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From:         Laurence Press <LPRESS@ISI.EDU>
Subject:      LDC Networking archive & list

             GNET: an Archive and Electronic Journal

                  Toward a Truly Global Network

Computer-mediated communication networks are growing rapidly, yet
they are not truly global -- they are concentrated in affluent
parts of North America, Western Europe, and parts of Asia.

GNET is an archive/journal for documents pertaining to the effort
to bring the net to lesser-developed nations and the poorer parts
of developed nations.  (Net access is better in many "third
world" schools than in South-Central Los Angeles).  GNET consists
of two parts, an archive directory and a moderated discussion.

Archived documents are available by anonymous ftp from the
directory global_net at dhvx20.csudh.edu (155.135.1.1).  To
conserve bandwidth, the archive contains an abstract of each
document, as well as the full document.  (Those without ftp
access can contact me for instructions on mail-based retrieval).

In addition to the archive, there is a moderated GNET discussion
list.  The list is limited to discussion of the documents in the
archive.  It is hoped that document authors will follow this
discussion, and update their documents accordingly.  If this
happens, the archive will become a dynamic journal.  Monthly
mailings will list new papers added to the archive.

We wish broad participation, with papers from nuts-and-bolts to
visionary.  Suitable topics include, but are not restricted to:

   descriptions of networks and projects
   host and user hardware and software
   connection options and protocols
   current and proposed applications
   education using the global net
   user and system administrator training
   social, political or spriritual impact
   economic and environmental impact
   politics and funding
   free speech, security and privacy
   directories of people and resources

To submit a document to the archive or subscribe to the moderated
discussion list, use the address gnet_request@dhvx20.csudh.edu.

Larry Press
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 10:08:52 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: American surfing group visits VN

09/03

AMERICAN SURFING GROUP VISITS VIETNAM

    HANOI, Sept 4, Reuter - Beach buffs may soon be singing "Surfin' Vietnam" in
the curl off China Beach.
    The official Vietnam News newspaper said on Friday that Bruce Hopping, the
chairman of the U.S.-based International Surfing Association, agreed with
Vietnamese government authorities to hold a surfing competition in Danang from
December 14 to 31.
    It would be the second international surfing competition proposed in Vietnam
this year.
    In August, American businessman Bruce Aitkin, head of the Hong Kong-based
Sports Asia Ltd, said he had agreed with Hanoi to hold a surfing competition at
China Beach in October 1993.
    Danang's China Beach, the subject of a popular American television series,
was a receation centre for U.S. troops during the Vietnam War, and is one of
many of the mostly empty, white sandy beaches Vietnam hopes to open to tourism.
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Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1992 10:45:54 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: Do Muoi hails defense ties with India

09/08

Vietnam's Muoi hails defence ties with India

    NEW DELHI, Sept 8, Reuter - Vietnam's Communist Party chief Do Muoi asked
India on Tuesday for its continued help on Hanoi's defence and economic
development.
    "We look forward to India's continued support in our present cause of
defence and development," said Muoi, who arrived to the sort of ceremonial
reception India usually reserves for heads of state.
    "India is a very big country and it must be prepared to play a worthy role
in the region...and in the United Nations, as a permanent member of the Security
Council," Muoi told reporters at the start of his six-day visit.
    Muoi is accompanied by a 36-member delegation, including Vietnam's chairman
of Atomic Energy, Dinh Tu.
    An Indian foreign ministry official said New Delhi would respond favourably
to Vietnam's quest for help in its nuclear research programme.
    "We always welcome cooperation in nuclear energy for peaceful purposes," the
official said, asking not to be identified.
    Vietnamese officials said Hanoi had a small nuclear research programme but
declined to say whether Tu would seek India's help in its expansion.
    Indian atomic energy officials say New Delhi is capable of exporting small
nuclear reactors for research. India has held preliminary talks with Iran on the
sale of a 10-megawatt nuclear reactor but stopped short of a deal, apparently
after pressure from Washington.
    Muoi, in answer to reporters' questions, also commented on China's alleged
intrusion into Vietnamese waters in the Gulf of Tonkin for oil exploration.
    "It's not only the Gulf of Tonkin. On land too there are problems. We are
having problems on the Spratly Islands and over China's intrusions in the
territorial waters of Vietnam," he said.
    Hanoi on Saturday accused China of setting up an illegal oil exploration
drilling platform in the Gulf of Tonkin and urged it to withdraw a drilling
vessel and a seismic survey ship.
    It earlier protested against China's award of a contract to the U.S.
Crestone Energy Corp in May to explore for oil in an area which Hanoi says is in
its continental shelf.
    Muoi parried a question about Vietnam's reported plans to cut its army from
about one million to 600,000, saying: "Vietnam desires peace and stability.
That's our final goal."
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Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:27:41 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      VN/AI: Vietnam Asylum Seekers

