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

13 July 2009

International News

Political

•  Tokyo (AP) Japan’s embattled prime minister suffered a fresh blow on Sunday as his ruling party was badly beaten by the opposition in a crucial Tokyo vote that is seen as a bell- wether for a coming national election (Dawn, p- 11)

• Tokyo (Agencies) Voters went to the polls in Tokyo on Sunday for the capital’s assembly elections, seen as an important test of embattled prime minister Taro Aso ahead of a general election (The Frontier Post, p- 5)