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

17 March, 2009

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

ECONOMIC

-         Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s embattled premier on Monday launched a week of crisis talks on reviving the world’s number two economy, which a government report warned remained ‘in a severe situation.’ (Daily Times, p-B4

-         Tokyo (Reuters) The Tokyo government gave a bleak assessment of Japanese company profits on Monday. (Daily Times, p-B4)

MISC

-          Tsukuba (Japan), March 16 (AP) A new walking, talking robot from Japan has a female face that can smile and has trimmed down to 43 kilograms to make a debut at a fashion show. (Dawn, p-14; The Nation, p-11; Daily Times, p-B8)