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French ministers cover their tracks on infected blood00:02
Japan's plan to revive economy00:02
Husband gets life00:02
Racial tensions may provoke more violence00:02
THEATRE / Venture: Theatre in twenty stages: Later this year, the director Sam Mendes will open the Donmar Warehouse to playgoers after some 15 months of preparation. Thomas Sutcliffe reports on the long road to running your own theatre00:02
Avoid getting into a fix over home loans: With many economists expecting interest rates to fall, Vivien Goldsmith urges caution in deciding the best way to finance a mortgage00:02
Obituary: Johnny Letman00:02
Travel: Five go off the rails in Europe: 'I missed my stop in West Berlin': The pounds 180 InterRail card is a passport to young adventure, a training for life. Our travellers give us the benefit of their hindsight00:02
Football: Thomas' Palace pledge00:02
Letter: Mellor vital to new department00:02
Hindus suspend temple building00:02
Police cannot use secret papers as libel case 'shield'00:02
Baghdad ready to climb down: Iraq hints at UN compromise in face of threatened military action00:02
Italy backs new anti-Mafia law after heated debate00:02
Hunt for new satellite broadcaster dropped00:02
TV family saga offends sensitive Australians00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
Canoe attempt fails00:02
Briefly: Most insurers in the dark00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Hall faces a tough task: Badminton00:02
Briefly: Opportunities in the East00:02
Profile: Champion of the games in Catalonia: President Pujol enjoys his Olympic moment00:02
SFA expels broker for 'breaches of rules'00:02
Letter: Mencap: taking a pragmatic view of terminology for the disabled00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Wheels of fortune00:02
BR gesture00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Security threat played down00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Worlds apart: the two faces of modern Olympic man: Michael Jordan: Professional basketball player00:02
Monks in tax row00:02
Briefly: Pets' policy has wide benefits00:02
Travel: 'Why do rich people come here?': In the Keng region of Bhutan, one of the world's most isolated countries, Lesley Reader struggles to explain the whims of Westerners to a local woman00:02
Colombian air force chief dismissed00:02
Savers up in arms over bond rate cut00:02
Leading Article: The playing fields of Barcelona00:02
Food & Drink: America's ABC - Anything But Chardonnay: Weaned off iced tea and coke by cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay, the US public may now want something more than 'drinkability', says Anthony Rose00:02
Westland wins pounds 500m order from Canada00:02
Briefly: Share-save plan helps investors00:02
Letter: End mandatory life sentences00:02
Sport in Short: Motorcycling00:02
Sport in Short: Golf00:02
Obituary: Maxine Audley00:02
Prison for friend who aided suicide00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Sanchez ambition: Olympic Countdown: Tennis00:02
Honecker 'to leave tomorrow'00:02
Three freed00:02
Cricket / Fourth Test: Gooch is quick to punish Pakistan: England's restored partners lay the foundations for victory as tourists fail to cope with the conditions: Martin Johnson reports from Headingley00:02
Travel: Five go off the rails in Europe: 'To stay in one place for long was cheating': The pounds 180 InterRail card is a passport to young adventure, a training for life. Our travellers give us the benefit of their hindsight00:02
Travel: Five go off the rails in Europe: 'We were nose to rucksack. Until I started being sick': The pounds 180 InterRail card is a passport to young adventure, a training for life. Our travellers give us the benefit of their hindsight00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Gold prospects pool their resources: Swimming: A long-standing rivalry could help inspire Britain's top swimmers. Anne Porter on the competitors who can pull the master strokes00:02
New packages can stamp out risk of paying duty00:02
Business and City in brief00:02
Racing: Sunday mission aims to convert: Racing's seventh-day adventure begins tomorrow but for gamblers who want to bet in cash it remains a day of abstinence. Paul Hayward reports00:02
Diary full of hatred gave killers away: Alison Shaughnessy died in a frenzied attack that followed careful planning. Rachel Borrill reports00:02
Obituary: Arletty00:02
Letter: Mencap: taking a pragmatic view of terminology for the disabled00:02
Briefly: Early winner at the Olympics00:02
Treasury warns on tax receipts00:02
