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

19 March, 2009

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

POLITICAL

-          Seoul (Reuters) Japan will clear the way for the deployment of ballistic missile interceptors as it prepares for the possibility of a North Korean rocket falling toward its territory, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday. (Daily Times, p-A9)

-          Yokohama (AFP) Japan’s navy Wednesday commissioned its largest helicopter carrier yet but stressed that the destroyer complies with the country’s post-war pacifist constitution. (Daily Times, p-A9)

-          Tokyo (AP) Japan’s upper house passed a resolution Wednesday in support of Tokyo’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics, giving the campaign the full backing of parliament. (The Frontier Post, p-10)