crisis Prevention
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/business/global/04regulate.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa23

U.N. Raises Concerns as Global Food Prices Jump
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/world/04food.html?ref=todayspaper

Educational Gaps Limit Brazil’s Reach
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/world/americas/05brazil.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa21


Minority Groups

To Put More Blacks in the Pipeline, Own the Pipeline
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/sports/tennis/04rhoden.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa27

Italian Cities Plan to Shut Roma Camps
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/world/europe/04roma.html?ref=todayspaper

Indictment Accuses Firm of Exploiting Thai Workers
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/us/04trafficking.html?ref=todayspaper

Resentment Simmers in Western Chinese Region
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/world/asia/05uighur.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa21

Asian-Americans Climb Fashion Industry Ladder
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/fashion/05asians.html?ref=todayspaper


Internet Studies

Malaysia to monitor Internet for 'harmful' blogs
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hXiNZxvE3EwjKYqs9w2jpNSEGx-Q

Fidel Castro, Internet junkie
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-fidel-20100904,0,4441605.story

Did E-mail and the Internet Kill the 9-5 Workday?
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/204892/did_email_and_the_internet_kill_the_95_workday.html?tk=hp_new

Craigslist Blocks Access to ‘Adult Services’ Pages
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/technology/05craigs.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa23

A Strong Password Isn’t the Strongest Security
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/business/05digi.html?ref=todayspaper

Mobile phones, Internet essential in building democracies
http://www.indiatalkies.com/2010/09/mobile-phones-internet-essential-building-democracies.html

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Burma

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General Southeast Asia or General Asia

Cornell Southeast Asia Proram Fall 2010 Newsletter
http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/files/SEAPenewsletter/SEAP%20e-newsletter%2009032010.pdf

Black Rice is New Antioxidant Star
http://uk.ibtimes.com/contents/20100903/black-rice-is-antioxidant-star.htm


Indonesia

Volcano erupts again in Indonesia
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/09/20109403159411909.html

Autonomy failing in West Papua
http://www.theage.com.au/world/autonomy-failing-in-west-papua-20100903-14uba.html

Indonesian cops 'sold guns to Bashir terror cell'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/03/3001390.htm?section=justin

Eleven Indonesian police arrested over riot deaths
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h0dtHo7m9MqD5GlqB9XtHq1HUQsQ

No Reports That Local Investors In Sulawesi Affected By Bendera's Actions
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsbusiness.php?id=526116

Burger King drops Indonesian palm oil supplier
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92b469aa-b72f-11df-839a-00144feabdc0.html

In Jakarta, ministers and lawmakers involved in corruption scandal
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=39154&=Indonesia%3A+++In+Jakarta%2C+ministers+and+lawmakers+involved+in+corruption+scandal

Waiting for comfortable airports in Indonesia
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/09/04/waiting-comfortable-airports-indonesia.html

Muslims Urged To Unite Against "Burn A Quran Day" Campaign
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=526193

Front stage with the PKS
http://www.insideindonesia.org/stories/front-stage-with-the-pks-04091353

Indonesian’s Death Sentence Calls Into Question Fairness of Malaysian Courts
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/indonesians-death-sentence-calls-into-question-fairness-of-malaysian-courts/394716


Papua New Guinea

# Papua New Guinea – Erima Tribe: Photo of the Day
http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/2010/papua-new-guinea-erima-tribe-photo-of-the-day/

Blackbox discovery to shed light on PNG air crash tragedy
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/blackbox-discovery-to-shed-light-on-png-air-crash-tragedy/story-e6frea8c-1225913492468

### Policy Making and Implementation: Studies From Papua New Guinea
http://www.iophp.com/policy-making-and-implementation-studies-from-papua-new-guinea-studies-in-state-and-society-in-the-pacific-5/


Timor-Leste

Statement Regarding The Office Of The Vice PM
http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/09/statement-regarding-the-office-of-the-vice-pm/

Emerging leaders: Timor-Leste inaugurates young parliamentarians
http://www.unicef.org/adolescence/Timorleste_55866.html

My visit to East Timor
http://www.edmundrice.org/My-visit-to-East-Timor

Expatriate Pay: Timor-Leste, Dili - Cost of Living
http://www.xpatulator.com/outside.cfm?lid=200

Little country limbers up
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/little-country-limbers-up-20100903-14tro.html

# Timor Sea oil spill harms sea life NCTV7 Video Reuters
http://www.docresume.com/oil-spill-timor-sea-timor-sea-oil-spill-harms-sea-life-nctv7-video-reuters.html

