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

16 October 2009

International News

Political

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s new defence minister said on Thursday that rules governing the US troop presence on Okinawa island were “humiliating” while conceding that a major American base would likely have to stay there (Dawn, p- 11)

• Tokyo (REUTERS) Japan’s alliance with the United States will become even more important with China’s rise as a military power, Japanese Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa said on Thursday, dismissing concerns that ties could weaken (Daily Times, p- A9)

• Kabul, Otawa, Tokyo, London (News Agencies, AFP) Canada and Japan announced withdrawl of troops from Afghanistan (Daily Express, p- 3)