Papers reflect on remembrance

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Many of the papers consider events this weekend to remember what the Sun calls heroes who have paid the ultimate price for Britain's freedom and security.

The Daily Mail says twin plagues of political correctness and liberal inertia should not threaten Remembrance Day.

And while war carries an almost unbearable price, the loss of liberty is worse, it says.

The Daily Mirror says relatives of more than 300 World War I veterans executed for cowardice but now pardoned will be at the Cenotaph for the first time.

Gaza attacks

For the Independent, the main story is Gaza. While the world looked elsewhere, it says, there has been another week of death and misery.

The Financial Times suggests Israel's attacks on Gaza, during the past week, seem to have brought rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah together.

The Times says the Bush administration can afford to pursue peace in the Middle East in its final stint in office.

The electoral consequences of defying lobby groups are not a fear, it says.

Police inquiry

The Daily Telegraph says Lord Sainsbury's resignation comes amid panic that the cash-for-honours police inquiry is zeroing in on Tony Blair.

The Daily Mail also says Labour's biggest donor quitting so suddenly and unexpectedly suggests this sorry affair is closing in on the prime minister.

He insists his decision was unconnected to the inquiry, the Daily Mirror says.

But, the Times says, Westminster has noted he will now avoid being caught up in any charges that may result.

Cancer cure

There is rare good news for people with prostate cancer in the Daily Express, which says a treatment has been found inside the tumours themselves.

It says oncologists in Baltimore have discovered a protein made by the cancer cells can be used to kill them. And the technique could work in other cancers.

Another cure from an unlikely source is reported in the Daily Mail.

It says a British company has developed a vaccine against hay fever, which is made by mixing pollen with salmonella.