Hot Topics
CN: China's Cyberwars 11/19/09
CN: AP NewsBreak: China holds, mistreats US geologist 11/19/09
CN: China legislator seeks to criminalise banquets: report 11/21/09
ID: Indonesian president issues order to publicly expose high-profile bank scam 11/23/09
IN: Security still lacking one year after Mumbai attacks 11/21/09
KP: Defector tells of life in North Korean army 11/19/09
LK: Tamil activists' shock on return to Jaffna 11/20/09
MY: Malaysia battles on for the soul of Islam 11/19/09
NZ: Link between fire starting and crime 11/19/09
PH: Arroyo urged to extend armed forces chief's term 11/19/09
Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
Instability
IN: Bomb blasts kill six, wound 40 in India's northeast 11/22/09
IN: Indian Maoists derail train, kill two: police 11/20/09
NP: Nepal ex-rebels announce nationwide general strike 11/21/09
PH: 6 soldiers, militiaman hurt in Catanduanes ambush 11/23/09
PH: In Philippines Strife, Uprooting Is a Constant 11/22/09
Special Operations
CN: Intelligence Ops Greatest Chinese Threat to United States of America 11/21/09
CN: More English needed as China steps up peacekeeping 11/19/09
ID: Indonesia Ponders UN Request on The Task Mission in Lebanon 11/20/09
Security Forces
AU: Australian troops using hard drugs in Afghanistan, Iraq 11/21/09
BD: LeT terror plot mastermind held in Bangladesh 11/22/09
CN: China has thirteen air police forces 11/18/09
CN: Chinese Coast Guard Development: Challenge and Opportunity 11/19/09
IN: Night launch for N-capable Agni-II today 11/23/09
JP: Japan gearing up to acquire F-35 fighters instead of F-22s 11/23/09
KP: N.Korean leader inspects security forces 11/21/09
LK: SLanka's ex-army chief vows to ‘restore' democracy 11/20/09
NZ: Crackdown on alcohol-fuelled crime 11/18/09
NZ: New Zealand Companies Build Vital Equipment For Army 11/23/09
PH: Top Islamist militants killed in Philippines: army 11/19/09
PH: Troops foil deadly attack in S Philippines 11/21/09
TH: 6 suspected insurgents shot dead in Thai south 11/18/09
TH: Thai Insurgents Killed in Gunbattle 11/18/09
TH: Thai Military Wants US Satellites to Hunt Islamist Rebels 11/20/09
Foreign Affairs
AA: Karat opposes strategic ties with US 11/23/09
AA: Bangladesh backs Saudi action on Yemen border 11/18/09
AA: China, ASEAN to further deepen cooperation on combating transnational crime 11/18/09
AA: Malaysia Looks To More Defence Cooperation With New Zealand 11/19/09
AA: Malaysian And Indonesian Forces Committed To Wipe Out Fight Terrorism At Border 11/21/09
AA: North Korea, China vow to further military alliance ‘sealed in blood' 11/23/09
AA: UN committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights 11/19/09
CN: US in standoff with Beijing over Chinese currency 11/18/09
IN: Future Directions of US-India Relations 11/23/09
LK: Ranil wants Indian form of democracy in Sri Lanka 11/19/09
TH: Thai minister hopes to recover Cambodian temple 11/18/09
Crime
AA: Interpol bust online illegal pharmacy racket 11/22/09
AA: Taiwan says 40 fishermen detained in Myanmar 11/23/09
LK: Combating cyber crime 11/18/09
NP: Crime & corruption edging out politics 11/23/09
PH: 6 fall in Laguna drug raid 11/23/09
PH: Anti-Child Pornography Law Enacted In The Philippines 11/18/09
PH: ‘Don't pay ransom', military tells victims' kin 11/18/09
TW: Cross-strait judicial aid pact contributes to crime-fighting 11/19/09