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21 April 2012

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Publication Date : 21-04-2012

 

All 127 passengers on board an Islamabad-bound plane are killed as aircraft crashes due to bad weather, according to Dawn. The Philippines will not be cowed by China’s deploying a large patrol vessel to Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reports. N. Korea vows to continue ‘space programme’, says The Korea Herald. Japan's trade deficit, which hit a record US$54 billion in fiscal 2011, is likely to grow, The Yomiuri Shimbun says. Singapore PM Lee Hsien-loong goes on Facebook and Twitter, says The Straits Times.

 

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