Asean & Burma: Getting Beyond Spin, Addressing Substance – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17005 NEWS ANALYSIS By SIMON ROUGHNEEN BANGKOK — With the US announcing its Burma policy review on Sept 28,...
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Somaliland – the pull of terror – ISN
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=93701 Recent terror attacks in the self-styled independent Somaliland could be designed to destabilize the secessionist region, dragging it...
New violence in Philippines sparks terrorism fears – The Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/30/new-violence-in-philippines-sparks-terrorism-fears/ SINGAPORE | The southern Philippines, long considered a safe haven for al Qaeda affiliates, has relapsed into violence...
Europe’s Sharia Question – ISN
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=92057 In recent weeks, the European Commission and the UK have made apparent concessions to Islamic law, and with...
Iraqi Christians: Round trip to Death Street – ISN
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19329 Iraqi Christian refugees flee the horror of sectarian violence at home only to struggle with life in Lebanon....
Sectarian tensions heat up in Lebanon – The Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/04/sectarian-tensions-heat-up-in-lebanon/ Outside forces fuel instability BEIRUT | The banner draped across one of downtown Beirut’s plush ice-cream parlors reads...
Fighting in Tripoli, Syrian hands – World Politics Review
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=2524 TRIPOLI, Lebanon — On the road into Tripoli from the south, Lebanon’s condo- and casino-dotted coastline rises sharply...
Lebanese Christians mull Damascene conversion – Asia Times
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JH02Ak04.html BEIRUT – Renewed fighting last weekend in Tripoli, in the northern Sunni-dominated region, demonstrates Lebanon’s precarious peace, and...
NATOs Afghan Litmus Test – ISN
The greatest challenge facing NATO is its mission in Afghanistan, NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Jones said, testifying before...
Kenya in the Somali crossfire – ISN
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=88371 The assassination of a Somali al-Qaida affiliate overshadows peace talks, with Kenya vulnerable to terrorist attacks in response....