# Timor-Leste: Illustrated Version of Truth Report
http://www.ictj.org/en/news/features/4032.html

Timorese on Facebook
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/09/05/timorese-on-facebook/


Malaysia

Malaysian Muslims Go for Gold, But It's Hard to Make Change
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882304575465623070689934.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Shorter wait for citizenship applicants
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/9/3/nation/6974746&sec=nation

Suspension of Sarawak Tribune editor sign of Taib’s diffidence?
http://sarawaknews.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/sacking-of-sarawak-tribune-editor-sign-of-taibs-diffidence/

A tale of two states (and two men)
http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/9394/

PBB supreme council to meet on Sunday, no agenda set
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/sabah-and-sarawak/9927-pbb-supreme-council-to-meet-on-sunday-no-agenda-set

A recharged SNAP ready to create 'havoc' in coming polls
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/sabah-and-sarawak/9952-a-recharged-snap-ready-to-create-havoc-in-coming-polls

With Umno came darkness, says SAPP leader
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/sabah-and-sarawak/9918-with-umno-came-darkness-says-sapp-leader

Malaysia’s institutions and institutional genesis!
http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2010/09/05/malaysias-institutions/

A rebuttal to Malaysia’s policy of censorship and fear
http://pedestrianinfidel.blogspot.com/2010/09/rebuttal-to-malaysias-policy-of.html


Singapore

Imperial College to set up medical school in Singapore
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57244608-b5ae-11df-a65e-00144feabdc0.html

New property rules a ploy to get foreigners to settle in Singapore
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/09/03/new-property-rules-a-ploy-to-get-foreigners-to-settle-in-singapore/

Rude behaviour in Singapore the food paradise
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/SoShiok/Story/A1Story20100903-235430.html

Maybank Launches Dedicated Islamic Banking Hub In Singapore
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsbusiness.php?id=526164

PM Lee donates S$250,000 to Singapore Chinese Orchestra
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1078979/1/.html

Singapore dollar hits high against USD
http://www.todayonline.com/Business/EDC100904-0000101/Singapore-dollar-hits-high-against-USD

Dreams and the unbearable silence in Singapore
http://newasiarepublic.com/?p=20491

College life in Singapore
http://www.helium.com/items/1941036-college-life-in-singapore

Immigration to be hottest topic in Singapore yet
http://kentridgecommon.com/?p=7590

## Kent Ridge Common
http://kentridgecommon.com/

S'poreans in NZ "shocked", "frightened" by quake
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1079145/1/.html

LKY, condensed
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2010/9/5/lifebookshelf/6964791&sec=lifebookshelf

Singapore. Loh Sze On, Quentin, who?
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2010/09/singapore-loh-sze-on-quentin-who.html

Facebook generation turns to politics in Singapore
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20100905-290617/Facebook-generation-turns-to-politics-in-Singapore


Brunei

Water Village Fast Becoming Rubbish Dump
http://brudirect.com/index.php/2010090128416/First-Stories/water-village-fast-becoming-rubbish-dump.html

Old Borneo Map
http://bruneiresources.blogspot.com/2010/08/old-borneo-map.html

US Lauds Brunei's Efforts In Maintaining Regional Peace
http://brudirect.com/index.php/2010090328571/Local-News/us-lauds-bruneis-efforts-in-maintaining-regional-peace.html


Philippines

Filipino OFWs may NOT be Discriminated Against, Says Hong Kong Commission   
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Filipino-OFWs-MAY-NOT-BE-D-by-Kevin-Anthony-Stod-100902-250.html

Lifting the stigma
http://www.inquirer.net/mindandbody/healthbeat/view.php?db=1&article=20100905-290586

Manila’s traffic jams bad for workers’ health, productivity – study
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20100905-290676/Manilas-traffic-jams-bad-for-workers-health-productivity--study

P-Noy's first US visit to determine new foreign policy 
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=609568&publicationSubCategoryId=63

RP to regain confidence of international community, says Palace 
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=609567&publicationSubCategoryId=63

More licensed Pinoy nurses ending up jobless 
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=609407&publicationSubCategoryId=67


Thailand

Rumours about my sickness are lies : Thaksin   
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20100903-235363.html

Phuket and Bangkok compete for Thailand’s medical tourism business
http://www.imtj.com/news/?EntryId82=247132

Thailand's 40 Richest
http://www.forbes.com/2010/09/01/thailands-richest-dhanin-wealth-thailands-rich-10_lander.html

With a major update: Red Siam
http://thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/red-siam/

Isan, Thailand’s Finest-Stored Secret
http://www.humboldtconference.org/isan-thailands-finest-stored-secret.htm

Thailand’s hungry military
http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2010/09/03/thailands-hungry-military/

