'Foxy Knoxy' fate dominates press

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The verdict in the trial of Meredith Kercher's killers missed the first editions but later print runs focus on the fate of American Amanda Knox.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1233281/Amanda-Knox-Italian-boyfriend-GUILTY-NOT-GUILTY-murdering-Meredith-Kercher.html">"Foxy is guilty," screams the Daily Mail's</a> front page.

The student's <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/6729714/Meredith-Kercher-trial-Amanda-Knox-guilty-of-murder.html">alibi was "full of holes from the start", the Daily Telegraph</a> points out.

Describing the drama after sentencing, <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/05/amanda-knox-meredith-kercher-murder">the Guardian says Knox's sobs were heard</a> from a "corridor that leads away from the vaulted underground court".

Easy draw?

The World Cup draw has left <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/">the Sun</a> in confident mood.

It adds the initials of England's group stage opponents - Algeria, Slovenia and the "Yanks" - to the nation's own to spell out "E.A.S.Y".

Likewise, the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/world-cup">Daily Mirror is full of hope,</a> saying the "lucky draw" has given the Three Lions a "dream start".

Former captain David Beckham, who took part in the draw ceremony, features on the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/">Daily Telegraph's</a> front page, which describes a "group of good hope".

Climate criticism

Building up to next week's climate change summit in Copenhagen, some papers focus on those who doubt the science behind global warming.

Gordon Brown's attack on <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/04/flat-earth-climate-change-copenhagen"> "behind-the-times, anti science, flat earth" sceptics leads the Guardian's</a> coverage.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/copenhagen-climate-change-confe/6730421/Copenhagen-climate-summit-A-time-for-ingenuity-and-political-leadership.html">The Daily Telegraph agrees,</a> saying even doubters "must acknowledge there is a moral dimension here".

"Our children and theirs are entitled to a future not blighted by our mistakes," it adds.

'Special relationship'

"Who said the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/who-said-the-special-relationship-was-dead-1834703.html">special relationship was dead?", asks the Independent.</a>

It has photographs of the US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton cosying up to Foreign Secretary David Miliband at a Nato meeting in Brussels.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1233152/It-really-IS-crush-Hillary-Clintons-delighted-giggles-Miliband-teases-Nato-meeting.html">The Daily Mail recalls Mrs Clinton, 62, admitting a "crush"</a> on Mr Miliband, 44, who she described as "vibrant, attractive, smart... and so young".

"If they were in a classroom, the teacher would have separated them quick smart," the paper concludes.

Medal 'fraud'

The hunt is on for a man who appeared at a Remembrance day service at Bedworth in Warwickshire wearing an impressive array of 17 medals.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1233188/Hunt-Remembrance-Day-conman-marched-impossible-haul-21-medals.html">Described in the Mail as a "fraud",</a> he bears an "impossible medal haul" from the Second World War to the Korean war, the Falklands to the first Gulf War.

He must be some sort of <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/did-he-really-serve-in-the-second-world-war-and-the-falklands-1834630.html">"Walter Mitty", concludes the Independent.</a>

The man beat a hasty retreat after being challenged by suspicious officials, the <a class="inlineText" href="The Daily Mirror says">Daily Mirror</a> says.

Happy retirement

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1233340/How-make-worker-happy-Tell-hes-retiring.html">Daily Mail reports on a Portsmouth University study</a> of 5,000 public sector workers who were about to retire.

It concludes that in the final years before retirement workers experience a "happiness bounce", with the results more pronounced in men.

It says this could be because men tend to have better pensions than women.

However, it also suggests that - for women - the prospect of having more time at home with their husbands "may not be a cause of joy and happiness".