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

17 December 2009

International News

Political  

• NAHA, Japan (AP) The leader of one of Japan’s ruling coalition parties said Wednesday she wants a US Marine base moved off the southern island of Okinawa, deepening a dispute with Washington over the future of the air-field (The News, p- 10)

• Tokyo (Agencies) China’s Vice President Xi Jinping was wrapping up a three-day Japan visit Wednesday with a trip to a former heavy industry centre that has cut down on pollution and developed a robotics sector (The Frontier Post, p- 6)