11.   The report coincided with a meeting between Tokyo governor Yukio Aoshima and Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura.

12.   The report coincided with a warning by the Korea Development Institute, a state think tank, that rising household loans could destabilize the economy.

13.   The report coincides with a visit here by Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, who met President Eduardo Frei Monday.

14.   The report coincides with complaints from the Big Three US auto makers that a weak Japanese yen is making US auto exports to Japan more difficult.

15.   The Sing Tao Daily report coincided with tension between China and Taiwan, with Beijing staging two missile drills in the East China Sea in recent months.

16.   The report coincides with pressures by the White House to have the US Congress ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention.

17.   The report coincides with the start of Jewish new year.

18.   The World Bank report coincides with controversial moves by the government in Singapore to impose penalties on children who abandon their parents.

19.   That report coincided with an announcement by the South Korean secret service that a major outbreak of cholera had occurred in Pyongyang and the western coast of North Korea.