30 Jun 2009

The East-West Wire
East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Self-description:
"The East-West Wire is a news, commentary, and analysis service provided by the East-West Center in Honolulu. Any part or all of the Wire content may be used by media with attribution to the East-West Center or the person quoted. To receive the East-West Center Wire, please contact Derek Ferrar, Media Relations Specialist at (808) 944-7204 or send an email to EastWestWire--at--EastWestCenter.org [East-West Wire RSS service is also available - ed.].
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Current East-West Wire [i.e. from the period 30 Jun 2009 - 1 Jan 2009 - ed.]
* U.S. Has Limited Options on Iran; * Economic Shifts Critical for North Korea Sanctions; * U.S. Ambassador: Elections, Fair Constitution Key to Restoring Fiji's Democracy; * U.S. Needs New Approach to Burma, Former Embassy Chief Says; * Indian Voters Opt for Continuity Over Change; * Rubber Plantations May Have Devastating Environmental Effects in the Uplands of Mainland Southeast Asia, Scientists Warn; * Pakistan, Afghanistan and the U.S.: Shared Concerns and Concerted Responses; * Fiji's Conundrum; * Indonesia's Young Democracy Thriving, But Challenges Remain; * Public Health Systems Have Come a Long Way in Pandemic Readiness; * House Foreign Affairs Chairman: U.S. Foreign Aid System in Need of Reform; * Roots of Tension in Thailand; * Asia's Challenges in the Global Crisis -- A Catalyst for Change?; * North Korea Undeterred by Toothless Trade Restrictions; * North Korea -- Beyond the Launch; * Revisiting Micronesia; * A Thai Village's Ecological Success Story Offers Important Lessons; * A new role for civil society organizations; * Forging Cooperation in Crisis; * Trial Monitors Issue First Report on Khmer Rouge Tribunal; * Clinton in Indonesia: A Good Place to Start; * China-U.S. Economic Relations: From Symbiosis to Rupture?; * Street-level air pollution in Asian cities likely worse than thought, and getting worse; * Archived News Wires [From 31 Dec 2008 - to 1 Feb 2001 - ed.]
[Strangely, in most of the East-West Wires their date (day, month, year) of publication is not stated in a unambiguous, clear-cut manner. It takes reader's conscious effort to ascertain when exactly a particular Wire has been written. - ed.]
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