Core Topics Links - September 21, 2010

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World at war (BM)

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, _here_ at http://starting-points.blogspot.com/

## Information & Analysis on US-ASEAN Relations
http://aseanmattersforamerica.org/

East-West Center - Washington - Publications List (includes full-text links)
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/publications-home/

Cambodia War Crimes Court Indicts Former Khmer Rouge Leaders
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Cambodia-War-Crimes-Court-Indicts-Former-Khmer-Rouge-Leaders--103036374.html

Protesters Return to the Streets of Bangkok
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/world/asia/20thai.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa21

The Clean Development Mechanism has failed to deliver
http://www.insideindonesia.org/stories/empty-promises-18091359

Indonesia’s carbon stores spark international attention
http://www.insideindonesia.org/stories/who-owns-the-carbon-05091343

Asia's next economic tiger? Hint: it's not India or China.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0920/Asia-s-next-economic-tiger-Hint-it-s-not-India-or-China?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4572626


The Muslim World

Afghan Vote Marked by Light Turnout and Violence
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/world/asia/19afghan.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1

Afghanistan elections: Why so few official fraud complaints?
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0920/Afghanistan-elections-Why-so-few-official-fraud-complaints?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4571552

Opposition Sees Gains After Afghan Voting
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/asia/21kabul.html?ref=todayspaper

Evenings of Poetry Provide a Space for New Voices
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/world/middleeast/20poetry.html?ref=todayspaper

In restless Kashmir, desire for independence grows
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0921/In-restless-Kashmir-desire-for-independence-grows?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4572626

Yemen Military Besieges Remote Qaeda Redoubt
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/world/middleeast/22yemen.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1


American Studies

Democrats Re-Establish Narrow Edge in Party Affiliation
http://www.gallup.com/poll/143009/Democrats-Establish-Narrow-Edge-Party-Affiliation.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=USA

Schoolwork
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/09/27/100927taco_talk_lemann

Obama Aides Weigh Bid to Tie the G.O.P. to the Tea Party
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/us/politics/20dems.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

For the Unemployed Over 50, Fears of Never Working Again
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/business/economy/20older.html?ref=todayspaper

Short of Repeal, G.O.P. Will Chip at Health Law
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/health/policy/21repeal.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Donor Names Remain Secret as Rules Shift
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/us/politics/21money.html?ref=todayspaper


Global Issues

Haitians Cry in Letters: ‘Please — Do Something!’
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/world/americas/20haiti.html?ref=todayspaper

Growing like China, Brazil seeks opportunities abroad
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/20/AR2010092006176.html

Extreme Heat Bleaches Coral, and Threat Is Seen
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/science/earth/21coral.html?ref=todayspaper

Jade From China’s West Surpasses Gold in Value
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/asia/21jade.html?ref=todayspaper

Our Clinton Global Initiative commitment to Pakistan
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/our-clinton-global-initiative.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29

Blackwater's Black Ops
http://www.thenation.com/article/154739/blackwaters-black-ops?rel=emailNation

Chinese Business Gains Foothold in Eastern Europe
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/business/global/22chinaeast.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa23


Minority Groups

French Ministers Defend Roma Policy
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/French-Ministers-Defend-France-Roma-Policy-102956394.html

Mormon-Owned Paper Stands With Immigrants
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/business/media/20deseret.html?ref=todayspaper

Beyond racism: lessons from the South on racial discrimination and prejudice
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0918/Beyond-racism-lessons-from-the-South-on-racial-discrimination-and-prejudice?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4571552


Internet Studies

A Google Health update
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/google-health-update.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29

Google Health
http://www.google.com/intl/en-US/health/about/

The Facebookification of Twitter
http://mashable.com/2010/09/14/facebook-twitter-3/
http://mashable.com/2010/09/14/new-twitter-web-interface/

Shades of red, shades of blue: mapping midterm election ratings
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/shades-of-red-shades-of-blue-mapping.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29

A more fontastic Google Docs
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-fontastic-google-docs.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29

Tools to visualize access to information
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/tools-to-visualize-access-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29

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Just say no. (BM)

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?

