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

22 July 2009

International News
Political

• Tokyo (AP) Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the powerful house of Japan’s parliament Tuesday and vowed his divided ruling party will make a new start in national elections next month despite forecasts it may lose the grip it has held on the nation for most of the past 55 years (Pakistan Observer, p- 3, The Nation, p- 12, The Frontier Post, p- 5)

• (Courtesy COUNTERPUNCH: Article by Paul Craig Roberts) Threatening Iran (Daily Times, p- A8)

Misc

• Tokyo (AFP) Torrential rains triggered scores of floods and landslides in Western Japan on Tuesday, leaving at least six people dead and nine more missing, police and other officials said (Dawn, p- 11)