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Kabul rocket attack kills 10000:02
Holiday girl lay drowned in pool as friends swam00:02
Letter: A lack of strategic sense on unemployment benefit00:02
Scientists dispute royalties on HIV blood-test patent00:02
THEATRE / The use of farce in the class struggle: Paul Taylor on a pleasing production by Peter Wood of She Stoops to Conquer, at Chichester00:02
The Last Detail: London kills me00:02
How we turn the jobless into the hopeless00:02
DANCE / Gingering up the dolly mixture: Matthew Bourne has given the classically tinsel Nutcracker a post-modern overhaul. Judith Mackrell reports00:02
Secretarial pay rises outstrip inflation00:02
Obituary: John Cage00:02
Tourists keep Sea Containers buoyant00:02
Head offers a lesson in raising fallen standards: The education White Paper includes a chapter on tackling failing schools. Donald MacLeod looks at how it might be done00:02
Cycling: Wincanton Classic - Leeds00:02
Banks authorise Reichmann talks00:02
Restaurateur safe00:02
Letter: Flexibility towards the asylum seekers00:02
Anti-racism campaigner planned attack on Sikhs00:02
Sport in Short: Boxing00:02
Georgian dragnet for rebels00:02
Israel's 'racist' schools face court action00:02
Comment: The corner may have been turned00:02
Obituary: Patricia Rothermere00:02
Dig unearths biblical bones00:02
Somalia plan gets guarded welcome00:02
Motor Racing: New rule fuels Mansell's will00:02
Pay rises slow down despite state increases00:02
Muscling in on massage for the masses: One of Britain's 'little industries' is trying to shake off its sex-and-sleaze image, reports Elizabeth Heathcote00:02
Unemployment reaches five-year high (CORRECTED)00:02
Racing: Cecil pursues winning pattern00:02
UN backs use of force in Bosnia00:02
MUSIC / The art of profound exhaustion: Robert Maycock on Wednesday's Proms by the BBC Philharmonic and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, on Radio 3 and at the Royal Albert Hall00:02
American killed as snipers attack Panic's convoy00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Collapse in Japan hits oldest trust00:02
Letter: The sacred and the commercial00:02
Law Report: Councillor could not stand for seat - Parker v Yeo. Queen's Bench Divisional Court (Mr Justice Mantell and Mr Justice Latham). 24 July 199200:02
TELEVISION / The height of good manners00:02
Royal Insurance splits businesses00:02
Sexual scandal has US Navy chiefs all at sea: Revelations of misconduct have forced the entire military to examine how women are treated, says David Usborne in Washington00:02
Woman strangled00:02
Diary00:02
THEATRE / The use of farce in the class struggle: Paul Taylor on a pleasing production by Peter Wood of She Stoops to Conquer, at Chichester00:02
World lending slumps by 40%00:02
Summonses issued to 3.9 million over poll tax00:02
Traffic jam on capitalist road: This week's riots in Shenzhen illustrate a share mania that has been building up in China for 18 months, Liane Evans reports00:02
Peking lifts its ban on art for art's sake00:02
Tibet 'reform'00:02
Bowls: England run at an end00:02
Football: Nomads prepare for journey to land of the giants - Non-League Notebook00:02
For visitors who are lost for words00:02
Tree protest00:02
ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS00:02
Letter smooths the way on Bosnia talks: Lord Carrington has dismissed his feud with the UN chief as a 'dead duck'. Annika Savill spoke to him before the international peace conference in London00:02
Sailing: Conner hopes for winning formula00:02
Rushes00:02
Shoe polish deal is stepped on00:02
Labour plan would reform union links00:02
THEATRE / The Taking of Liberty - Man in the Moon, London SW300:02
Halifax cuts savings rate00:02
Cricket: Snape shows resolve in the rain - Nat-West Trophy00:02
Car trade's misery immeasurable00:02
Costly flag00:02
Doctors fight to save clinic00:02
Outlook for graduates is bleak00:02
Gibraltar remand00:02
Hanson pins hopes on US to stop profits fall00:02
View from City Road: Mix of tastes in Glynwed slice00:02
Critical round-up00:02
WPP international business perks up00:02
Hockey: Havant's Hill on the move00:02
Vodafone adds low-cost cellular radio service00:02
17 die in Punjab00:02
No pie for the miner's daughter: Mary Braid hears how the coalfields of Fife glowed red with political fervour00:02
Hesitant gains end seven-day losing streak00:02
Tunnel too low00:02
Higher US retail sales fail to prop the dollar00:02
Man released00:02
TV Update: Pot Black00:02
Opposition fury over Pretoria's amnesty plan00:02
Chinese police officer seeks asylum in UK00:02
Obituary: John Cage00:02
'Missing' Russian spy defects to Britain00:02
Romania stalls ex-king's visit00:02
Letter: Travellers in need of tolerance00:02
Fiddling while Somalia starves: The UN Secretary-General complains that the West has neglected Africa. But his own organisation has done nothing to help the continent, argues Alex de Waal00:02