HONG KONG

Governments Sign Agreement to Return Vietnam Asylum Seekers

The Governments of the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Vietnam announced on
May 12 that they had signed an agreement to forcibly return to Vietnam
Vietnamese asylum seekers who had arrived in Hong Kong before October 29,
1991 and who had failed to qualify as refugees under a screening process.

Amnesty International continues to have concerns regarding the screening
process used to exclude these people. Amensty considers that, contrary to
current practice, each asylum seeker should receive legal advice at all
stages of the process and receive an oral hearing when appealing against
refusal of refugee status.

Amnesty International intends to continue monitoring the screening process.
The organization is concerned that no asylum-seekers be forcibly returned
if they are at risk of serious human rights violations and believes that
Hong Kong authorities must continue to make improvements to the screening
process to ensure that all those at risk are identified.

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Amnesty Action newsletter, Summer/Fall 1992
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Date:         Sun, 13 Sep 1992 15:39:03 EDT
From:         Elliott Parker <3ZLUFUR@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Subject:      TH: Proj. election results

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 22:19:10+0700
From: somsak@munnari.oz.au (Somsak Boonsamran)

Election Result *Predictions* as of 10 p.m. based on unofficial counts and
 exprapolations as reports come in (over the Bangkok Bank's network to the
 Bangkok Post newspaper).
Democrat        78 seats
Chart Thai      77 seats
Chart Pattana   62 seats
New Aspiration  52 seats
Palang Dhamma   47 seats
Social Action   22 seats
Solidarity       8 seats
Seritham         7 seats
Prachakorn Thai  3 seats
Muan Chon        3 seats
Rassadorn        1 seats
 Total seats...360
 This figure will be updated here as results are confirmed -- your Sysop
 (not the Sysop here -- this message is from the Post Database BBS in Bangkok)
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Date:         Sun, 13 Sep 1992 15:37:00 EDT
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Subject:      TH: Bangkok election results

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 20:09:21+0700
From: somsak@munnari.oz.au (Somsak Boonsamran)

BANGKOK RESULTS -- unofficial (8 p.m. Bangkok time (13.00 UTC) September 13)

PDP -- Palang Dhamma
PTP -- Prachakorn Thai
Dem -- Democrat
MC -- Muan Chon

BELOW are the unofficial election results in Bangkok.
There are 12 constituencies with 35 MPs.
 o Constituency 1: 3 MPs (Dusit, Bang Sue, Rajthevi).
  1) Col Vinai Sompong (PDP) 46,222
  2) Samak Sundaravej (PTP) 46,216
  3) Arkorn Hoontrakul (PDP) 44,476 Constituency 2: 3 MPs (Phra Nakhon, Pom
 Prap Sattru Phai, Pathum Wan, Samphanthawong, Bang Rak)

 1) Maj-Gen Chamlong Srimuang (PDP) 51,967
 2) Suthep Attakorn (PDP) 48,913
 3) Marut Bunnag (Dem) 47,338

Constituency 3: 3 MPs (Phya Thai, Chatuchak, Don Muang only Thung Song Hong
 area)

 1) Tinnawat Arukaphitak (PDP) 47,384
 2) Mrs Kruawan Samana (PDP) 46,200
 3) Samut Mongkolkitti (PDP) 45,541

Constituency 4: 3 MPs (Phra Khanong, Praves, Lat Krabang)

