Pressure on China concerns papers

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The Independent devotes its first three pages to an open letter signed by Nobel peace prize winners urging China to intervene in Darfur.

Signatories include Mia Farrow, who in a column says China has a special obligation to respond because of its links with the Sudanese government.

The Times says the pressure will force China to address the reality of being a global power.

But for the Guardian, isolating China would be a mistake.

Assassination plot

The moustachioed face of the late Georgian oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili stares out from several front pages.

The billionaire's fears that his political opponents in Tbilisi wanted him dead are widely reported.

The Sun is quite clear who it thinks is to blame, saying the murk of a Moscow-approved assassination hangs over Britain.

But the Guardian says if he was killed, his murderer is likely to be an enemy he made making his fortune.

Pessimistic forecast

The Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times both lead with Mervyn King's warning about the British economy.

The Telegraph calls it the Bank of England's most pessimistic forecast in a decade.

The FT's editorial says the governor is as anxious to temper inflation as he is worried about weaker growth.

The Daily Mail is convinced nationalisation of Northern Rock has come a step closer, saying Gordon Brown has dropped his opposition to the plan.

Extremist propaganda

The Times says Samina Malik, the self-styled lyrical terrorist, could be one of the first people to benefit from yesterday's Court of Appeal ruling.

She was convicted of possessing extremist literature .

The paper says the decision to free five young Muslims jailed for possessing extremist propaganda puts other anti-terrorist cases in jeopardy.

Now prosecutors will have to prove that defendants intended to carry out terrorist attacks.