Papers discuss Karadzic disguise

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All the papers are fascinated by the strange disguise adopted by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.

They all carry pictures of the man who, as the Sun puts it, escaped justice by sporting a Father Christmas-style white beard, mane of hair and black robe.

The Daily Mirror says his appearance was "every inch the alternative medicine therapist".

In the Independent he is pictured sitting with colleagues from the "Healthy Life" magazine he worked for.

The papers also examine the broader issues arising from Radovan Karadzic's arrest and what it means for Serbia.

Changing times

The Guardian picks up on the way attitudes have shifted in Serbia.

Its front page headline is "Serbia vows his army chief will be next" - referring to Karadzic's military henchman, General Ratko Mladic.

The Sun says now that Mr Karadzic faces "a life sentence", Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe "must know his time is running out".

There is sympathy with villagers in Litherskew in the Yorkshire Dales, because they reportedly face a three-mile round trip to empty their bins.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the council ruled that the road serving the hamlet is not a main highway.

So it has told people to take their wheelie bins to a pick-up point a mile and a half away.

'Ripping yarns'

The Times invites two doctors to comment on the idea of their profession facing annual reviews.

Professor Steve Field, the chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, is in favour. He says "the best doctors should want to develop their skills".

But Dr Martyn Lobley, a GP from London, says appraisals are a "shameless waste of time" and the irony is "that Harold Shipman would have sailed through".

Both the Times and the Telegraph pick up on Ofsted's call for schools to stock more action adventure books.

The reason is because white boys from deprived backgrounds need "ripping yarns" to inspire them to read.

There is some heartwarming news about "lonesome George" - the last surviving tortoise of his kind.

The Guardian and the Telegraph are excited by how he has shocked keepers after finally mating, after years of solitude and being a bachelor.