Daily Links - 19/11/2003

• Via BBC World's "Reporters" programme:
  
  • Turkmenistan - an odd Central Asian country, where "Stalin meets Las Vegas".
  
  
  • China's hidden AIDS epidemic.
  
  


• Other links:
  
  • "Versatile" teachers help spread AIDS in Africa.
  
  
  • Alan Paton remembered.
  
  
  • Speaking of Paton, his writing has become popular again, thanks to Oprah's book club.
  
  
  • Jimmy Carter writes a novel. [via Slate]
  
  
  • Marshall Plan revisionism.[via antiwar.com]
  
  
  • Letters to George Bush on the occasion of his state visit to the UK. [via LRC blog]
  
  
  • Billionaire George Soros decides to finance Bush's opponents.
  
  
  • Brian at Crooked Timber discusses arguments against cloning.
  
  
  • Mickey Mouse turns 75. Also includes an explanation of why he's been keeping a low profile recently.
  
  
  
  Update: George Soros explains his opposition to what he calls "The supremacist ideology of the Bush Administration".