 1) Savit Bhotivihok (Dem) 57,483
 2) Akrapol Sorasuchat (Dem) 53,565
 3) Preecha Suwanthad (Dem) 50,665

Constituency 5: 3 MPs (Huay Khwang, Klong Toey)

 1) Dr Udomsilp Srisaengnam (PDP) 59,377
 2) Sutin Noppaket (PDP) 58,657
 3) Art-ong Chumsai na Ayudhaya (PDP) 58,654

Constituency 6: 3 MPs (Yan Nawa, Sathorn, Bang Khor Laem )

 1) Abhisit Vejjajiva (Dem) 62,039
 2) Charoen Kanthawong (Dem) 52,010
 3) Somkiat Chanthawanit (Dem) 49,589

Constituency 7: 3 MPs (Bang Kapi, Bung Khum, Lardprao)

 1) Mrs Sudarat Kaeyuraphan (PDP) 83,710
 2) Col Chinawudh Sunthorseema (PDP) 83,533
 3) Thamrong Saengsuriyachan (PDP) 82,433 votes

Constituency 8: 2 MPs  (Thon Buri, Khlong San)

 1) Pramote Sukhum (Dem) 51,661
 2) Sompong Susupa-art (Dem) 41,323

Constituency 9: 3 MPs (Bang Khun Thian, Chom Thong, Rat Burana)

 1) Thian Manohorathat (PDP) 52,955
 2) Thawin Praisont (PDP) 52,542
 3) Somphat Kalayavinai (PDP) 51,153

Constituency 10: 3 MPs (Bangkok Noi, Bang Plad, Taling Chan)

 1) Sqn Ldr Prasong Soonsiri (PDP) 51,322
 2) Vice Adm Roj Wipatphumiprathet (PDP) 50,686
 3) Thanet Pornpipatpong (PDP) 49,609

Constituency 11: 3 MPs (Phasi Charoen, Bangkok Yai, Nong Khaem)

 1) Chalerm Ubamroong (MC) 67,759
 2) Sawaeng Rirkcharan (PDP) 50,858
 3) Wilas Chantharapitak (PDP) 50,141

Constituency 12: 3 MPs (Bang Khen, Don Muang excluding Thung Song Hong, Min
 Buri, Nong Chok)

 1) Dr Krasae Chanawong (PDP) 58,504
 2) Paweena Hongsakul (PTP) 58,014
 3) Maj-Gen Sombat Rodphothong (PDP) 54,059
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 11:04:44 CDT
From:         "Michael J. Olan" <olan@CSFAC.UWLAX.EDU>
Subject:      Omnitheater Show

The Science Museum of Minnesota is showing "Dance of Life," a film
which offers a portrait of Indonesian culture, in its Omnitheater.

Dates:   September 8 through November 25
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Call: (612) 221-9488 for schedule & show time information

Also showing until October 19 is "Tropical Rainforest"
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 10:07:34 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: China & VN to discuss border dispute

09/04

CHINA AND VIETNAM TO DISCUSS BORDER DISPUTE

    HANOI, Sept 4, Reuter - Vietnam and China will hold talks before the end of
the year on a land border dispute that has delayed the reopening of a main
railway line closed since 1979, Hanoi's foreign ministry said on Friday.
    The ministry, in answer to a journalist's question, said deputy foreign
ministers from both sides would meet, but the time and place had not been set.
    But other Hanoi government officials said on Friday that China would send a
deputy foreign minister to Hanoi in the next few weeks to discuss the dispute.
    The officials, who asked not to be identified, said Hanoi was worried that
China, which normalised relations with Vietnam last November, would take a tough
stand on the issue.
    Hanoi authorities say China took over some Vietnamese land along the
frontier recently while both sides were preparing to reopen a railway line
closed after a 1979 border war. The dispute has delayed the reopening of the
line.
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Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1992 10:46:39 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS: Thais stumble in aim to become Indochina gateway

