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

10 March 2010

International News

 Political

• Tokyo (AP) Japan confirms Cold War-era ‘secret’ pacts with US (The News, p- 10, Pakistan Observer, p- 6)

• Tokyo (Reuters) Japan’s government on Tuesday vowed to stick to its ban on nuclear arms after a probe showed its predecessors may have turned a blind eye to breaches, but said ties with security ally Washington would not be affected (Daily Times, p- A9)

• (Article by Simon Tisdall / Courtesy The Guardian) China threat can heal US-Japan rift (Daily Times, p- A8)