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Haiti picture haunts front pages

Papers

Pictures of a two-year-old boy being pulled from the ruins of his collapsed home in Haiti is the image carried on the front of most of Saturday's papers.

The Daily Telegraph called it a moment of joy amid the despair and the Daily Star said his rescue provided hope .

The Times warns that the grief and shock expressed by survivors has begun to turn to rage.

And the Independent expresses fears that frayed tempers will lead to a complete breakdown in law and order.

Several papers report that the problems in Haiti have been made worse by the destruction of the main prison, where almost all the 4,000 inmates survived.

"They obviously took advantage of this disaster", a Red Cross spokesman tells the Daily Mirror , explaining that the prisoners have escaped.

The Sun's correspondent says he saw "feral packs of wild-eyed, starving criminals" elated by freedom.

And the Guardian's headline asks : "Is anybody coming to help?".

Heavy costs

The Daily Mail's lead story is that families face record winter gas bills averaging £360 as power companies reap a huge windfall from the big freeze.

Its headline is: "After the snow, your mammoth heating bill".

And the Daily Telegraph says the US believes Britain has the greatest number of Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaeda of any Western country.

A senior US official tells the paper "no Western country has been more threatened than the UK".

Onwards and upwards

The Daily Express reports that Prince William has graduated from his Royal Air Force helicopter course.

The paper said girlfriend Kate Middleton applauded enthusiastically as William received a certificate from his father, Prince Charles.

The Sun says Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has vowed not to walk out on the club and will stay until 2014.

It quotes the manager, whose team has struggled in recent weeks, as saying: "Clearly, I want to fight."



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