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

News, Views, Studies and Entertainment on Southeast Asia - September 6, 2010

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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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Illicit Arms in Indonesia
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

News, Views, Studies and Entertainment on Core Topics, September 6, 2010

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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

News, Views, Studies and Entertainment on Core Topics, September 4-5, 2010

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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

News, Views, Studies, and Entertainment on Southeast Asia - September 3-5, 2010

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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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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

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## ASEAN Studies Centre
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## Asian Studies WWW Monitor
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Indonesia

The Double Burden of Malnutrition in East Asia & Pacific
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/0,,contentMDK:22685093~menuPK:2246553~pagePK:2865106~piPK:2865128~theSitePK:226301,00.html?cid=EXTEAPMonth1

Rowing Between Two Reefs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/opinion/31iht-edweiss.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globasasa211

Journalist Murders in Indonesia Attributed to Low Standards
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Analysts-Poor-Standards-Public-Suspicion-Contributed-to-Journalist-Murders-in-Indonesia-102050528.html


Timor-Leste

World Bank Timor-Leste August 2010 Newsletter
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTIMORLESTE/News%20and%20Events/22680511/augbabadok.pdf?cid=EXTEAPMonth1

JSMP: Competency of the President to Grant Pardons: Prerogative Right versus Credibility of the Justice System
http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/2010/09/jsmp-competency-of-president-to-grant.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EastTimorLawJusticeBulletin+%28East+Timor+Law+%26+Justice+Bulletin%29

Fuel Smuggling to Timor Leste Foiled
http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2010/08/30/brk,20100830-275025,uk.html


Papua New Guinea

PNG winning fight against HIV/AIDS hears UN conference
http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201008/2997506.htm?desktop


Malaysia

BN turns nasty on Bidayuhs
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/sabah-and-sarawak/9765-bn-turns-nasty-on-bidayuhs

Lack of Chinese faces hampers BN in Sarawak polls
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/2010/08/blog-post_4403.html

'What has Taib been doing past 30 years?'
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/sabah-and-sarawak/9787-what-has-taib-been-doing-past-30-years

Sabah belongs to Sabahans
http://malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/special-reports/34175-sabah-belongs-to-sabahans-


Singapore

Singapore, Hong Kong Grapple With Housing Supply, Prices
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Singapore-Hong-Kong-Grapple-With-Housing-Supply-Prices-102053243.html


Brunei

Informal Body Set Up To Promote Safe Internet Use
http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/2010082928258/Local-News/informal-body-set-up-to-promote-safe-internet-use.html


Philippines

  
Inclusive Growth Provides Stronger Platform for Competitiveness—WB Study
http://www.worldbank.org.ph/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/PHILIPPINESEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22676244~menuPK:332988~pagePK:2865066~piPK:2865079~theSitePK:332982,00.html?cid=EXTEAPMonth1

Philippines Development Report 2009
http://www.worldbank.org.ph/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/PHILIPPINESEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22681303~menuPK:332988~pagePK:2865066~piPK:2865079~theSitePK:332982,00.html?cid=EXTEAPMonth1


Thailand
  
Revitalising HIV Prevention in Thailand: A Critical Assessment
http://www.worldbank.or.th/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/THAILANDEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22667719~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:333296,00.html?cid=EXTEAPMonth1

Thailand’s youth troubles
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5612775-146/story.csp


Laos

To the circus: conservationists warn of elephant exodus from Laos
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/10/elephants-laos-endangered-conservation


Cambodia

World Bank in Cambodia - July/August 2010 Newsletter
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCAMBODIA/newsletters/22672676/July-and-August-Newsletter-English-Final.pdf?cid=EXTEAPMonth1

## Cambopedia
http://cambopedia.com/


Vietnam

Vietnam's children face rising inequalities: UN
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/44220

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The Muslim World

The Ruthless Guerrilla Movement That Won't Die
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2014431,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

'Time to turn the page' on the Iraq war
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083106121.html

As Obama declares end of combat in Iraq, its citizens move forward with uncertainty
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083106130.html

In Central Asia, a new headache for U.S. policy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083106265.html

Afghan authorities take over largest bank to avoid meltdown
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083106082.html

Nervous Afghans pull money from Kabul Bank, raising fears
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090101620.html

In Iraq, clear signs of a new U.S. mission
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090106523.html

Leaders Call for Peace as Mideast Talks Begin
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/world/middleeast/02diplo.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

In Somali Civil War, Both Sides Embrace Pirates
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/world/africa/02pirates.html?ref=todayspaper

In Somalia, Battle Ends for Streets of Capital
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/world/africa/02somalia.html?ref=todayspaper


American Studies

Republicans Remain Disproportionately White and Religious
http://www.gallup.com/poll/142826/Republicans-Remain-Disproportionately-White-Religious.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=USA



Global Issues

Kim Jong-il gets aid offer from South Korea after coming up empty on China trip
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0901/Kim-Jong-il-gets-aid-offer-from-South-Korea-after-coming-up-empty-on-China-trip

China pushes six-party talks with North Korea, but others remain skeptical
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083101909.html

Germany considers another step toward normalcy: dropping the draft
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Editorial-Board-Blog/2010/0831/Germany-considers-another-step-toward-normalcy-dropping-the-draft

How I Learned to Love Farmed Fish
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2015134,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

Campaigns for premier kick off in Japan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090106519.html

### Cities at Risk: Asia's Coastal Cities in an Age of Climate Change
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/api096.pdf


Minority Groups

Muslim leaders debate FBI presence at mosques
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083106071.html

Grief Across Latin America for Migrant Killings
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/world/americas/02migrants.html?ref=todayspaper

Arizona's Anti-Immigration Firebrands: Fueled by Out-of-Staters
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2015377,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

