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Newspaper review: Questions over Koussa's defection | Newspaper review: Questions over Koussa's defection |
(about 4 hours later) | |
Papers, including the href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html" >the Daily Mail ask why the UK is offering sanctuary to Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa after his surprise arrival in the country. | |
The paper says he's "up to his neck" in Lockerbie, Pc Yvonne Fletcher's death and arming the IRA, yet ministers hail the defection as a coup. | The paper says he's "up to his neck" in Lockerbie, Pc Yvonne Fletcher's death and arming the IRA, yet ministers hail the defection as a coup. |
The Daily Mirror uses the headline Dancing with the Devil to sum up Britain's relationship with him. | |
The Sun insists there must be no deals to let the envoy off the hook. | The Sun insists there must be no deals to let the envoy off the hook. |
Murky pasts | Murky pasts |
The Financial Times warns there must be no offers of up-front immunity to encourage Libyan regime members to defect, saying their pasts are simply too murky. | The Financial Times warns there must be no offers of up-front immunity to encourage Libyan regime members to defect, saying their pasts are simply too murky. |
If justice has to wait, says the FT, it must not be swept aside. | If justice has to wait, says the FT, it must not be swept aside. |
The Times reports that relatives of victims of the Lockerbie bombing are waiting for answers from Mr Koussa. | The Times reports that relatives of victims of the Lockerbie bombing are waiting for answers from Mr Koussa. |
Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora was killed in the attack, wants Mr Koussa to reveal how the atrocity was carried out and why. | Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora was killed in the attack, wants Mr Koussa to reveal how the atrocity was carried out and why. |
April fool | April fool |
There are a number of stories that prompt readers to question whether they put the fool in April Fools' Day. | |
The Daily Express has a picture of a zimmer skateboard for pensioners who want to take their grandchildren to school but are struggling to keep pace. | The Daily Express has a picture of a zimmer skateboard for pensioners who want to take their grandchildren to school but are struggling to keep pace. |
The Daily Telegraph says it has seen a secret memo which urges Labour Party members to celebrate Ed Miliband's wedding with street parties. | The Daily Telegraph says it has seen a secret memo which urges Labour Party members to celebrate Ed Miliband's wedding with street parties. |
One supermarket tells the paper it has already commissioned bunting. | One supermarket tells the paper it has already commissioned bunting. |
Trucking legend | Trucking legend |
Several papers publish obituaries of the haulier Edward Stobart. | Several papers publish obituaries of the haulier Edward Stobart. |
The Times says the quiet king of the road built up a business whose title, logo and character became known in all British households and by all classes. | The Times says the quiet king of the road built up a business whose title, logo and character became known in all British households and by all classes. |
The Daily Telegraph said he insisted that his lorries should be kept in immaculate condition and his drivers should wear a shirt and tie. | The Daily Telegraph said he insisted that his lorries should be kept in immaculate condition and his drivers should wear a shirt and tie. |
For the Independent, he was the legend who brought the phenomenon of "Stobart spotting" to Britain's motorways. | For the Independent, he was the legend who brought the phenomenon of "Stobart spotting" to Britain's motorways. |
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