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In 1863, the daimyo of Choshu (in western Honshu) fired on foreign ships in the Shimonoseki Straits.
Singapore's Straits Times reports the "slowdown in growth for the second quarter was across all sectors--and is the lowest growth rate in 12 years."
Small sailboats crowd the narrow straits and it’s a yachtsman’s paradise in the summer months.
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.
The Straits Times of Singapore expressed concern in an editorial Thursday that the new president of the Philippines, former movie star Joseph Estrada, would fail in his promises "to press ahead with economic reforms, establish law and order, stamp out corruption, and above all help the poor who form the bulk of the country's 70 million people."