General says 'great Russia' will return00:02
Kurdish leader wants joint action against Saddam00:02
Racing: Disease stops US imports00:02
MUSIC / Competitive scoring: Nick Kimberley talked to Olympic composer Carlos Miranda about writing for a cast of thousands and an audience of millions00:02
Accident claims are shaken up: Insurers expect premiums to be held down by a new ruling. Ian Gregory reports00:02
Five killed cat00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Sins of the father in salt and water: The Tap Dancer - Andrew Barrow: Duckworth, pounds 14.9900:02
Food & Drink: A beginner tackles Japanese food: Clutching her chopsticks, Emily Green takes a crash course in wasabi, sashimi and sushi, guided by someone who knows which way up the menu goes00:02
The Week in Review00:02
Auctions: Sale or return to Russia00:02
William Donaldson's Week: To think I was once the bully00:02
Cricket: Morris moves quickly into top gear: Derek Hodgson reports from Worcester00:02
Anniversaries00:02
US threat to Khmer Rouge over peace plan00:02
Birthdays00:02
Gardens Update: Edible geraniums00:02
Sport in Short: Rugby League00:02
Fresh bread00:02
Murdoch's Berlin 'Sun' clone goes bust00:02
Travel: Five go off the rails in Europe: 'Architecture or love: both were possible': The pounds 180 InterRail card is a passport to young adventure, a training for life. Our travellers give us the benefit of their hindsight00:02
Court Circular00:02
MUSIC / Upbeat: Losing pace00:02
Greene King humbled as Morland bid fails00:02
Travel Update: Russian bargain00:02
Algerian police arrest 2900:02
BOOKS / Recommended00:02
Competition hits Dyson00:02
First is second on some counts in investment league00:02
Sport in Short: Speedway00:02
Management buy-ins dwindle to pounds 2.8bn00:02
Sport in Short: Rallying00:02
Gardens Update: Rash research00:02
Letter: Unproved claim on pregnancy risks00:02
Country Matters: An intoxicating enthusiasm for beer00:02
Travel: Into the lair of a dragon turned lounge lizard: Geoff Pope went to Komodo to watch the monsters feeding. He found something altogether more domesticated00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
Property Update: Stamp duty returns00:02
Wellcome share issue looks to be a winner00:02
Arletty dies00:02
Lone sailor pedals the Atlantic00:02
Letter: Mencap: taking a pragmatic view of terminology for the disabled00:02
Letter: A sympathetic ear for farmers00:02
Summit decries protectionism00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Finished business: In the light of his definitive new study, Brian Newbould looks back on his experiences of completing Schubert symphonies00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Country boy on the case: The Kinky Friedman Crime Club - Kinky Friedman: Faber, pounds 14.9900:02
Property / The Going Rate: Where Hackney meets Haywards Heath00:02
Letter: Mencap: taking a pragmatic view of terminology for the disabled00:02
Beware the green-eyed tax monster: Sue Fieldman warns of the perils awaiting recipients of an Inland Revenue form sent out without explanation00:02
Courtroom 14: the Owl has landed00:02
Two questioned after travel firm collapses00:02
Weak market cuts unit trust value00:02
Letter: Mencap: taking a pragmatic view of terminology for the disabled00:02
Sport in Short: Rugby Union00:02
Travel: Please keep your hands off the wild flowers: The Jungfrau region of Switzerland has paid a high price for being too pretty and too popular, writes Michael Woods00:02
Algeria's old warriors demand the whole truth: Former FLN comrades of the murdered president gathered at his grave in an Algiers cemetery to pay their last respects. Robert Fisk was there00:02
Politician who fled coup loses asylum plea00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The ring of true contempt: Tim Jackson on a searching inquiry into Wagner's anti-Semitism : Wagner: Race and revolution - Paul Lawrence Rose: Faber, pounds 2000:02
Sport in Short: Tennis00:02
Motoring: Porsche shows off its pedigree: James Ruppert finds there's never been a better time to buy a second-hand Porsche 944, while Roger Bell tests the 968, its cheaper replacement00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The sun king takes a shine to style: The fabrication of Louis XIV - Peter Burke: Yale, pounds 19.9500:02
Briefly: Explaining where credit is due00:02
Cricket / Fourth Test: Atherton must stay as opener: Henry Blofeld on a problem for England's selectors00:02
Travel Update: Virgin hotel deal00:02
Slower progress likely in search for HIV cure : Liz Hunt reflects on the pluses and minuses of the Aids conference in Amsterdam this week00:02
