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Example sentences for: straits

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The Indonesian press and Singapore's Straits Times discount the rumors as utterly false, citing the deplorable readiness of people to believe everything they read on the Internet.
With the orang laut pirates as allies, Srivijaya controlled the Straits of Melaka (known in colonial times as Malacca), a key link between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
The Straits Times editorialized that "Indonesians are free to vote for any party they want, but that choice should be based on what unites them as Indonesians with non-Muslims, not what separates them."
The Straits Times of Singapore led on a prediction by World Bank Chief James Wolfensohn, made in an interview with the International Herald Tribune , that as many as 20 million more Indonesians may be forced into poverty by their country's economic crisis and remain desperately poor for years to come.
In an editorial, the Straits Times of Singapore dwelt Friday on the threat of further secessions from Indonesia following the independence of East Timor.