Separate but Loyal: Ethnicity and Nationalism in China
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/ps056.pdf


Internet Studies

Google Realtime Search (2 links)
http://www.google.com/landing/realtime/ (learn)
http://www.google.com/realtime (do)

Back to the future: two years of Google Chrome
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/back-to-future-two-years-of-google.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29

Recent Public Studies on Southeast Asia Retrieved from Google Scholar

Image via Wikipedia

General or Comparative Southeast Asia

Trust and Governance in the Philippines and Singapore
http://www.idt.unisg.ch/org/idt/ipmr.nsf/0/f313cea217e15fbec125778800401dd8/$FILE/Quah_IPMR_Volume%2011_Issue%202.pdf

A Comparison of the Economic Development of the Republic of Korea and the Philippines since
Independence
http://www.zum.de/whkmla/sp/0708/chikyu/chikyu2.html

Indonesia–Malaysia onfrontation
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/134303

Setting the Stage: An Introduction to Thailand & Cambodia
http://www.thaigem.com/gemopedia/history/chanthaburi-history.asp

On Nationalism: Indonesia and East Timor as Constructed Nations
http://www.csrc.or.id/artikel/index.php?detail=20081031073400

DIGITAL REVIEW of AsiaPacific 2009–2010
http://www.idrc.ca/openebooks/456-7/#page_59


Indonesia

Narratives of Colonization, Decolonization and Recolonization in Papua
http://activehistory.ca/papers/history-paper-3/

Free Papua Organization
http://www.enotes.com/topic/Free_Papua_Organization

Special Issue on English Language Teacher Education and Development
http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/PDF/September-2010.pdf#page=145

Agricultural Policy Reforms in Indonesia: Accelerating Growth with Equity
http://www.agnet.org/library/eb/434/

Contesting narratives of the divine: Film religi and Islamic discourses in post-Soeharto Indonesia
http://cycads.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/contesting-narratives-of-the-divine-film-religi-and-islamic-discourses-in-post-soeharto-indonesia/


Timor-Leste

Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/east-timor

Unsaid or Unheard: The Limits of Observation and Human Rights Statistics
http://hrc.berkeley.edu/pdfs/workshopdocs/October5-Unsaid-or-Unheard-Ball-and-Price.pdf


Papua New Guinea

Land-use change and population in Papua New Guinea
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu03pe/uu03pe08.htm

Another Kind of Gold: An Introduction to Marijuana in Papua New Guinea
http://www.420magazine.com/forums/micronesia/71604-another-kind-gold-introduction-marijuana-papua-new-guinea.html

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of Logging Operations in the West Coast of Manus Area,
Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
http://www.wrm.org.uy/countries/PapuaNG/logging.html

Deforestation in Papua New Guinea: Potential Impact on Health Care
http://www.tropmed.org/rreh/vol1_11.htm

Resource Development and Health in Papua New Guinean Ok Tedi Mines
http://www.tropmed.org/rreh/vol1_8.htm


Malaysia

Encyclopedia - Sarawak
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Sarawak

Ethnic Identity Dilemma – A Case Study of the Indian Muslims in Penang, Malaysia
http://www.bizresearchpapers.com/6.%20saidatul.pdf


Singapore

Origins of the Internet in Singapore
http://www.physics.nus.edu.sg/~phytanb/bitnet4.htm

Singapore Clan Associations
http://www.chinatownology.com/singapore_clan_associations.html

Migation Issues in Singapore
http://www.unesco.org/most/apmrnw13.htm

Following Murukan: Tai Pucam in Singapore
http://murugan.org/research/gauri_krishnan.htm


Brunei

Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
http://www.apgml.org/documents/docs/17/Brunei%20Darussalam%20MER2_FINAL.pdf


Philippines

Models of Migration to the Philippines
http://uk.ask.com/wiki/Models_of_migration_to_the_Philippines


Thailand

HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN 3 HOSPITALS IN THAILAND
http://www.cphs.chula.ac.th/J%20Health%20Res/files/FullText/24/Suppl/6_siriporn_33-40.pdf
  
Operating Needle Exchange Programs in the Hills of Thailand
http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/syrgray.cfm

Learning Strategies in Japanese as a Second/Foreign Language in Thailand:
http://www.lscac.msu.ac.th/book/206.pdf

A Study of Christian Mission in Thailand
http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/eajt/2-1_062.pdf


Laos

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Cambodia


A Case Study of the Current Situation for Forest Concessions in Cambodia
http://nopheasasaki.net/2010/05/11/a-case-study-of-the-current-situation-for-forest-concessions-in-cambodia/

Libraries in Cambodia during Khmer Rouge
http://www2.db.dk/pe/cambodia.htm


Vietnam

Gender, Kinship and Agrarian Transitions in Vietnam
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-155720-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

CULTURE FIELD TRIPS TO DINH BANG VILLAGE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING VIETNAMESE IN VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
http://cnx.org/content/m29693/latest/

Theravada Buddhism in Vietnam
http://www.viet.net/~anson/ebud/vn_thera.htm

Land use changes and GIS-database development for Strategic Environmental Assessment
in Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
http://www.vub.ac.be/MEKO/Vietnam/EU/Duong2.html

Change Challenges for Environment and Development in Vietnam
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/env_dev/papers/pap05.html

The Translation of Traumatic Memories of the Vietnam War into Narrative Memory
http://dspace.lcc.ufmg.br/dspace/bitstream/1843/ECAP-835FKN/1/master_s_thesis.pdf

BUSINESS GIFT GIVING IN VIETNAM WITHIN AND BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS
http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/display.asp?id=11915

Hearings» Health Effects of the Vietnam War
http://veterans.house.gov/hearings/Testimony.aspx?TID=61263&Newsid=571&Name=%20Charles%20R.%20Marmar,%20M.D.