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The contents of Labour's election manifesto are scattered across most of Monday's front pages.is the headline in the Daily Telegraph, which believes Gordon Brown is adopting a Blairite agenda to win over undecided voters.
A re-elected Labour government, it says, would bring in laws to allow individuals to apply for anti-social behaviour orders.
The theme continues in the Independent, which predicts that Gordon Brown will return to what the paper describes as"Tony Blair's pet policy" of freeing hospitals from Whitehall control.
Maintaining standards
Mr Brown tells the Guardian thatmore than 1,000 mediocre or failing schools will be taken over to drive up standards, if he wins on 6 May.
He says hospital authorities and police forces could also be "taken over" if their standards drop.
TheFinancial Timessays Labour will announce the creation of a new £4bn fund - mainly financed by the private sector - to help start-up companies.
But it points out there is no mention in the manifesto of a crackdown on high executive salaries - a sign, the paper says, that Labour is trying to repair strained relations with the business community.
Arms manufacturer
The Guardian reports that the British companyBAE Systems has become the first non-US firm to top a list of the world's biggest arms manufacturers.
The Mirror says theSAS are trying to track down a Taliban sniperwho has shot dead seven British soldiers in Afghanistan.
US scientists have found thathandling a wad of bank notes can be an effective way of relieving pain, according to the Daily Maill.
They found that people who counted money before plunging their hands into hot water felt less pain than those who did not, possibly boosted by feelings of self-worth and self-sufficiency generated by touching money.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.