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

13 January 2010

Local News

Culture

• Islamabad (What’s On/ APP) Japanese Calendar Exhibition in Islamabad (Dawn, p- 14, The News, p- 15, Pakistan Observer, p- 10)

International News

Political

• HONOLULU, HAWAII (AFP) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to defuse a dispute over a US air base in Japan as she arrived in Hawaii for Tuesday talks with her Japanese counterpart Katsuya Okada (The News, p- 11)

Economic

• Tokyo (Reuters) American Airlines and its partners in the Oneworld alliance sweetened their offer to Japan Airlines to $ 1.4 billion to keep the struggling national carrier from joining hands with rival Delta Airlines (Daily Times, p- B4)