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View from City Road: Japanese markets make feast of meagre pickings00:02
Japan to give grudgingly to its old foe: Tokyo sceptical about helping a country with which it is still formally at war00:02
Letter: Ivory ban was brought in after 'sustainable utilisation' policy failed00:02
PC's fatal find00:02
Letter: Making monkeys of Australia's leaders00:02
Peking duck00:02
GPA forced to seek more time00:02
Ivory Towers: Falling asleep on the job00:02
12 die at sea00:02
Cricket: Taking the ticks out of statistics: As the covers come off a new season today, Jon Culley reveals the pitfalls in a revolutionary method of keeping score00:02
How lucky to be a child of the city: Nicola Jones contrasts her dull country upbringing with the excitements available in inner London00:02
Rugby League: Hunte on hold over future: St Helens wing out of favour00:02
Football: Palmer tackles the pain barrier: Wednesday's beanpole back faces Arsenal talisman in Sunday's Coca-Cola Cup final00:02
Football: Hazel's quick reply for Slough00:02
Scratchy Bottom returns to state of natural space: A farmer is being paid to return arable land to primitive meadow. Oliver Gillie reports00:02
European aid bank spent pounds 200m on offices and overheads: Grandiose City building boasts marble, mirrored ceilings and works of art00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Football: Apologetic Jones fined and banned by FA00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Zoo's future 'secure' despite rejecting pounds 35m deal: Both sides say decision was 'amicable' after six months of negotiations to build walk-through aquarium and cinema00:02
View from City Road: Treasury drops table and a hint00:02
THEATRE / Between the Lines: Paul Miller recalls the naked truth of Peter Gill00:02
Arsonist escapes00:02
Basketball: Kings facing premature end to season00:02
Double 'suicide'00:02
UN anger at carnage in Srebrenica: 'Pathological' Serbs will kill everyone to get more territory, refugee spokesman says in face of latest atrocity00:02
Sporting Digest: Gymnastics00:02
Smashing time00:02
British riot expert to advise LA police00:02
Letter: Wilfred Owen's epitaph00:02
Whitbread assets plunge: Revaluation to send property values down by 450m pounds00:02
Prison staff 'in danger of losing control': Chief inspector of jails says disturbed inmates at Bristol having to wait too long for treatment00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Mandrakes in little linen nightgowns: 'American Ghosts and Old World Wonders' - Angela Carter: Chatto, 3.99 pounds00:02
Cavalry conjures up era of desert glory: In Kano Karl Maier saw the festival celebrating the horse culture that brought Islam to northern Nigeria00:02
Birthdays00:02
First Night: No glitz, no celebs, but subtexts galore: Arcadia00:02
Worried about Boris, not Bosnia: The new Russian-American agenda is hampering international efforts to bring peace to the Balkans, says Peter Pringle00:02
Holy warriors outstay their welcome: Arab volunteers who fought in the Afghan war find that their 'jihad' is over, Tim McGirk writes from the Pakistani frontier town of Peshawar00:02
Mitchelson guilty00:02
Wage cut is price many workers pay to keep jobs: More employers are targeting salaries in an effort to keep their costs down. Barrie Clement reports00:02
It hurts in Japan just as much as here00:02
Fears grow for ski mountaineers00:02
Letter: College building that has made the grade00:02
Obituary: Claude Gill00:02
Racing: Niche carves her claim to Classic credentials: Sayyedati's best days may be behind her but Lester Piggott's touch is as sharp as ever. Richard Edmondson reports from Newmarket00:02
THEATRE / Begging not to differ: Sarah Hemming on the London transfer of The Beggar's Opera; plus the best of the Fringe00:02
Competition: Slice of the Action00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Letter: School tests: survey of parents in Scotland, an examiner's view, where teachers' loyalty lies00:02
Rugby Union: Gibbs is charged with drink-driving00:02
TELEVISION / BRIEFING: A quiet night in on the town00:02
Bottom Line: FR keeps flying in strong defence niche00:02
Denmark urges support for East00:02
Abortion ban00:02
Letter: Price rises can deter serious drinkers00:02
Limited overtures in the world's first opera about cricket00:02
Spain's right-wing opposition fights back: Gonzalez on the run as Popular Party battles for the political centre00:02
Franchise plan for Scottish water: Local authorities could offer compromise on privatisation00:02
MUSIC / Shock of the new: Keith Potter reports on the future prospects for contemporary music in the new Croatia00:02
