A cool, misty start to the day and a good warming run.
This morning the various news-sources make interesting comparative reading. BBC news is uncomfortably full of action-movie images from Libya as the rebels move closer to defeating the loyalists. According to the Daily Telegraph, British SAS troops are "leading the hunt for Gaddafi", in a purely advisory way without putting their NATO boots on the ground, presumably.
The New York Times is dominated by the resignation of Steve Jobs as Apple's CEO, which probably shows the relative importance attributed to a corporation with a cash flow bigger than that of the US economy, versus the troubles of a marginal North African country. However, they do include a comprehensive account of Gaddafi's erratic time as leader. Meanwhile the News International-owned Sun, with a scarily high daily UK circulation of around 2.7 million, leads with a crowd-pleasing "I played on mad-dog Gaddafi's teacup ride".
The New York Times is dominated by the resignation of Steve Jobs as Apple's CEO, which probably shows the relative importance attributed to a corporation with a cash flow bigger than that of the US economy, versus the troubles of a marginal North African country. However, they do include a comprehensive account of Gaddafi's erratic time as leader. Meanwhile the News International-owned Sun, with a scarily high daily UK circulation of around 2.7 million, leads with a crowd-pleasing "I played on mad-dog Gaddafi's teacup ride".
The Independent takes a slightly more measured view, and includes an essay by the excellent Robert Fisk in which he makes a convincing argument that many of the lies and mistakes that followed the Iraq war are about to be made again, as Western diplomats and oil companies circle over the wreckage.
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