Bangkok raises security to high alert after blasts
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i-633XmWbqdoGLBsYL9fl9Y4zP6A

Thaksin: Dictatorship still in politics
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/194458/thaksin-dictatorship-remains-part-of-politics

Thai Opposition Red Shirts Balk at New Army Chief
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2015922,00.html

Abhisit, Hun Sen on course for early talks over Preah Vihear
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/194530/abhisit-hun-sen-on-course-for-early-talks-over-preah-vihear

Labour recruiters 'trafficked Thai workers' to Hawaii
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11185330

The Miseducation of Thailand’s Bourgeoisie
http://robertamsterdam.com/thailand/?p=328

## Tweet Yourself Thai
http://tweetyourselfthai.wordpress.com/

Thai villagers voice health fears over pollution
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hqnJR1QGVIyfSYn7tAbr0gVzWPOQ

CNN’s Rivers leaving Thailand
http://blogs.straitstimes.com/2010/9/5/cnn-s-rivers-leaving-thailand


Laos

# Cops Demolish Church
http://www.persecutionblog.com/2010/09/cops-demolish-church.html

New case for US reparations in Laos 
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LI04Ae01.html

Tou Ger Xiong
http://www.minnpost.com/infodoc/2010/08/17/20652/tou_ger_xiong_biography

Scootering through Laos
http://mittonini.blogspot.com/2010/09/scootering-through-laos.html

In Laos, passion puts wheelchair project on a roll
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T100903004327.htm

Lao Sung, Akha Hill Tribe Woman, Laos
http://brohardphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/lao-sung-akha-hill-tribe-woman-laos.html

Laos power plant begins commercial operation
http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?sec=2&id=14001

# Temples of Louang Prabang, Laos.
http://www.break.com/usercontent/2010/9/3/temples-of-louang-prabang-laos-episode-18-3min-1910678


Cambodia

# Steung Meanchey, Cambodia - I am Visna | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramdiboy/4950757521/

Cambodian rights groups face worsening repression: activists
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/194322/cambodian-rights-groups-face-worsening-repression-activists

Group calls Kingdom ‘repressive’ on labour
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010090341740/National-news/group-calls-kingdom-epressive-on-labour.html

Exotic Food in Cambodia! - Siem Reap, Cambodia Travel Blog
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/chelsea-charlot/1/1281619495/tpod.html

EU urged to probe Cambodian farmers' rights violations
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE6820D7.htm

SRP points finger at Vietnam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010090341749/National-news/srp-points-finger-at-vietnam.html

Cambodian army has live firing exercise
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/09/03/Cambodian-army-has-live-firing-exercise/UPI-14861283552184/

Kampuchea Krom land now knows as South Vietnam.
http://cvn70.blogspot.com/2010/09/kampuchea-krom-land-now-knows-as-south.html

Overview of Cambodian Media Market
http://msk-carolina.blogspot.com/2010/09/part-i-overview-of-cambodian-media.html

A Khmer-Krom Youth Killed in Kampuchea-Krom Because He is Khmer
http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2010/09/khmer-krom-youth-killed-in-kampuchea.html


Vietnam

Vietnam Raids Restaurants Selling Exotic Meats
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/vietnam-raids-restaurants-selling-illegal-exotic-meats/

Russia to build nuclear power station in Vietnam
http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/09/03/18673304.html

HCM City as Vietnam’s largest economic centre
http://www.vnnnews.net/hcm-city-as-vietnams-largest-economic-centre

Pre-1975 music in Viet Nam
http://www.globalpost.com/webblog/vietnam/pre-1975-music-viet-nam

Vietnam: Basic communities and social activities help the renewal of the Vietnamese Church
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=39221&t=Vietnam%3A+++Basic+communities+and+social+activities+help+the+renewal+of+the+Vietnamese+Church

Anything Is Possible
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/jobs/05boss.html

Public Studies on Southeast Asia Retrieved via Google Scholar Alerts

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General or Comparative Southeast Asia

Elections in Authoritarian Regimes: an Endogenous Story of Elite Dynamics in Post Reform Vietnam and China
http://circle.ubc.ca/bitstream/handle/2429/28005/ubc_2010_fall_chan_evelyn.pdf?sequence=1

Sharia Incorporated: A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past
and Present
http://dare.uva.nl/document/183100#page=434

List of red-light districts
http://uk.ask.com/wiki/List_of_red-light_districts


Indonesia

Monitoring Environmental Pollutants in Indonesia
http://www.terrapub.co.jp/onlineproceedings/ec/04/pdf/PR205.pdf

