Sep 10, 2010

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



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Sep 9, 2010

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


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Sep 8, 2010

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

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# 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


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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

PDF version of this Table of Contents
Research Articles

Slavery and cultural creativity in the Banda Islands
Phillip Winn
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000238
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
The ‘informal Portuguese empire’ and the Topasses in the Solor archipelago and Timor in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Leonard Y. Andaya
doi:10.1017/S002246341000024X
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
The worst of both worlds: Commercial rice production in West Indramayu, 1885–1935
M.R. Fernando
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000251
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
Living with difference in rural Indonesia: What can be learned for national and regional political agendas?
Michelle Carnegie
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000263
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
Unofficial contentions: The postcoloniality of Straits Chinese political discourse in the Straits Settlements Legislative Council
Daniel P.S. Goh
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000275
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
Testimony, trauma and performance: Some examples from Southeast Asian theatre
Roxana Waterson
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000287
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
Notes

Maritime influences in Southeast Asia, c. 900–1300: Some further thoughts
Victor Lieberman
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000299
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
Review Article

Localisation, regionalism and the history of ideas in Southeast Asia
Anthony Milner
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000305
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000317
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000366
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000378
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
The Philippines. Brokering a revolution: Cadres in a Philippine insurgency. Edited by Rosanne Rutten. Manila, Ateneo de Manila Press, Pp. 400.
Jennifer Keister
doi:10.1017/S002246341000038X
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000391
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000408
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S002246341000041X
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000421
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000433
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000445
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000457
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000469
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
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
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000470
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]
Books Received

Books Received
doi:10.1017/S0022463410000329
Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
[ abstract ]


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Sep 7, 2010

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


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Sep 6, 2010

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

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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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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



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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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Sep 5, 2010

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

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The Muslim World

# 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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