From the News, Nation, Dawn, Pakistan Observer, Daily Times, Frontier Post, Nawa-i-Waqt (Urdu), Jang (Urdu) and daily Express (Urdu) newspapers                                                                            

12 August 2009

International News

Political

•  (Article by Simon Tisdall: Courtesy The Guardian) Japan tries to loosen the US leash (Daily Times, p- A8, Dawn, p-7)

Economic

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s central bank on Tuesday held its rock-bottom interest rates steady to give the world’s number two economy more time to recover from its worst recession in decades (Daily Times, p- B5)

Misc

• Tokyo (AP) Two powerful earthquakes struck Asia on Tuesday morning, killing one and injuring dozens in coastal Japan and sending panicked residents into the streets as tsunami warnings were issued for countries skirting the Indian Ocean that were devastated by a deadly 2004 quake and tsunami (Dawn, p- 12, The News, p- 11, Pakistan Observer, p- 3)