Faith and Reason: Spiritual content in the shopping trolley: Our series on the story of Dives and Lazarus is continued by Stephen Cherry, who this week examines the ways in which we all exert economic power when we go out to spend money.00:02
Letter: Mellor vital to new department00:02
The trick is to pick exactly the right time: Recovery funds have failed to maintain their gains of earlier this year. Christine Stopp looks at the risks and rewards00:02
Jealousy shadows the career woman00:02
Racing: Hall to overcome age barrier: Paul Hayward expects a representative of the older generation to expose the flaws in the favourite St Jovite00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Best of the rest: Olympic Countdown00:02
Gardens: An ancient world of doves and roses: Before they had gardens in Pompeii they filled rooms with beautiful jungle frescos. Rosie Atkins sees them on show in London00:02
Travel Update: Holiday crash00:02
Russian Inuit in land claim00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Mass exit as Games begin00:02
Taxman in talks on privatisation00:02
BOOKS / Second Thoughts: All in the mind of a plumber's lonely son: Patrick McGrath on the flash of light that led to the psychotic Spider (Penguin pounds 5.99)00:02
Renting returns to favour: Recession and the Housing Act have encouraged people to let their property. Anne Sacks reports00:02
Sport in Short: Boxing00:02
Travel: Five go off the rails in Europe: 'Bed springs creaked for everyone - except me': The pounds 180 InterRail card is a passport to young adventure, a training for life. Our travellers give us the benefit of their hindsight00:02
Church appointments00:02
Travel: Departures00:02
BOOKS / A visionary who smuggles freedom00:02
Letter: To market no more as way of life ends00:02
Journalist questioned on contraceptive00:02
Golf: Mouland's perfect putting00:02
Church Appeals00:02
Property Update: Full up in the South-east00:02
Council-paid sex00:02
Black Arrow shares move up despite profits fall00:02
Fewer lose homes for mortgage arrears00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Zmeskal to raise tempo: Olympic Countdown: Gymnastics00:02
Market Report: Footsie falls to its lowest level of the year00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Global Games welcome the new generation: Mike Rowbottom reports from Barcelona on the intriguing prospect of the Games' athletics medals being spread far and wide00:02
Sport in Short: Baseball00:02
Yugoslavians pay high price for sanctuary: Jason Bennetto reports on the pressures and difficulties faced by a growing number of refugees fleeing the war in their homeland00:02
Letter: Implications of a rape verdict00:02
Cocaine is still king in Colombia: Pablo Escobar's escape has revealed the hollowness of the government's claims of success. Colin Harding reports00:02
Smith revamps Shadow Cabinet: Nicholas Timmins analyses the Labour line-up and looks at the backgrounds of the newcomers00:02
Collector put golden eagle in his freezer00:02
Making things easier - just a little00:02
Food & Drink: First catch a fish, then bury it: You can make gravadlax the traditional way, or the easy way, says Peter Berg00:02
Obituary: Maxine Audley00:02
Brokers press 'peace of mind' factor00:02
Doctors can give blood to patient, court rules00:02
Obituary: The Marquess of Bath00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Boxers keen to prove a point: Ken Jones reports from Barcelona on the new scoring system which may help boxing to win its fight for survival at the Games00:02
Fresh bread00:02
Cricket: Robinson holds the fort with century duty: Mike Austin reports from Edgbaston00:02
Father gets 4 years for abduction00:02
Minister denies confusion over education policy00:02
Complaints of racist taunts at Test match00:02
And you thought it was just kid's stuff: Children's books have traditionally been aimed at adults, but they are now becoming more grown-up, says John Windsor00:02
Property Update: Green and affordable00:02
Briefly: Tax guide for the elderly00:02
Letter: 'Dead' languages are the key to civilisation00:02
One flat, one burglary, two very different policies00:02
Pensioner drove the wrong way along fast lane of M6200:02
Gardens Update: Spotlight on pots00:02
Black and white and read all over: If you spot a pair of bollards with the words Keep Left, please let Graham Stanton know. Meanwhile, he shows the rest of his collection to Nicholas Roe00:02
Cycling: Indurain extends his reign over rivals00:02
The Week in Review00:02
Sport in Short: Squash00:02
Obituary: Wayne McLaren00:02
