Papers focus on 'Afghan heroine'

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The death of the first British woman soldier to be killed in Afghanistan is widely reported in Thursday's papers.

"Our Afghan Heroine" is how the Daily Mirror describes her, adding that she also did two tours of duty in Iraq.

The Times says her death has called into question Britain's increasing use of women soldiers on the front line.

A British military spokesman tells the paper that personnel are selected for missions on the basis of what they can do, not on the basis of their gender.

Rogue trader?

The Financial Times is among several papers reporting the discovery of a suspected rogue trader working in London for the Morgan Stanley bank.

He was suspended for allegedly over-valuing his positions by over £60m.

The Times and Daily Telegraph report on the murder of Abigail Chitoro, the wife of the mayor of Harare, in Zimbabwe.

Amidst violence ahead of a presidential run-off vote, she was abducted after her husband was chosen to be mayor by his opposition party colleagues.

Anglican schism?

An 89-page document entitled "The Way, the Truth and the Life" spells the end of the worldwide Anglican Communion, according to the Daily Telegraph.

It says church leaders from Nigeria, Uganda and Rwanda are saying they can no longer be associated with liberals who tolerate homosexual clergy.

And the Daily Express has the story about the remarkable recovery of a US man from advanced skin cancer.

Radical therapy by doctors in Seattle left him free of tumours within eight weeks.

By-election decision

Kelvin Mackenzie uses his column in the Sun to explain why he decided not to stand against David Davis in the by-election in Haltemprice and Howden.

He says joking that Hull was an "absolute shocker" was the first sign he was not cut out for Westminster.

But the "clincher" was not being able to afford the £100,000 he needed to spend on his campaign.

The former Sun editor urges his readers to vote for a grocery stallholder standing against Mr Davis.