09/08

Thais stumble in aim to become Indochina gateway

    BANGKOK, Sept 8, Reuter - Thailand is losing out to Hong Kong and Singapore
in its often-stated ambition to be the gateway to business in Indochina, a
leading foreign entrepreneur says.
    The amount of Thai investment in Vietnam was pathetic while in Cambodia the
image of the "ugly Thai" predominates, said Ray Eaton, an Australian whose
Export Development Trading Corporation has been a pioneer in doing business in
Indochina.
    "I believe that it would be correct to state at this juncture Thailand has
lost out to very strong competition from both Singapore and Hong Kong and to be
the gateway to Indochina tremendous efforts will be needed to achieve this
status."
    He made his comments at a forum on Thai-Vietnamese relations. Copies of his
speech were distributed to the media on Tuesday.
    Thailand set its sights on Indochina under former prime minister Chatichai
Choonhavan's so-called "battlefields to marketplaces policy," which envisages
Bangkok becoming the hub of trade and business in a region seen as one of the
last frontiers to cross on the Asian economic map.
    Held back by years of wars, international isolation and communist planning,
Indochina's economies are now opening up.
    A huge United Nations peacekeeping mission has set about rebuilding Cambodia
and the U.S. embargo on Vietnam is expected to be lifted after the presidential
election in November.
    "From the very onset the potential of Chatichai's policy was never fully
realised," Eaton said.
    Businessmen had received only token support from the Thai government, he
said.
    Only 1.5 per cent of investment in Vietnam was Thai while Taiwanese and Hong
Kong investment counted for 40 per cent, ranging from hotels annd tourism to
banking and manufacturing.
    Thai-Vietnamese trade in 1991 was worth less than US$200 million compared to
more than $1 billion between Vietnam and Singapore, he said.
    Malaysia was also becoming a strong player on the scene, he added.
    "It is clearly obvious that the investment and trading by Thai companies in
Vietnam is almost pathetic when compared with the desire to be the gateway to
Indochina," Eaton said.
    Thai entrepreneurs had instead concentrated on Cambodia, something of a Wild
West for businessmen where there was little legal control and corruption was
rampant.
    There they earned a reputation as exploiters, seeking quick profits from
superficial projects and fuelling graft by their willingness to bribe everyone
in sight, he said.
    Thais have also come under fire from the international community for their
ventures in logging and gems with the Khmer Rouge, the guerrilla faction that is
threatening the peace process by its refusal to honour the accord signed last
October.
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:32:15 -0500
From:         ZABDULLA@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU
Subject:      ASPIRE-L on line

Date: 14 Sep 1992 14:16:00 -0500 (EST)
From: "Susan Snider Salmon, Director, International Center"
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A  = APEC (Asian - Pacific Economic Cooperative)
S  = Student
P  = Professional
I  = Integration and
RE  = Reentry

(To be printed in the ASPIRE Newsletter, Vol. 1 No. 3)

ELECTRONIC MAIL FOR PROJECT ASPIRE IS ON-LINE by Susan Snider Salmon

Indiana University (IU) is pleased to announce that ASPIRE-L (the LISTSERV
electronic mail network for ASPIRE) is on-line!  This network is IU's
contribution to the Midwest Regional Center for Project ASPIRE and is managed
from the International Center on the Bloomington Campus.

The network is moderated, which means all items are reviewed prior to posting.
Information which is related to the goals and objectives of Project Aspire and
for relevancy to ASEAN countries will be placed on the network. The moderator,
Mohan Veloo, is a student from Singapore who is studying Computer Information
Systems. Mr. Veloo will work closely with Jack Brewer at Ball State University
to ensure that the network functions in a useful and responsive way.

Material will include:  information from employers, announcements of programs
and activities, networking for ASEAN students, postings from Peterson's
Connexion, and employment opportunities.

The service is FREE, convenient, and open to any ASEAN student, employer, or
individual and groups involved in International Education. ASPIRE-L is not just
for the MIDWEST region, but is intended as an international ASPIRE linkage for
ASEAN concerns.

To subscribe, send an email message to:

BITNET:  listserv@iubvm
INTERNET:  listserv@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu

In your message, type: SUB ASPIRE-L  YOUR NAME
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Date:         Sun, 13 Sep 1992 15:34:01 EDT
From:         Elliott Parker <3ZLUFUR@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Subject:      TH: Unofficial election totals

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 20:54:17+0700
From: htk@munnari.oz.au (Hugh Thaweesak Koanantakool)

Here is the totals for Thailand's general election result as of 20:40 THI.

