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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Sep 2001
Vol. 8, No. 22 (154)

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 9
Entries rejected: 15

25 Sep 2001
5star
The Online Burma Library (OBL)
Burma Project, The Open Society Institute and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Supplied note: "An online database with classified and annotated links to thousands of full-text documents on Burma is now, at last, up and running. [...] OBL "is an evolving project designed to make full texts of Burma documents accessible online to Burmese and non-Burmese researchers, academics, educators, students, journalists, officials, diplomats, activists, colonels et al. It functions as a linked, annotated catalogue to much of the Burma material already on the Internet and will eventually house a number of archives (in addition to the Burma Press Summary which is already on the site) and directories such as the Burma Action Database (formerly Burma Action Directory)."
Site contents: Main Library (by subject):(Aung San Suu Kyi, Civil war, History, the Environment, Political parties, Internal displacement, Human rights, the Burmese military, Ethnic groups in Burma, the United Nations and Burma, the Economy, 30 other categories); Reading Room (by source): (Burma Community homepages, directories, general information on Burma, portals, breaking, current and archived news, multilingual resources, profiles, maps, discussion groups, electronic newspapers etc.); Alphabetical list of subjects; Burma Press Summary.
URL http://www.burmalibrary.org
Link reported by: David Arnott (darnott@iprolink.ch), forwarded by Geoff Wade (gwade@hkucc.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

25 Sep 2001
3star
National Campaign for Eradication of Crime by U.S. Troops in Korea
National Campaign for Eradication of Crime by U.S. Troops in Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Supplied note: "The purpose of this campaign is to research and investigate the crimes committed by U.S. troops against Korean citizens, eradicate such crimes, work for the revision of SOFA toward an agreement that guarantees equal rights, and finally reform the unequal system of international relations between the U.S. and South Korea." br /> URL http://usacrime.or.kr/Eng
Link reported by: Micah Adler (micah72@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

19 Sep 2001
3star
Climate Models of Greater Turkestan
Thomas Bryson, Portland, OR, USA
Supplied note: "New website by independent scholar. Collection of links to Central Asia resources on the web. Past climate models of Greater Turkestan (unpublished elsewhere) [for Alma Ata, KZ; Kyzyl-Orda, KZ; Bishkek, KZ; Dushanbe, TJ; Bajram-ali (Merv), TM; Krasnovodsk, TM; Bukhara, UZ; Fergana, UZ; Khiva, UZ and for the period 14,000 BP-present - ed.]."
URL http://www.motoji.net/home/resources/climate_modeling/climate_modeling.html
Link reported by: Thomas Bryson (bryson@motoji.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

12 Sep 2001
3star
Omens From Islamabad, Kandahar & Panjshir
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, (Tele.Fax.No. 44-4895235) on the above subject is now available at the Web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below]."
[Notes (prepared before the events of the 11 Sep 2001) on the activities of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda, the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM), the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), and the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM). The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers4/paper311.html
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

09 Sep 2001
3star
Think Centre (Asia)
Think Centre Asia, Bangkok, Thailand
Supplied note: "Think Centre, is an independent political think-tank which critically examines issues related to political development; democracy; rule of law; human rights and civil society. It was first established on July 16, 1999 in Singapore. Its success in creating political awareness and debate in the city-st ate has led to the development of a similar organization but with regional [Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines - ed.] reach. Based in Bangkok, Thailand, Think Centre (Asia) will hedge on its success in Singapore and work to develop a regional intellectual network for democracy."
Site contents: Education; Politics; Government; Environment; Human Rights; Consumer Protection; Free Expression; Economy; Calendar of Events; Youth Power!; TCA Forum; Links.
URL http://www.thinkcentreasia.org/
Link reported by: Somphon Wongchanglaw (somphon@thinkcentreasia.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

08 Sep 2001
5star
Atlas Mutual Heritage
Atlas Mutual Heritage (AMH), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Supplied note: "The Atlas Mutual Heritage (VOC settlements) is an expanding database [...] which deals with the VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, 1602-1800) heritage in Africa and Asia. The Atlas Mutual Heritage is the result of an intensive co-operation between the Algemeen Rijksarchief, the Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. [...] In its current form the AMH (VOC settlements) comprises [...] an overview of locations (forts and outposts) in Africa and Asia established by the VOC in the 17th and 18th centuries [305 sites from Aden, Agra, Ahmadabad, and Ai to Waai, Waeputih, Weligama, Wetar, Wynberg, and Yala. - ed.] . [...and ] images of these locations that are contained in the collections of the Algemeen Rijksarchief, the Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg and the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum. (Later versions will incorporate additional collections [and topics, such as overseas missions and expeditions - ed.]). In this first version the Atl as Mutual Heritage comprises ca. 2350 images: 335 paintings, drawings and prints, 473 manuscript charts and maps, 1542 photographs of overseas monuments in the West and in the East."
Site contents: The Atlas in General, Research Possibilities, Internal Arrangement of the System, Planning and Structure, Search the AHM Databank.
URL http://www.atlasmutualheritage.nl/
Link reported by: Geoff Wade (gwade@hkucc.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

05 Sep 2001
2star
Japan Research and Analysis through Internet Information
dandoweb.com, Japan
Supplied note: "Editorials and analyses of social issues by Yasuharu Dando, Japanese science writer of nationwide paper, [incl.] 'Issues Behind the Problem of the Decrease in Scholastic Ability', 'Men Getting Fatter, Women Getting Thinner', 'The Japanese Automobile Industry Has Broken a Taboo', 'The U.S.-Japan Gap in Attitude Towards Smoking' and etc."
[A site in JP and En - ed.]
URL http://dandoweb.com/e/
Link reported by: Yasuharu Dando (dando@dandoweb.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

04 Sep 2001
3star
Bangladesh: Assessment 2001
South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), Institute for Conflict Management, New Delhi, India
Supplied note: "SATP contains information, data, commentary, research, critical assessment and analysis on terrorism, low intensity warfare and sectarian strife in South Asia."
Site contents: Assessment, Backgrounder, Terrorist Outfits, Timeline, Documents.
[The SATP site monitors developments in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - ed.]
URL http://satp.org/bangladesh/Assessment_Bangladesh.htm
Link reported by: Pushkar Pathak (icm1@ndb.vsnl.net.in)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

02 Sep 2001
999star
Viet Youth site
VNTre, USA
Supplied note: "Viet Youth chat, Forums to post all about youth, Free email, sharing vietnamese culture...."
[A site in VN - ed.]
URL http://www.VNTre.com
Link reported by: BaoChau (webmaster@vntre.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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