Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Tuesday's papers


Seven people have died in Iran's post-election political unrest after an "unauthorised gathering" following a mass rally over alleged election fraud, Iran state radio reported this morning.
reports the Guardian this morning as protests in Iran move to a third day

The Times reports that

Members of the Basij, a force of young Islamic hardliners, killed one demonstrator and wounded several more when their building was attacked as tens of thousands of protesters dispersed from a rally against election fraud held in defiance of a government ban.


Iran's day of destiny says the Independent as Robert Fisk reports that

A million of its people marched from Engelob Square to Azadi Square – from the Square of Revolution to the Square of Freedom – beneath the eyes of Tehran's brutal riot police. The crowds were singing and shouting and laughing and abusing their "President" as "dust".

The Mail leads with the announcement of an Inquiry into Iraq,Transparency? What a joke. Iraq war inquiry will sit in secret, has no power to apportion blame... and, oh yes, won't report until after the election is its headline as it says that

Gordon Brown was accused of an 'establishment stitch-up' yesterday after announcing an inquiry into the Iraq War.


The Express reports that the number of failed ­asylum seekers being removed from Britain is plummeting as the system is engulfed in chaos, MPs said yesterday

As many as 250,000 rheumatoid arthritis sufferers could benefit from a drug - MabThera - that can halt the disease in its tracks is the lead in the Telegraph and finally the latest Euro millions winner makes the front of both the Sun and the Mirror

ONION-growing grandad Brian Caswell was last night revealed to be the Brit who scooped a £25million Euro jackpot.
CCTV footage captured the 73-year-old allotment fan punching the air at his local newsagent on learning he had won on Saturday.


The Mirror reporting that

as they collected the bumper cheque from Camelot yesterday, their pals on their local allotment reckon it couldn’t have happened to a nicer couple.

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