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

6 March, 2009

INTERNATIONAL NEWS  

ECONOMIC 

-     Tokyo (Reuters) Japan’s stock market is poised to fall to new 26-year lows in coming weeks and unlike the past, a weakening yen is not likely to help a great deal. (Daily Times, p-B5)  

MISC

-          Tokyo (AFP) A small fire broke out in a Japanese nuclear plant Thursday, injuring one worker, but it was extinguished with no threat of a radiation leak, said operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). (Pakistan Observer, p-12; Dawn, p-16)

-          Article (Ananova) Pupils in Japan have been given lessons by the world’s first robot teacher. (Daily Times, p-B8)