http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Social Life"  in "South-East Asia" Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:32:48 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 38482 | THE MOGAMBO GURU : Pride in acting like a pawnshop http://en.redtram.com/go/151708917/top100/ 151708917 Down-on-their-luck Britishers streaming into pawnshops to hawk their gold and diamond baubles may not be doing the most sensible thing, but the pawnbrokers loading up with the glittering metal have the right idea. Accumulate, accumulate! It beats owning a house Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708917/top100/ 38482 | BP's Russian defeat a market victory http://en.redtram.com/go/151708908/top100/ 151708908 BP's agreement with its Russian partners over the running of its TNK-BP joint venture marks more than a defeat for the British company and its political chums in Westminster. A footnote to the deal may tell more about BP's tactics Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708908/top100/ 38482 | MARKET RAP : Darkest week in a year http://en.redtram.com/go/151708912/top100/ 151708912 Asian markets suffered a week of near non-stop declines and with objective macroeconomic and financial reasons for worsening sentiment, there are few if any points of light. Don't curse the darkness - just stay inside. R M Cutler runs his Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708912/top100/ 38482 | IT WORLD : Chrome contender in browser battle http://en.redtram.com/go/151708914/top100/ 151708914 Search giant Google is stepping up its challenge in the web-browser market with the introduction of Chrome, a sleek affair if apparently short on new ideas, even as Mozilla nibbles more users away from market leader Microsoft and its ever-spinning Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708914/top100/ 38482 | BOOK REVIEW : The ashes of American morality -The Dark Side by Jane Mayer http://en.redtram.com/go/151708905/top100/ 151708905 The core of the book is a dissection of the United States' reaction to the September 11 attacks and how it led to the "war on terror" - a war the author describes in all its sordid details. The deduction Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708905/top100/ 38482 | Free media amplifies Thai protests http://en.redtram.com/go/151708900/top100/ 151708900 Behind the ongoing political crisis in Bangkok is a fierce media battle between an upstart anti-government television station and Thailand's state-controlled media. Through its free-wheeling, controversial content, the new station has won praise for expanding freedom of expression, but others Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708900/top100/ 38482 | Afghanistan's war has a new battlefield http://en.redtram.com/go/151708882/top100/ 151708882 The raids this week by United States special forces into Pakistan in search of al-Qaeda and militant leaders mark a new era for Pakistan under president-in-waiting Asif Ali Zardari. In preparation for his expected anointment this weekend, "Iron Man" Zardari, Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708882/top100/ 38482 | US plays both sides in the Philippines http://en.redtram.com/go/151708885/top100/ 151708885 The Philippine government has junked a peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and both sides now totter on the precipice of full-scale fighting. Between the two has stood the United States - will the US abandon a traditional Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708885/top100/ 38482 | CHAN AKYA : Triangulating an Asian conflict http://en.redtram.com/go/151708889/top100/ 151708889 It's possible that in the near future Islamic extremists will have their finger on the Pakistani nuclear trigger, while Han nationalists in China and Hindu fundamentalists in India control their nuclear-armed countries. These are the trends shaping tomorrow's world, writes Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708889/top100/ 38482 | THE ROVING EYE : All square http://en.redtram.com/go/151708894/top100/ 151708894 It's more than possible that within the next few months a pro-gun, pro-Big Oil, mooseburger-eating PR stunt named Sarah Palin, whose foreign policy credentials are burnished by a visit to Canada, will have her finger on America's nuclear button if Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708894/top100/ 38482 | China still on-side with Russia http://en.redtram.com/go/151708878/top100/ 151708878 The West is engaged in a premature celebration of the death of the China-Russia relationship following Beijing's perceived lack of support for Moscow's intervention in Georgia. This is a misreading of China's evolution to normal ties with Russia after going Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:34:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151708878/top100/