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UK troops remain focus of media | UK troops remain focus of media |
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Many papers continue to make the deaths of 14 British troops in Afghanistan the focus of their attention. | Many papers continue to make the deaths of 14 British troops in Afghanistan the focus of their attention. |
Under the headline "Nimrod crew fought valiantly to save plane", the Scotsman has a photo of two grieving women being comforted at RAF Kinloss. | |
It talks of Kinloss, in Moray, as "a community cut to its core". | It talks of Kinloss, in Moray, as "a community cut to its core". |
Reporter Frank Urquhart describes how 14 sunflowers lay wilting in the sunshine at the gates of the base which is in its "darkest hour". | |
On the Afghan crash the Daily Mail carries pictures of 10 of the dead service personnel. | On the Afghan crash the Daily Mail carries pictures of 10 of the dead service personnel. |
The Daily Telegraph reports that the aircraft was worth £90m, and has been an "unseen" but "immensely valuable asset" in Iraq and Afghanistan. | The Daily Telegraph reports that the aircraft was worth £90m, and has been an "unseen" but "immensely valuable asset" in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
The Mail says the crash highlights concerns "over the poor standards of British military equipment", quoting the RAF describing the plane as "old". | The Mail says the crash highlights concerns "over the poor standards of British military equipment", quoting the RAF describing the plane as "old". |
The Guardian says the fleet was due to be replaced more than five years ago. | The Guardian says the fleet was due to be replaced more than five years ago. |
Vaccine | Vaccine |
The Independent lists 14 countries it believes have been transformed by US and British foreign policy since 2001. | The Independent lists 14 countries it believes have been transformed by US and British foreign policy since 2001. |
It says since the 9/11 attacks no one has died in the US from terrorism. Elsewhere in the world, more than 72,000 - mostly Iraqi civilians - have died. | It says since the 9/11 attacks no one has died in the US from terrorism. Elsewhere in the world, more than 72,000 - mostly Iraqi civilians - have died. |
The Times reports on research claiming 800 lives could be saved a year by a vaccine used primarily against the two most common forms of cervical cancer. | The Times reports on research claiming 800 lives could be saved a year by a vaccine used primarily against the two most common forms of cervical cancer. |
Vaccinating all 12-year-old girls would help cut deaths, it says. | Vaccinating all 12-year-old girls would help cut deaths, it says. |
'Seduction' | 'Seduction' |
The Mail and Telegraph pick through the revelation that MI5 was convinced Britain had its own aristocratic Mata Hari during WWII. | The Mail and Telegraph pick through the revelation that MI5 was convinced Britain had its own aristocratic Mata Hari during WWII. |
Files just released show how MI5 tried to keep Lady Howard Effingham in prison for using "her powers of seduction" to extract war secrets for the Nazis. | Files just released show how MI5 tried to keep Lady Howard Effingham in prison for using "her powers of seduction" to extract war secrets for the Nazis. |
A lack of evidence meant she was freed after five months in 1941. | A lack of evidence meant she was freed after five months in 1941. |
But the Mail says MI5 believed she read her secret dossiers while having her hair done at a top stylist in Mayfair. | But the Mail says MI5 believed she read her secret dossiers while having her hair done at a top stylist in Mayfair. |
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