Nuclear tests provoke press anger

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The UK press is united in horror at the underground nuclear tests carried out by North Korea.

It was, for the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6356931.ece">Times, "a blast that shook the world",</a> while the Independent declares it a "nasty surprise".

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/5383910/A-test-too-far-by-North-Korea.html">"Recklessly provocative", the Daily Telegraph</a> remarks. The Daily Express says "it gave the world the jitters".

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/25/north-korea-nuclear-testing-editorial">The Guardian speculates the test may have been intended as a wake-up call</a> for US president Barack Obama as he gets to grips with diplomatic affairs.

'Gravy train'

Once again the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5384341/MPs-expenses-Dennis-Watts-husband-of-MP-Meg-Munn-paid-for-tax-advice-by-ministers.html">Telegraph focuses on MPs' expenses,</a> its lead story appearing under the headline "The MP, her husband and the ministers' tax returns".

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2448374/MEPs-massive-expenses-revealed-by-Sun.html">The Sun, meanwhile, leads with a demand to end what it calls the Brussels "gravy train".</a>

It says the system lets "grasping" MEPs claim "fortunes" from taxpayers.

The paper claims the perks are so generous that MEPs often qualify as millionaires after one five-year term in "this cesspit of corruption".

'Ineffective' remedies

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1187553/Snoring-cures-costly-waste-time.html">Daily Mail has the results of a survey</a> of the effectiveness of treatments to cure snoring.

Many are a "waste of time", and could keep you awake rather than providing a quiet night's sleep, it reports.

Consumer watchdog Which? concluded that nearly three-quarters of people found over-the-counter remedies failed.

A Which? spokesman tells the paper snoring could be caused by sleeping position, excess weight or having a misshapen nose.

Bad habits

The papers enjoy the tale of 17 British men arrested on the Greek island of Crete for wearing nuns' habits during a riotous night out.

Photographs show them arriving in court in their fancy dress after spending a night in the cells feature in many of the tabloids.

They were released without charge but the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/most-popular/2009/05/26/brits-held-as-stag-night-fancy-dress-as-nuns-upsets-the-locals-115875-21388693/">Mirror says police were "nun too pleased"</a> with their behaviour.

The Sun advises them: "Don't make a habit of it".