PM Brown writes on City change

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Gordon Brown has an article in the papers, in which he says banking's "old excesses" are coming to an end.

He writes in the Times that anyone associated with a loss cannot receive a bonus, and that it is time for the City to change.

And Chancellor Alistair Darling's announcement that the bailed-out bank, RBS, would cut its bonuses to the legal minimum went down well in the press.

"Fat cat cuts" is how the Daily Mirror brings the news to its readers.

Improving relations

In the Middle East, the Guardian says Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad expects the United States to send an ambassador to Damascus soon.

He says he wants Barack Obama to make good on his offer to engage in dialogue with countries shunned by the Bush administration.

The president says he hopes for a new relationship after the Bush era.

Millions of workers face a pay freeze because of falling inflation, according to the Daily Telegraph.

The Daily Mail and Daily Express carry Office of National Statistics figures.

These apparently show that one in seven jobs is being filled by overseas workers - mostly from outside the EU.

The Independent says property prices are apparently soaring in Baghdad.

House prices have risen by 50% in parts of the Iraqi capital during the past year and rents have almost doubled.

Ripper risk

Doctors believe the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, is fit enough to be moved from top-security Broadmoor Hospital, according to the Sun.

The paper says Sutcliffe, who murdered 13 women and tried to kill seven others, is now considered "low risk" and suited to a less secure unit.

Many papers report how documents detailing what Hitler was like, as told by one of his generals, have emerged in a house clearance in Shropshire.

The Express says the Nazi leader apparently had "shocking" table manners, ate lots of cake and experienced flatulence at meal times.