Judge condemns secrecy over soldier's death00:02
Firms urged to accept cash for technology00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Suburban silliness: Natasha Walter says Fay Weldon was never feminist and finds her latest vintage stale and flat: Life Force - Fay Weldon: HarperCollins, pounds 14.9900:02
Food & Drink: Brussels appoints the big cheeses: Stilton is a protected species, but camembert isn't. Tim Jackson sorts out the new EC regulations which will control certain foods00:02
Lebanon sets election dates00:02
Motor Racing: Mansell rises early to take in the fresh air: Derick Allsop reports from Hockenheim00:02
Letter: 'Dead' languages are the key to civilisation00:02
RADIO / Brylcreem and toe-nails: Victor Lewis-Smith regrets the demise of Radio 4's Stop the Week00:02
New peers00:02
Motoring: You'll never guess the price: James Ruppert finds there's never been a better time to buy a second-hand Porsche 944, while Roger Bell tests the 968, its cheaper replacement00:02
Rutskoi condemns mutiny00:02
Mellor visits wife's parents as Major repeats support00:02
Travel Departures: Danger lights00:02
Gardens Update: Trusted guide00:02
Travel: Are you practising safe tourism?: Frank Barrett announces the winner of our Reluctant Tourist competition00:02
Polish MPs vote for ban on abortion00:02
Football: Everton admits debts00:02
OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Worlds apart: the two faces of modern Olympic man: Reuben Burgess: Canoeist and crane driver00:02
Bank shares blame for BCCI delay00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Gardens Update: Frescos to order00:02
'Marchioness' inquest closed00:02
Sisters jailed for murdering wife00:02
EC probes interest rate fixing system00:02
MUSIC / Proms: BBC Welsh SO / Hickox - Royal Albert Hall00:02
It's a choice between me and Mr Mellor00:02
View from Manhattan: Wall Street rehabilitates its beast00:02
Court stops Lonrho's Fayed case00:02
TELEVISION / Double the trouble00:02
Travel Departures: Tricky pitch00:02
MUSIC / Upbeat: Manual labour00:02
The Diary00:02
Briefly: Commission cut on MFI shares00:02
Arab leaders seek joint response to Israelis00:02
Agreement on Marcos burial00:02
Victims of 'ethnic cleansing' pour across to Croatia00:02
Racing: Punters must play their cards to participate: John Cobb explains how to place a bet on a historic meeting00:02
Column Eight: Small print, big figures00:02
Millar ditched in Albert Fisher coup00:02
Licht to leave MAM for Jupiter00:02
MUSIC / Upbeat: Coda00:02
Appointments00:02
Red Star man jailed for fraud00:02
Travel Update: Cut-price Cuba00:02
Obituary: Robert Liddell00:02
Briefly: An account with record potential00:02
Hecklers crown bad week for Bush00:02
Sport in Short: Football00:02
Sensual pleasure at the cutting edge: Jonathan Glancey meets one of Britain's finest designers, whose talents until recently have been appreciated more abroad than at home00:02
Property: The living quarters which earned this castle's keep: Sir John Vanbrugh's last home was built in the early 18th century on the lines of the Bastille prison. David Lawson hears about its history00:02
Loan waiver cuts losses at Shield00:02
Briefly: Loan rate fixed until July 199700:02
Protesters demand public inquiry into road scheme: Ministers are facing opposition from residents in the Tory heartlands of Surrey over plans to widen the M25. Christian Wolmar reports00:02
RECORDS / Double Play: Daring to confess the plain truth: Stephen Johnson and Edward Seckerson review new music that speaks - and two old favourites00:02
Food & Drink: They're taking in the garbage00:02
Allies threaten air strikes on Iraq00:02
Travel Departures: Self-catering hazards00:02
Gardens Update: Weekend work00:02
Cricket: Roseberry makes the running: Rob Steen reports from Lord's00:02
Britain expels Iranian over Rushdie plot00:02
Money Grouse: Caught on the bounce by a cash machine00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Cricket Round-up: Essex all out for 7500:02
Property Update: Inefficient homes00:02
Food & Drink / Recipe: Pepped-up peppers00:02
Skin cancer payout may trigger claims stampede00:02
Wife offered 'hitman' pounds 90,000, court told00:02
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications00:02
Court sets out tighter rules on confessions evidence00:02
Serbia grapples with its own refugee problem00:02
Author dies00:02
THEATRE / Can life begin at forty-two?: Paul Taylor reviews Sharman Macdonald's new play Shades at the Albery00:02
Fanfare for a forgotten MP: Nicholas Timmins recalls the election to the Commons of a man of many 'firsts'