Military fanatic had fake gun at site of IRA blast00:02
Gymnastics: Tumbling Britons on course: Mancunian candidates keep heads high at World Championships00:02
Trouble-shooter for Queens Moat: Company's bankers appoint former Sale Tilney chief as consultant00:02
Britain is offered US laser weapons: 'Non-lethal' devices may violate war laws00:02
Butt helps holders uphold tradition00:02
Management: Gaining from training00:02
Music not to blame for recording label collapse: Ronnie Scott's jazz club unaffected by demise of company00:02
Media: Watch out kids, it's death by animation: Cartoons and soaps, says the BBC's Anna Home, are replacing fairy-tales and drama on children's TV. Celia Dodd reports on a sad decline00:02
A long road to fewer deaths: The weekend's casualties highlight the need for different traffic policies, says Christian Wolmar00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Clarke to be challenged over private jail escorts00:02
Letter: Ivory ban was brought in after 'sustainable utilisation' policy failed00:02
Microsoft and Compaq to help computer novices00:02
Out of Amercia: 'Athens of Texas' under siege from T-shirt salesmen00:02
Price war 'anarchy' in clothes trade: A Yorkshire businessman is taking on the might of men's clothing retailers by selling suits from his Victorian mill on the outskirts of Bradford. Roger Tredre reports00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Letter: School tests: survey of parents in Scotland, an examiner's view, where teachers' loyalty lies00:02
Media Types: The life of Champagne Charlie: The diarist00:02
Tennis: Becker makes winning return00:02
Islamic scholars try to end Egypt's violence00:02
Today's Number: 11500:02
Architecture: Britain's first feel-good building: Architects have met the challenge of designing a centre for the visually impaired using texture, lighting, colour and smell. Ken Elkes reports00:02
EC's bank raises its profile: The EIB underwrites pounds 1 in every pounds 20 of fixed investment in Europe. Andrew Marshall meets its new chief00:02
Pembroke: Electronic party's over00:02
Market Report: Glaxo takes fright at word from US prophet of doom00:02
Obituary: Henry Straker00:02
Court Circular00:02
TSB sells broking arm to rival00:02
Obituary: Lord Zuckerman00:02
NUT to fight on two fronts00:02
Loyalist killings blamed on Protestant alienation: More people are now killed in Northern Ireland by loyalists than by republicans. David McKittrick reports00:02
Beach campaign suffers a setback: Resort's plan to reverse pollution report undermined by deputy mayor's stand00:02
Obituary: John Patrick Sullivan00:02
Russians to launch western satellite00:02
ANC links intelligence services to killing of Hani00:02
Football: Hoyland on hand to deny needy Oldham the winning points: Sheffield United's riposte scuppers their close rivals' best-laid plans while Luton pick up precious victory00:02
NBC 'is not up for sale'00:02
Twins die in fire00:02
Squash: Le Moignan courts revival: English challenge for British Open00:02
Look me in the breasts and say that: A change in shape took Emily Prager into a world that was both repulsive and attractive, as this article from the latest issue of Esquire reveals00:02
Teachers 'confused' about solar system: Study shows shaky grasp of curriculum concepts00:02
Girl has second leg amputated00:02
Bottom Line: Royal Bank dips its toe into New England00:02
Grateful Kuwait prepares to thank George Bush, its Gulf war saviour00:02
Imported cows carry risk of foot and mouth: Oliver Gillie reports on the search for black-market cattle from Eastern Europe00:02
Hanoi denies lying about number of PoWs: Brzezinski claims Vietnam massacred hundreds of US officers00:02
Leading Article: A psychological breakthrough00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Merrill first quarter sets dollars 342m record00:02
Case closed00:02
View from City Road: Dangerous current for water companies00:02
Rope tricks from a young performer competing for the chance to join Zippo's Circus00:02
Big Brother has his eyes on your bank account00:02
Leading Article: Defeat for the appeasers00:02
Sharif weakened00:02
BAA sees recovery in passenger traffic00:02
Architecture: A vision in white, by an American in Paris: Paris's latest 'grand projet' is an office block. Rowan Moore takes a look00:02
Letter: School tests: survey of parents in Scotland, an examiner's view, where teachers' loyalty lies00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Architecture: At last, a proper platform for contemporary art: Channel tunnel passengers will catch culture as well as trains, reports Jonathan Glancey00:02