Core Topics Links - September 13, 2010

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Southeast Asia

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

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

From Hiding, Indonesian Defends Free Expression
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/world/asia/04indo.html?ref=todayspaper

Indonesian President Orders Police to Arrest Those Who Attacked Christian Group
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Indonesian-President-Orders-Police-to-Arrest-Those-Who-Attacked-Christian-Group-102765804.html

Thailand Halts News Conference on Vietnam's Human Rights Record
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Thailand-Halts-News-Conference-on-Vietnams-Human-Rights-Record-102763224.html


The Muslim World

A subtler tack to fight Afghan corruption?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/12/AR2010091204167.html

U.S. Steps Up Efforts on Sudan Vote
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/world/africa/13sudan.html?ref=todayspaper


American Studies

Health Care: The Disquieting Truth
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/sep/30/health-care-disquieting-truth/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Emailmarketingsoftware&utm_content=302072438&utm_campaign=September302010issue&utm_term=HealthCareTheDisquietingTruth

The Specter Haunting the Senate
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/sep/30/specter-haunting-senate/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Emailmarketingsoftware&utm_content=302072438&utm_campaign=September302010issue&utm_term=TheSpecterHauntingtheSenate

Will the 'Tea Party' take over Congress?
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/2010/0912/Will-the-Tea-Party-take-over-Congress?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4564364

Retooling in Response to Politico
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/business/media/13carr.html?ref=todayspaper

Retiring Later Is Hard Road for Laborers
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/us/13aging.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa29


Global Issues

The Slump Goes On: Why?
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/sep/30/slump-goes-why/?pagination=false

China makes inroads on emissions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/12/AR2010091203872.html

Chinese Remake the ‘Made in Italy’ Fashion Label
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/world/europe/13prato.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper


Minority Groups

Intolerance
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/09/20/100920taco_talk_wright

Celebrating Id al-Fitr Under Watchful Eyes of China
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/world/asia/13kashgar.html?ref=todayspaper

Document Cites French Bid to Oust Roma
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/world/europe/13france.html?ref=todayspaper


Internet Studies

The Face of Facebook
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_vargas

Facebook beats Google in one important metric: wasting time
http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/0910/Facebook-beats-Google-in-one-important-metric-wasting-time?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4564364

FCC considers release of unused TV channels
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/12/AR2010091203849.html

Fastest Net Service in U.S. Coming to Chattanooga
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/technology/13broadband.html?ref=todayspaper

Search Takes a Social Turn
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/technology/13search.html?ref=todayspaper


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Core Topics Link - September 12, 2010

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Southeast Asia

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

Development initiatives can and must safeguard local environments
http://www.insideindonesia.org/stories/sustainability-and-prosperity-11091358

Mining is booming in East Nusa Tenggara, but where is the wealth going?
http://www.insideindonesia.org/stories/prosperity-denied-13061302


The Muslim World

In Kandahar, you can get burgers and fries at U.S. 'boardwalk'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/11/AR2010091100406.html

Security in Afghanistan Is Deteriorating, Aid Groups Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/asia/12afghan.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Buildings Are Set Ablaze During Protests in Kashmir
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/asia/12kashmir.html?ref=todayspaper

Turkish Reforms Pass by Wide Margin
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/world/europe/13turkey.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1


American Studies

U.S. worker's case reveals how drug cartels get help from this side of border
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/11/AR2010091105087.html

Number of Families in Shelters Rises
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/us/12shelter.html?ref=todayspaper


Global Issues

In India, a deadly anti-corruption fight
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/11/AR2010091104602.html

World Panel Backs Rules to Avert Banking Crises
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/business/global/13bank.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1


Minority Groups

Road through segregation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/11/AR2010091105084.html

For pioneering Afghan Olympian, a different kind of race
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/11/AR2010091104838.html


Internet Studies

Facebook Launches App to Help You Find New Pages to “Like”
http://mashable.com/2010/09/11/facebook-page-discovery-browser/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29

Cellphone Carriers Are Turning to Wi-Fi, Too

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/business/12every.html?ref=todayspaper







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Core Topics Links - September 11, 2010

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Southeast Asia

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

Timor pardon raises new issues
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2010/09/timor-pardon-raises-new-issues.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EastTimorLawJusticeBulletin+%28East+Timor+Law+%26+Justice+Bulletin%29

Organized Crime in Timor-Leste
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2010/09/organized-crime-in-timor-leste.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EastTimorLawJusticeBulletin+%28East+Timor+Law+%26+Justice+Bulletin%29

Media and Security in Timor-Leste
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2010/09/media-and-security-in-timor-leste.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EastTimorLawJusticeBulletin+%28East+Timor+Law+%26+Justice+Bulletin%29

Dengue spreading far and wide, SE Asia worst hit
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dengue-spreading-far-and-wide-SE-Asia-worst-hit/articleshow/6532242.cms


