Al Safir – Lebanon
The summit war
While the Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip intensifies, the Arab world is arguing over where and when to hold a series of summits to discuss the situation. Al Safir explains that an economic conference is already planned for Monday in Kuwait, where Gaza will be discussed. On top of this, 13 Arab League nations are due to attend a special meeting in Doha today. Yesterday, however, the Saudi authorities held a mini-summit — calling on Gulf countries to boycott the Doha summit because it is only a sideline event.

The New York Times - United States
The New York Times publishes a photo gallery showing pictures of the amazing escape of all 155 people on a US airliner which had to make an emergency landing in New York City’s Hudson River.

The Independent – United Kingdom
Great escape: miracle on the Hudson River
The Independent features an article which includes statements from residents and workers in New York who saw the plane go down. Passengers describe their “near-death experience”, and the aircraft’s pilot is praised for a text-book landing. Knowing he couldn’t head for densely populated Manhattan, he chose to come down on the river.

The Guardian - United Kingdom
Bird strike on both engines in New York air crash 'a terrible coincidence
The Guardian tells readers more about the phenomenon of bird strikes — thought to be behind the engine problems encountered by the US airliner. It is reportedly rare for flocks of birds to fly into planes, but they are known to be a threat to pilots, especially during landing or taking off. When airports are situated close to lakes (at London’s Heathrow Airport for example), staff often use noise guns to disperse groups of birds.

The Daily Telegraph - United Kingdom
Is Adora Svitak the cleverest child in the world?
Like most 11-year-olds, Adora Svitak days are spent at school — but she is a teacher, not a pupil! The American girl has been teaching since the age of seven and already has two internationally published books. The basement of her house has been converted into a television studio so she can lead video conferences with  children and businesses around the world. Despite being highly intelligent, she still finds the time to play like other children and admits preferring JK Rowling’s books to Charles Dickens, who she says uses sentences which are a little “convoluted”.