Hot Topics
AA: As US looks for exit in Afghanistan, China digs in 10/31/09
AU: China is not a strategic threat: Australian opposition leader 10/31/09
CN: China's crime-buster gets a second wind 10/30/09
CN: The monks and the military 10/31/09
CN: US admiral concerned about China military buildup 10/30/09
IN: India rebels ‘got corporate fund' 10/29/09
IN: India Withdraws Some Kashmir Troops In Peace Gesture 10/29/09
KR: Korean lecturer ‘spied for North' 10/29/09
PH: The Philippine experience: linkages between a strong adherence to human rights … 10/29/09
Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
Instability
AA: ‘Terror in Pakistan may spill over to India' 10/31/09
AA: Thai-Cambodian Tension Tests Claims of Regional Peace 10/28/09
BD: Four killed as worker-police clash in Bangladesh 10/31/09
IN: India is preparing for possible war with China and Pakistan 10/31/09
IN: India Maoist militia kills rivals 10/29/09
IN: Rebels Widen Deadly Reach Across India 10/31/09
MM: Rising instability in Eastern Burma 10/29/09
PH: Rebel killed, 3 soldiers injured in fresh clashes in S. Philippines 10/31/09
TH: Four civilians killed in Thai south: police 10/28/09
Special Operations
AA: India, Thailand in joint Navy training off Phuket 10/30/09
IN: Paramilitary forces for Goa okayed 11/01/09
VN: Marine militia may be set up to protect sea and islands 10/30/09
Security Forces
AA: Drug squads get lab training 10/29/09
AU: Australia to combine four Mideast bases 10/30/09
GU: PACOM's ‘Allied Nations' Strategy Will Drive Guam's Base Tactics 10/29/09
IN: India ready to face any Taliban threat: Army Chief 10/30/09
IN: Seven separatist rebels killed in India's Manipur state 11/01/09
IN: India: Maoist Hostage Train Secured 10/28/09
KH: Cambodia gives big boost to military budget 10/31/09
NZ: DNA to help NZ cops stop crime 10/29/09
PH: PNP: LGUs must also account for own guns 10/31/09
Foreign Affairs
AA: Mottaki criticizes major powers for spreading extremism in region 11/01/09
AA: Audrey Young: New Zealand just a blip on Tokyo radar 10/29/09
AA: Bulgaria President Discusses Afghanistan with Australia PM Rudd 10/30/09
AA: China wants good ties with India: Krishna 10/28/09
AA: China–Guinea deal highlights Africa business ties 10/29/09
ID: Indonesia condemns Israeli violence in Palestine's Al Quds mosque 10/30/09
PH: Gov't, MILF ready to open peace talks: senior official 10/29/09
TW: Taipei can't talk peace with a gun held to its head 10/29/09
Crime
CN: Chinese crackdown nets thousands of ‘stolen' children 10/29/09
IN: Criminal intent 10/28/09
LK: Sri Lanka outcry over police brutality 10/29/09
LK: S Lanka orders death threat probe 10/30/09
NZ: Blitz on crime bosses 10/29/09
NZ: Researchers expose a pattern for white-collar crime 10/28/09
PH: Gunmen Ask £1.2 Million Ransom For Priest In Philippines 10/31/09
TH: Drug smuggling to Thailand mounts 10/31/09