The Muslim World

Nine Years After 9/11, Is Al-Qaeda's Threat Overrated?
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2017444,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

Pakistani flooding inflames divisions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091006723.html

Turkey's vote on constitution also a referendum on its premier
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091006711.html

Succession Gives Army a Stiff Test in Egypt
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/middleeast/12egypt.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1


American Studies

Arianna Huffington: The Nation's, and Obama's, Failures
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2017542,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

On Sept. 11, a challenge for Obama
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091007142.html

Vacancies Strain White House’s Goals for Economy
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/business/economy/11empty.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper


Global Issues

Needless Pain
http://www.hrw.org/node/92619?tr=y&auid=6970826

Swiss summit will shape future of banking industry
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091007145.html

India becomes a hub for fake medicines
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091006700.html

German Identity, Long Dormant, Reasserts Itself
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/world/europe/11germany.html?ref=todayspaper


Minority Groups

Business Class Rises in Ashes of Caste System
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/world/asia/11caste.html?ref=todayspaper


Internet Studies

Fla. pastor's Koran-burning threat started with a tweet
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091007033.html

Introducing Seesmic Desktop 2
http://seesmic.com/seesmic_desktop/sd2/

News, Views, Studies and Entertainment on Core Topics, September 10, 2010

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Southeast Asia

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

Philippines Leader Faults Police Over August Siege
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/world/asia/10phils.html?ref=todayspaper

SEAP e-newsletter (9/10/10)
http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/files/SEAPenewsletter/SEAP%20e-newsletter%2009102010.pdf

Lawyers condemn pardoning of criminals in East Timor as an erosion of democracy and the rule of law
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2010/09/lawyers-condemn-pardoning-of-criminals.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EastTimorLawJusticeBulletin+%28East+Timor+Law+%26+Justice+Bulletin%29

Thailand Beefs Up Security in Capital Ahead of Coup Anniversary
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Thailand-Beefs-Up-Security-in-Capital-Ahead-of-Coup-Anniversary-102640469.html


The Muslim World

Nigeria on the Brink
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66746/john-campbell/nigeria-on-the-brink

Letter From Srinagar
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/features/letters-from/letter-from-srinagar

U.S. anti-graft effort appears to miscarry
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090907124.html

U.S. Urges Iraqis to Try New Plan to Share Power
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/world/middleeast/10policy.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

A West Bank Enclave Is on Edge
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/world/middleeast/10ariel.html?ref=todayspaper

US soldiers charged with murdering civilians in Afghanistan war
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0910/US-soldiers-charged-with-murdering-civilians-in-Afghanistan-war?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4563205

Serbia Drops Challenge to Kosovo's Independence at UN
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Serbia-Drops-Challenge-to-Kosovos-Independence-at-UN-102587754.html

Obama Urges Israel to Extend Settlement Moratorium
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/world/middleeast/11diplo.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1

Afghan Protests Against Koran Burning Turn Violent
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/world/asia/11afghan.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1


American Studies

Judge rules on military gay ban
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090907733.html

Federal stem cell funding wins temporary reprieve
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090906597.html

Pentagon Plan: Buying Books to Keep Secrets
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/us/10books.html?ref=todayspaper


Global Issues

Changing Course in Moscow
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66743/jeffrey-mankoff/changing-course-in-moscow

Reimagining Eurasia
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66542/samuel-charap-and-alexandros-petersen/reimagining-eurasia

Let's Make a Deal
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66532/gary-hufbauer-and-robert-lawrence/lets-make-a-deal

Release of Chinese activist brings security crackdown to village
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090906958.html

Governments Call for More Coordination to Fight Sex Trafficking
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/More-Co-ordination-Needed-to-Fight-Sex-Trafficking-102632129.html


Minority Groups

Pastor cancels Koran burning
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090907127.html

Immigration law unconstitutional, court rules
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090907024.html

Official's views on Muslim immigration divide Germany
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090906970.html


Internet Studies

Fly to...a whole new website for Google Earth
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/fly-toa-whole-new-website-for-google.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29

Google Earth 5 Download
http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

News, Views, Studies and Entertainment on Core Topics, September 9, 2010

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Southeast Asia

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

Clan Planned Philippine Massacre Over Dinner, Witness Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/asia/09phils.html?ref=todayspaper

Row over graft charges rocks Timor coalition
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2010/09/row-over-graft-charges-rocks-timor.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EastTimorLawJusticeBulletin+%28East+Timor+Law+%26+Justice+Bulletin%29