Hopes and fears bridge the Jordan river: With the prospect of self-rule, Palestinians are reviewing ties with their neighbour. Sarah Helm reports from Jerusalem00:02
Soldier held after 5 years on the run00:02
View from City Road: Byatt's warning disturbs surface00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Letter: Maternal matter00:02
FILM / Leading a merry dance: Sheila Johnston talks to Baz Luhrmann, director of Strictly Ballroom, the opening film of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and, below, previews highlights from the programme00:02
Homeless 'prone to mental illness'00:02
Letter: Good news, bad news00:02
Edinburgh International Film Festival highlights00:02
Eleventh-hour action stops deserter's deportation: Heather Mills reports on the continuing plight of asylum-seekers00:02
Out of Russia: A tomato with two heads clouds the day00:02
Britain fears spread of conflict to Kosovo00:02
Policeman stole three shotguns00:02
Motorway chase00:02
Football: Stoke can make certain - Second Division00:02
Chinese police officer seeks asylum in UK00:02
Law: If you want the fee, you must win the case: Some people believe that solicitors should take the risks of going to court instead of their clients, says Sharon Wallach00:02
Clarification: Judge's 'discount' for sex informant00:02
Obituary: John Cage00:02
Wanted head sets up new school00:02
Ferry gases 'freed by stormy seas': 'A million-to-one chance' led to the deaths of two children on the Celtic Pride, an investigation by Irish officials found. Alan Murdoch reports00:02
Ferry passengers smelled sewage00:02
Cycling: Sciandri reaps rewards of teamwork - Robin Nicholl with the Tour of Britain00:02
FILM / Cutting up gruff: Leathal Weapon 300:02
Briton freed from 100-year jail sentence00:02
Hodgson retains British chess title with eighth win00:02
Racing: Bookies' faith is in Kooyonga00:02
Miners' threat to Indians00:02
Dollop of inspiration aids church repairs00:02
Nuns help school00:02
Sport in Short: Rugby League00:02
GOLF / Faldo rescues his round in good company: US PGA Championship / Stadler and Sauers set the pace as the defending champion struggles00:02
Cricket: Solid Briers comes up roses - Nat-West Trophy00:02
Desperate Bush calls Baker in: Feared political operator is moved from State Department to rescue President's campaign00:02
Letter: Measures to end late payments00:02
Football: Leicester to meet expectations - First Division00:02
Motor Racing: Belgian Grand Prix00:02
Cricket: Colourful outlook for AXA League00:02
Burson censured by panel00:02
FILM / Croak and dagger adventures00:02
Motor Racing: Belgian Grand Prix: American Football: American Bowl - Wembley Stadium00:02
View from City Road: Accounting for conflicts00:02
Chalker wants refugee rules eased00:02
Athletics: Golden Olympians in fly-past00:02
Leading Article: Mr Wardle fails to convince00:02
Water body says bills may double in 8 years00:02
Sun refuses to set on desert border dispute: A territorial row involving Egypt and Sudan has its foundation in the days of British rule, writes Charles Richards, Middle East Editor00:02
Treasury takes heart as factory output creeps up00:02
Sport in Short: Football00:02
Letter: A lack of strategic sense on unemployment benefit00:02
Obituary: John Cage00:02
Tip-off helped to foil new IRA bomb attacks00:02
Obituary: Jeff Porcaro00:02
Barry Beamont, the superintendent at Preston Road, Wembley, on the Metropolitan Line, standing guard beside one of the contenders in today's final of the best-kept station garden on the London Underground00:02
Midnight deal that spelt disaster for city's Chinatown: A property firm's collapse has hit a Liverpool community. Jonathan Foster reports00:02
Humiliation in the chill-out zone: London firefighters spent a day zapping one another in laser gun battles. All the champions had to do was to defeat a bunch of actors . . .00:02
Rugby Union: Botha in a test of tenacity00:02
Red Cross to inspect all Bosnia camps00:02
Letter: Travellers in need of tolerance00:02
Breeding shrikes are highlight of birds' boom year00:02
Column Eight: No fillip for Mr Smith00:02
Leading Article: Let them drink Perrier00:02
Nanny denies throwing infant00:02
Chess00:02
Flies multiply as resistance to pesticide grows00:02
New method of screening cuts Down's baby risk00:02
Museum plan is changed after Prince's criticism00:02
Blight fears over plan for register of polluted land00:02
Football: Danger signals ahead - Third Division00:02
Laker plans return to transatlantic cut-price flights00:02
Cowie improves bid for Henlys00:02
Birthdays00:02
Bookkeeper spent stolen charity funds on high life00:02
Football: 1.5 million pound Slater set to sign for Celtic00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The search for roots among the Also Chosen: 'High Cotton: A Novel' - Darryl Pinckney: Faber, 14.9900:02
Letter: Measures to end late payments