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

12 March 2010

International News

 Political

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan calls it an Island; China says it’s just a few rocks. The squabble over the status of tiny Okinotorishima is at the centre of a new strategic power game between the Asian rivals  (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)

Economic

• Kabul (NNI) Japan grants $19.5 million to promote literacy in Afghanistan (The Nation, p- 15, Pakistan Observer, p- 2)

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s economy is recovering more slowly than previously thought from its worst recession on record, hobbled by stubborn deflation and weak domestic demand, government data showed Thursday (Daily Times, p- B5)