the latest casualty
...of World War Two, apparently:
On August 16, a Russian patrol boat fired a warning shot at a Japanese crab fishing boat near a disputed chain of islands. The warning shot killed one of the Japanese crew, making him the latest casualty of World War II. The incident sparked the most recent diplomatic incident over the islands Japan calls its Northern Territories and Russia the southern Kurils. Recent years have seen increased economic integration between Russia and Japan, but the disputed islands have prevented the signing of a treaty to officially end WWII between the countries and are an obstacle to further cooperation.
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Thank God Berwick's out of it.
Posted by: dearieme | September 06, 2006 at 06:07 PM