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Wikileaks: Citing Bribe Attempts, US Sought Obama Intervention in Bout Case – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20235 BANGKOK—The United States Embassy in Bangkok sought the direct intervention of President Barack Obama as frustration grew over...

As ASEAN dithers, the US circles – Asia Times

http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KJ28Ae01.html The rhetoric used at the latest summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations risks generating false expectations...

ASIA: Human rights body’s shaky beginnings – IRIN

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86745 HUA HIN, 26 October 2009 (IRIN) – After only a few days Southeast Asia’s inter-governmental human rights body...

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ord538=grp1&ots591=EB06339B-2726-928E-0216-1B3F15392DD8&lng=en&id=108891 ASEAN’s new human rights commission is a tiger with no teeth and highlights the organization’s continuing unwillingness to...

Redshirts Vow to Continue Protests – The Irrawaddy

http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=16821 By SIMON ROUGHNEEN BANGKOK — Despite hours of torrential rain, around 20,000 Redshirt supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra marked...