Via Wildmind Buddhist Meditation: A team at the University of California-Los Angeles has found that meditation may slow the progression of AIDS in “just a few weeks,” according to Reuters report. The findings, though, will have to be tested in further studies.

For more on the AIDS epidemic, please take a look at a video podcast of mine from last year.

This too from our friend Erick: The Irrawaddy reports about the growing frustration among Burmese activists, many of whom are beginning to seriously question the viability of nonviolent strategies. It’s not good news, but news to take note of nonetheless.

This from our friend Erick: The Far Eastern Economic Review is running a series of dispatches from journalist Kathleen McLaughlin, one of the first foreign journalists allowed to travel independently to Tibet since the beginning of the Chinese crackdown in March. The offer a rare “inside look” at Tibet today.

What are the scoops for today?

The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog has collected a bunch of articles with reports that Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to go back to the table on Monday for negotiations after a tense, two-week confrontation at the ancient temple of Preah Vihear.

Via the U.S. Campaign for Burma: There’s a scathing editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s general ineffectiveness. Particular attention is placed on their lack of action with regard to Burma. Take a look.