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

10 January, 2009

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

POLITICAL

-          Tokyo (Agencies) Japan should join anti-piracy operations near Somalia and not get entangled in debate on whether the step would violate the pacifist constitution, the US ambassador here said. (The Frontier Post, p-5)  

MISC

-          Tokyo (AFP) Japan is planning to offer people work in farming and fishing in hopes of bringing new blood to the ageing countryside amid a worsening recession, officials said Friday. (The Nation, p-17)

-          Tokyo (AFP) A paraplegic Japanese fisherman without a life jacket survived for 15 hours after falling into the sea by keeping himself afloat, the coast guard said Friday. (Pakistan Observer, p-3)