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

11 July 2009

International News

Political

•  Tokyo (AFP) Moves to oust unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will intensify if, as many expect, his ruling block fares badly in a key local election on Sunday that is considered a bellwether for a coming national poll (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)

MISC

• L’AQUILA (Photo by AFP) (L to R) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Canadian PM Stephen Harper, US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Italian PM Silvios Berlusconi and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev wait for an aide to remove toe markers as they pose for a family photo at the G8 summit (Daily Times, p- A4)

• (Courtesy Telegraph) Origami City (Daily Times, p- B8)