THE INDUSTRY OF FERMENTED FOOD IN INDONESIA: PRESENT STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT
http://www.cryo.affrc.go.jp/kankobutu/fftc/Oral_Presentations/fftc_or_07/fftc_or_07.html

Informal Health Education for Early Childhood in Indonesia
http://jurnal.pdii.lipi.go.id/admin/jurnal/1209219232.pdf


Papua New Guinea

Multilingual Elementary School Teaching in Papua New Guinea
http://www.uog.ac.pg/glec/Key/Kay/Multilingual%20conference.htm


Malaysia

Islamic Education in Malaysia
http://www.rsis.edu.sg/publications/monographs/Monograph18.pdf

Singing Islamic Modernity: Recreating Nasyid in Malaysia
http://kyotoreviewsea.org/tansooibeng.htm

Reading Comprehension of Multi-Ethnic Literature in Malaysia
http://jurnal.pdii.lipi.go.id/admin/jurnal/1209119128.pdf


Singapore

The history of an emerging multilingual public library system and the role of mobile libraries in post colonial Singapore, 1956-1991
http://majlis.fsktm.um.edu.my/document.aspx?FileName=946.pdf

Teaching Critical Reading to In-service EFL Teachers in Singapore
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/article.asp?vid=167&DID=12486&sid=1&cid=738&iid=12400&nid=3091

INTERNET DEVELOPMENTS AND GOVERNMENT DIFFUSION: Case of Singapore
http://web.simmons.edu/~chen/nit/NIT%2796/96-219-Reid.html


Brunei

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Philippines

Is Local Development Good Politics? Local Development Expenditures and the Re-election of Governors in the Philippines for 1992, 1995 and 1998
http://www.pes.org.ph/dp2/index.php/dp/article/viewFile/82/74


Thailand

Utilizing Islamic Religious Education as a Peacebuilding Tool: A Case Study of Southern Thailand
http://www.global-politics.co.uk/Issue%204/Thai%20schools.htm

Domestic Ducks and H5N1 Influenza Epidemic, Thailand
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3556

e-Education for all when the national IT policy lacks pedagogical spirits:
http://thinsan.org/work/e-Ed4UAE.htm


Laos

Rubber Planting in Laos: Local Approaches to New Challenges
http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/%28de%29/tdrc/ag_sozanth/publications/working_papers/wp365.pdf


Cambodia

Cost and Disease Burden of Dengue in Cambodia
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-10-521.pdf


Vietnam

The evolution of HIV policy in Vietnam: from punitive control measures to a more rights-based approach
http://journals.sfu.ca/coaction/index.php/gha/article/viewArticle/4625/5941

The Relationship between Working Capital Management and Profitability: A Vietnam Case
http://www.eurojournals.com/irjfe_49_05.pdf

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The Muslim World

Why most Palestinians don't support Israeli-Palestinian talks – or another intifada
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0902/Why-most-Palestinians-don-t-support-Israeli-Palestinian-talks-or-another-intifada?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4556725

An Unlikely Trio
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66535/mustafa-akyol/an-unlikely-trio

Saudi Arabia: Domestic Worker Brutalized
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/09/02/saudi-arabia-domestic-worker-brutalized

* 30 Mosques in 30 Days
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2015518,00.html?xid=newsletter-photos-weekly


American Studies

US: European Corporate Hypocrisy
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/09/01/us-european-corporate-hypocrisy
http://www.hrw.org/node/92719

How Barack Obama Became Mr. Unpopular
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2015629,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

Illegal immigrants: Which states have lost the most?
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0902/Illegal-immigrants-Which-states-have-lost-the-most?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4557561

Blacks, Young Voters Not Poised for High Turnout on Nov. 2
http://www.gallup.com/poll/142877/Blacks-Young-Voters-Not-Poised-High-Turnout-Nov.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=USA


Global Issues

The Nuclear Domino Myth
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66738/johan-bergenas/the-nuclear-domino-myth

The Pyongyang Playbook
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66581/sung-yoon-lee/the-pyongyang-playbook

Kenya could be punished for welcoming Sudan's leader
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2010/0903/Kenya-could-be-punished-for-welcoming-Sudan-s-leader?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4557561

# Photos: Aftermath of Pakistan's Devastating Floods
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2015340,00.html?xid=newsletter-photos-weekly


Minority Groups

Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2015849,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

A Crisis in Amish Country
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03amish.html?ref=todayspaper


Internet Studies

20 Back-To-School Gadgets
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2014567,00.html

Google Chrome 6: What it is and how to get it
http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/0902/Google-Chrome-6-What-it-is-and-how-to-get-it?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4557561

Google Privacy Center
http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy_tools.html