   Party                      Mar92   Sep92
   Chart Thai                  74       75
   Social Action               31       19
   Democrat                    44       79
   Prachakorn Thai              7        3
   New Aspiration              72       50
   Solidarity                   6        8
   Muan Chon                    1        4
   Rassadorn                    4        1
   Palang Dharma               41       48
   Chart Pattana               --       64
   Seri Tham                   --        9
   Palang Prachachon           --        0

Most unofficial counts are now at 100%.  Incomplete results are
only a few provinces with remote districts and poor communications.
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 10:10:45 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: More anti-refugee violence in Germany

09/06

MORE ANTI-REFUGEE VIOLENCE ERUPTS DESPITE MASSIVE POLICE DEPLOYMENT IN GERMANY

BONN, Germany (SEPT. 6) UPI - Right-wingers rioted, battled police and
firebombed buildings in the latest night of anti-foreigner attacks, but police
said Sunday a massive deployement of security forces helped prevent a major
escalation of violence against refugees.

As in previous nights in the past two weeks, right-wingers and skinheads
Saturday night hurled stones and firebombs at hostels for foreigners seeking
political asylum and at police deployed outside the buildings.

Scores of people were arrested.

Most of the violence took place eastern Germany, but several incidents were
also reported in western Germany.

In the eastern German city of Eisenhuettenstadt, about 150 youths led fierce
street battles with the police who stopped them from storming a reception
center for asylum-seekers.

Hundreds of local residents cheered the rioters, some of them chanting ''Sieg
Heil'' and ''Germany for the Germans, foreigners out.''

In Koblenz, near the city of Hoyerswerda, attackers hurled an incendiary device
at a building in which 72 Vietnamese nationals live. A Vietnamese woman was
later treated for shock. Six policemen in the small town of Luebbenau were hurt
in clashes with right-wingers who tried to storm a hostel for refugees.

Police said the massive deployment of security forces around hostels in eastern
Germany helped prevent a major escalation of violence over the weekend.

Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt blamed the government for the widespread
anti-foreigner sentiment in eastern Germany.

In an interview with Cologne's Express daily, the former Social Democratic
chancellor said the government brought about the situation by creating a crisis
of post-unification economic expectancy in eastern Germany and by not stemming
the flood of refugees entering Germany.

The authorities expect about 500,000 will seek asylum in Germany this year,
most of them from eastern Europe. They say the vast majority will not be
granted refugee status because they are looking for a better life and not
fleeing persecution, making them economic refugees instead of political ones.
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Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:39:03 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS: China denies purchase of aircraft carrier

09/09

Chinese policy expert denies purchase of aircraft carrier

	TOKYO (UPI) -- A Chinese foreign policy expert said Tuesday that
Beijing has not purchased a Ukrainian-built aircraft carrier and ``will
not participate in an arms race.''
	Xu Dan, deputy director of China's Institute of Contemporary
International Relations, told a symposium commemorating the 20th
anniversary of normalized Sino-Japanese relations the $3 billion price
for the carrier would absorb half the annual military budget.
	``And 1 million members of the People's Liberation Army would have to
starve,'' Xu added.
	The comment followed a warning Monday from Japan's Vice Foreign
Minister Koji Kakizawa against purchasing the carrier. Kakizawa
expressed concern such an acquisition could destabilize the Asia-Pacific
region.
	In a stronger message, former Foreign Minister Suburo Okita indicated
Japan would cut economic assistance if China went ahead with the
purchase.
	Xu said he learned last month that a Chinese delegation visited the
Ukraine shipyard where the carrier was being built. However construction
has been suspended indefinitely due to a rift between Ukraine and
Russia, which was providing technical expertise, he said.
	``China will not participate in an arms race in the future,'' Xu said
at the conclusion of the two-day meeting.
	Analysts said the carrier could enhance Beijing's ability to enforce
its claims over disputed islands in the region, such as the Spratlys in
the South China Sea, claimed by six countries, and the Senkakus in the
East China Sea, claimed by Japan and Taiwan.
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