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

14 November 2009

International News

Political

•  Tokyo (AFP) The leader of the United States and Japan- the only country to have used atomic bombs, and the only country ever hit with them- jointly called for a world free of nuclear weapons Friday (The News, p- 10)

• Tokyo (AFP) Barack Obama insisted on Friday that the United States was a “pacific” power and vowed to deepen its engagement in the region as he set foot in Asia for the first time as US President (Daily Times, p- A9)

MISC

• Tokyo (REUTERS) Passenger and cargo ferry Ariake leans to the right while sailing in the sea of Kumano off Mie Prefecture in central Japan on Friday. All 28 passengers and crewmembers were rescued according to local media  (The News, p- 11)