Former Vice Prime Minister Mario Carrascalao Resignation Letter: English Translation
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2010/09/former-vice-prime-minister-mario.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EastTimorLawJusticeBulletin+%28East+Timor+Law+%26+Justice+Bulletin%29


The Muslim World

Mixed Results as NATO Drive on Kandahar Begins 
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/asia/09kandahar.html?ref=todayspaper

Suicide bomber kills 17 in Russia's North Ossetia
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/0909/Suicide-bomber-kills-17-in-Russia-s-North-Ossetia?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4562148

Crisis casts new doubt on U.S. effort
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090807423.html

Karzai seeks to restrict U.S. role in graft inquiries
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090807394.html

Group tests the waters for Mubarak son succession
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090806912.html

Egypt pushes back against Senate resolution
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090807369.html


American Studies

Whatever Happened to Obama's Army?
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2016973,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

Court Dismisses a Case Asserting Torture by C.I.A.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/us/09secrets.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper


Global Issues

Tibetans' hopes hinge on Dalai Lama
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090806917.html

In North Korea, signs of public discontent about Kim succession
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090807085.html

Debt, financial crisis hurt U.S. competitiveness
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090807266.html


Minority Groups

Halal Foods Expand Reach in France
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/europe/09france.html?ref=todayspaper

Evangelical leaders try to reach out to pastor who plans to burn Koran
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090807414.html


Internet Studies

New York Times Will Go Out of “Print” Sometime in the Future
http://mashable.com/2010/09/08/nytimes-print/

Google Instant Predictions From A to Z
http://mashable.com/2010/09/08/google-instant-predictions/

Google Unveils Tool to Speed Up Searches
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/technology/techspecial/09google.html?ref=todayspaper

News, Views, Studies and Entertainment on Core Topics, September 8, 2010

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Southeast Asia

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

# Volcano Erupts in Indonesia, Forces Evacuations
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_asia/2010-09-08/603413476628.html

# Indonesia cities empty for Muslim holy month's end
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jLjhSgABJ-V2myoJp2Mkx420TfxAD9I3MHGG0

Malaysia Loses GDP Power as Najib Lets Dagger-Waving Repel Ethnic Chinese
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-08/malaysia-loses-gdp-power-as-najib-lets-dagger-waving-repel-ethnic-chinese.html

Umno Youth Urge Government To Recall Ambassador From Indonesia
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newspolitic.php?id=527073

A string of question marks regarding Singapore’s national issues
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/09/09/a-string-of-question-marks-regarding-singapore%E2%80%99s-national-issues-2/

Teacher Deaths Force Closure of 365 Southern Thai Schools
http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2010/09/08/separatist-militants-force-closure-of-465-schools-in-thailand/



The Muslim World

UN Gears up for the South Sudan Referendum
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2010/0908/UN-Gears-up-for-the-South-Sudan-Referendum?sp_rid=NTkyNjc1NDA2MgS2&sp_mid=4560593

Political Ties Shielded Bank in Afghanistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/world/asia/08kabul.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Hundreds of Inmates Set Free in Nigerian Prison Break
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/africa/09nigeria.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa21


American Studies

How innovation killed the lights
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706789.html

In Chicago, Mayor Emanuel?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706757.html

Obama antitrust enforcement looking like more of the same
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706755.html

Obama transportation plan likely to have to wait
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706848.html

Obama set against Bush tax cuts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706847.html


Global Issues

In China, the Bad News for Reporters Gets Worse
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2016353,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

Monitoring Climate Change in the Ocean's 'Most Studied Spot'
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2016556,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

Report by BP on Gulf Spill Hints at Likely Legal Defense
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/us/09spill.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1

Government Aid Puts China Ahead in Clean Energy
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/business/global/09trade.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa1


Minority Groups

Religious leaders condemn plan to burn Koran on Sept. 11
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706679.html

Migrant Berry Pickers Complain of Conditions in Sweden
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/business/global/08sweden.html?ref=todayspaper


Internet Studies

Google’s Schmidt: ‘Next Great Stage’ Of Search Is Autonomous, Personal
http://searchengineland.com/schmidt-great-stage-search-is-autonomous-personal-50014

Net Neutrality: A New Flash Point for Foes of Big Government
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2016316,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

For the poor, cellphones can offer lifeline
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706625.html

New issue of Journal of Southeast Asian Studies is available

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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

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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

Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010

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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

Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010

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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

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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

Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010

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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

Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010

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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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