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

23 July 2009

International News

Political

• PHUKET (Photo) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hirofumi Nakasone on Wednesday, prior to a bilateral meeting at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (The Frontier Post, p- 5)

Economic

• Tokyo (AFP) Deflation is set to deepen in Japan but the world’s number two economy should avoid a “vicious circle” of falling consumer prices leading to a weaker economy, a top central banker said Wednesday (Pakistan Observer, p- 7, The Frontier Post, p- 8)

Misc

• Tokyo (APP) An American and a Japanese man went missing after climbing Mount Fuji at the weekend, local police said Wednesday  (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)