What N rap? It's only the ASEAN on a song
General Douglas MacArthur would undoubtedly have approved of Madeleine Albright. Albright and her accompanying defence secretary William Cohen are determined to strengthen the umbilical cord that has been in grave danger of coming unstuck in the wake of the region's financial crisis and ASEAN's growing wariness of the mutual admiration between Beijing and Washington.

Americans are couch potatoes, reveals study
Americans really must be a busy lot - trying to save their marriages and neighbourhood, making roads and schools safer and taking an active role in the country's politics. But they are not at all busy, says the cross-party National Commission on Civic Renewal which has also warned that the United States is leaning towards becoming a nation of passive observers.

Painting the net red
A search for Indian contemporary art throws up many links for Indian (American) art and a precious few which lean more towards the East. Here is a review of four sites on Contemporary Indian Art. An interesting site is Maya at www.southasia.com /maya which acts as an umbrella for various galleries who want a presence on the net.

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