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#003366" color="white"><strong>SE Asia Specials</strong>  <br>  <br> </font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="left"><font><font color="darkorange"><font size="2"><strong>Vietnam: Taking stock</strong></font><br> </font></font><font color="white" size="1">A look at Vietnam's fledgling stock market, by <strong>Bradley Martin </strong>(Apr  '02)</font><font color="#000000"> <br> <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030801213745/http://www.atimes.com/se-asia/DD23Ae01.html"><font size="2"><font color="white">1</font><font color="white">: Listing toward the brighter side<br> </font></font><font color="white"></font></a> <br> <font color="white"></font><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030801213745/http://www.atimes.com/se-asia/DD24Ae01.html"><font color="white"> <font size="2">2: For action, look over the counter<br> </font></font></a> <br> <font color="white"></font><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030801213745/http://www.atimes.com/se-asia/DD25Ae02.html"><font color="white"> <font size="2">3: The feel-good factor</font> </font></a></font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table height="31" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="middle" background="/web/20030801213745im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/top_bg.gif"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tr valign="top" align="middle"> <td width="25%"> <div align="center"><a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/archive.asp"><img height="18" src="/web/20030801213745im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/archive.gif" width="110" border="0"></a></div> </td> <td width="25%"> <div align="center"><a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/about.html"><img height="18" src="/web/20030801213745im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/about.gif" width="110" border="0"></a></div> </td> <td width="25%"> <div align="center"><a 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cellpadding="0" width="308" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="308"> <p><font color="#ff0000" size="2"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"> <font color="#999999" size="1"><font color="#000000" size="2"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"> <font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EH02Ae05.html"><strong>Philippines: Academic roots of rebellion</strong></a><br>Before leading last Sunday's mini-rebellion in Manila, Navy Lieutenant Antonio Trillanes did his homework - literally. As a graduate student at the prestigious University of the Philippines in 2001-02, he produced two studies into how corruption is sinking the Philippine Navy. - </font><strong><font color="#000000">A Lin Neumann <font color="#999999" size="1">(Aug 1, '03)</font></font> <br><br>THE ROVING EYE</strong></font><br><a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EH02Ae01.html"><strong>This is the way the killing fields end</strong></a><br>Illegal bombing by the United States, followed by the Khmer Rouge regime and the deaths of millions of Cambodians - it all ended with the decrepit alleged grave of Pol Pot in the middle of nowhere, and a baby democracy run by a former Khmer Rouge official. But wait, the Cambodian story is not over yet: there's a plan for a major new golf course, once the landmines are cleared. - <strong>Pepe Escobar</strong> <font size="1"> <font color="#999999">(Aug 1, '03)</font><br></font></font><br><a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/China/EH02Ad01.html"><strong>Southeast Asia-China: Threats, opportunities</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">Southeast Asian nations are not longer worried about China exporting communism to the region. Today, the worries are about China's enormous economic clout. But as the seventh World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention took place in Malaysia this week, it was clear that the nervousness was accompanied by realization that China is a huge market to be tapped. - <b>Eddie Leung <font color="#999999" size="1">(Aug 1, '03)</font></b></font><br><br><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>BOOK REVIEW</strong></font> <br><a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EH02Ae02.html "><strong>An antidote to the bad Bangkok novel</strong></a> <br><i><b> Bangkok 8,</b></i> by <b> John Burdett </b> <br>Bangkok and bad novels: the two just seem to go together. But a recent book, <b>Lin Neumann</b> contends, finally does justice to the city where anything goes. <font color="#999999" size="1">(Aug 1, '03)</font></font><br><br><strong><img hspace="0" src="/web/20030801213745im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/bestofbe4[1].gif" border="0"><br><br>COMMENTARY</strong></font><br> <a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EH01Ae02.html"><strong>Megawati's anniversaries reveal her vision</strong></a><br> Two significant anniversaries in the administration of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri occurred in recent days, one celebrated and one overlooked. The latter failure reveals Megawati's vision, and for her country's poor and for foreign investors, it's not a pretty picture. - <b>Gary LaMoshi</b> <br> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jul 31, '03)</font><br> <br> <a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EH01Ae01.html "><strong><font size="2">Water war makes small splash</font></strong></a><font size="2"><br> The perennial spat over fresh water has been exercising minds in Malaysia and Singapore again. The three-cent question is, why?</font> <font color="#999999" size="1"> (Jul 31, '03)</font></font>  <br> <br> <strong>THE ROVING EYE</strong></font> <br> <a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EG31Ae03.html "><strong>Deadlock in Cambodia</strong></a> <br> Prime Minister Hun Sen's party has jumped the gun and announced it has clinched an absolute majority of votes - infuriating opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who will form a "liaison" in protest. They may demand recounts and even re-votes in several areas of Cambodia.<b> - Pepe Escobar</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jul 30, '03)</font> <br> <br> <a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EG31Ae01.html "><strong>The shifting sands of time - and Singapore</strong></a> <br> Singapore, at only a few hundred square kilometers, is probably never going to outgrow its neighbor, Indonesia. But as Singapore grows and Indonesia shrinks, tensions are rising. <b>- Bill Guerin <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jul 30, '03)</font></b><br> <br> <a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EG31Ae02.html "><strong>US 'catfish war' defeat stings Vietnam</strong></a><br> Vietnamese exporters and officials are still smarting from an unfavorable ruling on the country's huge catfish exports to the United States - and the painful lessons it teaches when it comes to the perils of freer trade and a market economy. <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jul 30, '03)</font> <br> <br> <a href="/web/20030801213745/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EG30Ae02.html"><strong>US human rights bill widens rifts in Hanoi <br> </strong></a>Washington's latest salvo against Vietnam's dodgy human rights record is a bill, now wending its way through Congress, that would restrict further aid until Hanoi has made "significant progress" on rights issues. The Vietnam Human Rights Act has further rankled Hanoi hardliners who have never been keen on reformers' moves to cozy up to the communist country's former enemy. - <b>Alan Boyd <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jul 29, '03)</font></b> </font></font></font></font></font></font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td valign="top" width="35%"> <div align="left"><img hspace="0" src="/web/20030801213745im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/search-2.gif" border="0"><br> <img height="5" src="/web/20030801213745im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"><br> <table class="" id="table1" style="WIDTH: 183px; HEIGHT: 198px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="183" border="2"> <tr> <td class="" valign="top" bordercolor="darkorange" align="left" bgcolor="gainsboro" height="0"><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>SERIALIZATION</strong></font><font size="+0"><br> </font><font size="+0"><font color="black"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font color="black"> 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