Volume 4 Number 346 Thu. May 20, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Point-Counterpoint   Closeup Japan A second breakthrough in North Korea unlikely for Koizumi The announcement didn't come as a total surprise as factual details coupled with rumours were abound in recent days that the inner circle of the Japanese government was getting ready for another summit   Economic globalisation and third world poverty Poverty in the third world (TW) countries has permeated to an unacceptable level.   Rethinking development approach Our country is one of the most vulnerable economies, characterised by extremely high population density, low resource base, high incidence of natural disasters, and criminalised socio-political structure.     Advertisement