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Tuesday, 25 June, 2002, 06:02 GMT 07:02 UK
'Replace Arafat' call leads papers
"Arafat must go" declare the front page headlines in both The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph.

It is a theme continued on the front pages of The Times and the Financial Times, which leave us in no doubt that President Bush was proposing the removal of the Palestinian leader when he outlined his peace plan for the Middle East on Monday night.

"There was no mistaking the meaning of his words" says The Guardian, which claims that Mr Bush's speech put by far the greatest onus for achieving peace "on the shoulders of the Palestinians".

The Financial Times points out that Mr Bush's frustration with the Palestinian leader was "overflowing", yet he managed to deliver his speech without once mentioning Yasser Arafat by name.

Psychiatric care

The Conservative health spokesman, Dr Liam Fox, gives a preview of his speech on mental illness in an article in The Independent.

He claims that we accept a level of care for those with mental illness that we would not accept for those with other types of illness.

Dr Fox also argues that there are few incidents of severely ill patients harming members of the public and he asks that politicians concentrate on appropriate treatment, rather than the potential dangers psychiatric patients pose.

The failure of care in the community is put down to "too little care" and "scant support".

The Times is quick to praise Dr Fox's decision to focus on a subject which, it says, is unlikely to win him many votes.

The Independent and The Times also report on government health plans being discussed on Tuesday.

The Health Secretary, Alan Milburn, is hoping to cut NHS waiting lists by employing health teams from overseas.

But The Times warns that when he meets companies hoping to win contracts to perform routine operations he will be defying health unions and professionals.

'Lost children'

The Daily Mirror dedicates its front page to missing schoolgirl Amanda Dowler, who is 14-years-old on Tuesday.

The paper carries a large picture of Amanda which is surrounded by smaller pictures of other missing children.

"Where are all our lost children?" it asks, as it points out that 200 young people go missing every day in Britain.

The Sun and The Daily Telegraph are among the papers to report that Amanda Dowler's mother sends text messages to her daughter's mobile every day, in the hope that she will reply.

Beckham hug

The debate on when a formal reception will be held to welcome the England squad home from the World Cup rumbles on in The Times.

It accuses the Football Association of being "slow on the ball".

But The Sun reports that David Beckham has found a much simpler cure for his World Cup heartache - a hug from his son, Brooklyn.

The Daily Mirror focuses on the teams that are still in the World Cup - in particular South Korea and Germany, who were preparing for their semi-final on Tuesday.

While reporting that the South Koreans are erecting television screens on streets across the country - so seven million people can watch the match - the Mirror finds that the Germans are taking a more psychological approach to the game.

The German newspaper Bild Zeitung has, according to the Mirror, run an article attacking the Asian nation by describing them as "workaholic, alcoholic, dysfunctional dog-eaters".

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