http://en.redtram.com/ News on "State & Community"  in "South-East Asia" Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:09:10 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 38482 | THE MOGAMBO GURU : Fed up with Fed credit http://en.redtram.com/go/160411847/top100/ 160411847 The latest utterly astronomical jump in the amount of Fed-created credit in the US financial system is raising awareness of the "danger" our financial overlords are igniting of a great inflation in consumer prices to stave off a great depression. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411847/top100/ 38482 | The mother of all golden parachutes http://en.redtram.com/go/160411841/top100/ 160411841 As US politicians reconsider Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's financial bailout plan they should recognize it will do little to disperse the financial and economic clouds hanging over the world. It will instead allow banks to make huge riskless profits, while Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411841/top100/ 38482 | CHAN AKYA : Math of doom http://en.redtram.com/go/160411844/top100/ 160411844 Simple math helps to debunk the mumbo-jumbo carelessly thrown around by central banks and the media with respect to the present financial crisis. The exercise proves among other things that the US Treasury will certainly buy assets above fair value, Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411844/top100/ 38482 | MARKET RAP : More depths plumbed http://en.redtram.com/go/160411845/top100/ 160411845 The New Zealand market was as good as it got this week, and that showed a fall of more than 1%. Japan set the pace for declines and is now looking at territory not seen in almost 25 years. R Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411845/top100/ 38482 | BOOK REVIEW : Asians one and all http://en.redtram.com/go/160411838/top100/ 160411838 Pan-Asianism in modern Japanese history, edited by Sven Saaler and J Victor Koschmann The essays in this book reconstruct the development of Pan-Asianism - the assumption that Asians should be united - as one of the most important trends in Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411838/top100/ 38482 | IT WORLD : Milk bad, snow on Mars OK http://en.redtram.com/go/160411835/top100/ 160411835 Customers of a Skype partnership in China have had Internet chat and text messages intercepted and stored for analysis by the authorities. Key words - "milk", for example - trigger the intercepts. The unlikely combination of "snow" and "Mars" is Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411835/top100/ 38482 | India and the US marching on http://en.redtram.com/go/160411834/top100/ 160411834 Wednesday's conclusion of a civilian nuclear deal between the United States and India has already been described as a "non-proliferation disaster". But for Washington and Delhi, apart from lucrative business opportunities, the accord is a major step in a military Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411834/top100/ 38482 | Stormy weather for Taiwan's Ma http://en.redtram.com/go/160411831/top100/ 160411831 Weeks of typhoons and a tainted-milk scare have soured the start of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's administration, and battered his popularity. His original plan was simple: nurture closer ties with China to boost Taiwan's sagging economy. So far, however, economic Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411831/top100/ 38482 | Blood thickens Japan's political waters http://en.redtram.com/go/160411832/top100/ 160411832 The unstable nature of present-day Japanese politics may stem from a continued preference for well-heeled hereditary politicians totally out of step with everyday citizens. Prime Minister Taro Aso's new cabinet is no exception - 12 of its 18 members have Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411832/top100/ 38482 | India and the temples of doom http://en.redtram.com/go/160411833/top100/ 160411833 Horrific temple stampedes have become an all too common occurrence at Hindu festivals in India, with the trampling to death of 147 pilgrims in Jodhpur on Tuesday the latest tragedy. Rudimentary or non-existent crowd management measures exacerbate the problem, yet Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411833/top100/ 38482 | In North Korea, a port with no joy http://en.redtram.com/go/160411830/top100/ 160411830 It was a happier day in North Korea when former US president Jimmy Carter posed for photographs with Kim Il-sung in 1994 atop a West Sea dam - one of the Hermit Nation's proudest achievements. But today, as Donald Kirk Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411830/top100/ 38482 | Nuclear bond for North Korea, Myanmar http://en.redtram.com/go/160411829/top100/ 160411829 A recent flurry of high-level contacts between North Korea and military officials from Myanmar raises the possibility that Myanmar is seeking nuclear weapons procurements. Whether the visits are related to arms deals or just military industrial development and tunneling technology, Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:37:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160411829/top100/