Racing: Petardia is Free choice00:02
The Daily Poem: Puss00:02
Angolan ceasefire in sight00:02
Law Report: No relief against forfeiture: United Dominions Trust Ltd v Shellpoint Trustees. Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Nourse, Lord Justice Butler-Sloss and Sir Christopher Slade), 19 March 199300:02
Sporting Digest: Bowls00:02
Letter: Benefits of a second opinion00:02
THEATRE / Taking it one step at a time: Tom Morris, a fan turned producer, pursues Israeli's Tmu-Na Theatre from the Edinburgh Festival to Tel Aviv and back to the Lyric in Hammersmith00:02
Shuttle retrieval00:02
Sign awaited00:02
Royal Bank pays dollars 95m for New England chain00:02
Election move by Labour will aid Lib Dems: Withdrawal of two candidates could block Tories in council vote00:02
Japan launches 75bn pounds economic package: Larger-than-expected boost for corporate and consumer confidence sends stock market to 13-month high00:02
TELEVISION / That sink feeling00:02
Football / Fan's Eye View: Biggest bus park in history: No. 35 - Penicuik Athletic00:02
Football: Gray puts Hammers on spot00:02
Yeltsin's hour of heroism could return to haunt him: Helen Womack foresees an unlikely victim of the Soviet coup trial, which opens in Moscow today00:02
NUT votes to fight Patten on two fronts: Executive dismayed by decision to ballot members on staff appraisals00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
TELEVISION / Update00:02
Britain's professed neutrality fuels climate of mistrust00:02
Thatcher demands the arming of Bosnia: 'Massacre of innocents' must end; UN warns that food supplies will run out in days00:02
Bingo stab victim dies00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Italy suicide00:02
Letter: School tests: survey of parents in Scotland, an examiner's view, where teachers' loyalty lies00:02
Two questioned over shooting00:02
Breakthrough on Hong Kong: China makes a tactical retreat to agree to talks as Patten puts electoral reform plans on hold00:02
Leading Article: Reconstruction begins at home00:02
Obituary: Admiral Isaac Rojas00:02
Unionist psyche unsettled by change in status quo: Catholics are playing a more prominent role in Ulster's economy00:02
Media Viewpoint: Why we must end ITV's merger muddle: Nigel Walmsley opposes Clive Hollick's call on this page last week to extend the ban on TV takeover bids00:02
US retail sales dive suddenly00:02
Obituary: David Barclay00:02
Opec keeps lid on00:02
Ozal brings moral support but little material help for Azeris00:02
Zaire alert00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Diary00:02
WPP in audit review00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
German union sues over broken wage promises00:02
Out of touch, out of tune, and out of power00:02
Prison toll rises00:02
Trust pays lawyers acting for Hindley00:02
Law Report: Mutual wills upheld: Re Dale's Estate; Proctor v Dale. Chancery Division (Mr Justice Morritt), 11 February 199300:02
Cricket: New generation on their guard against colour prejudice: Derek Hodgson casts a critical eye over the new menu on the ever-changing county bill of fare00:02
Khmer Rouge pulls out00:02
Morillon to leave Bosnia, says Leotard00:02
Saudi trial00:02
Cricket: Pakistan on attack after drugs row: Tourists consider going home unless apology is forthcoming in Grenada00:02
Media: Looking back, it doesn't seem quite so good: From 'Twizzle' to 'Tiswas' and the 'Thunderbirds' revival: a young person's television history. Celia Dodd reports on a sad decline00:02
THEATRE / Previews & First Nights00:02
The Bluffer's Briefing: Jazz00:02
Recovery well under way, say bosses: Survey of 2,000 managing directors shows optimism at four-year high00:02
President scrabbles for votes: Referendum campaign gets off to chilly start in Siberia00:02
Rabin in concession to PLO: Optimism on talks as Israeli and Egyptian leaders prepare to meet00:02
Lightning hits linesman00:02
Big-wheel inferno00:02
BR threatens union's financial 'lifeline': Rail chairman takes tougher stand after talks aimed at averting second 24-hour stoppage00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Motor Racing: Mansell back at Long Beach00:02
Athletics / London Marathon: A motivational mix for McColgan: Britain's front runner fixes on lessons from the past. Mike Rowbottom reports00:02
Robinson produces revival at Vestey00:02
THEATRE / There goes the neighbourhood: The writers from over there are over here. And this time, as they say, they're angry. Sarah Hemming talks to Judith Thompson00:02
Mandela warns of looming disaster: The man accused of killing Chris Hani appears in court amid fears that he was part of right-wing plot