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Schoolboy butted teacher00:02
UK troops lie low in Vitez clash00:02
Consultant dismisses Aids epidemic theory: HIV expert says predictions for heterosexuals were incorrect00:02
Thousands wait in fear of a massacre00:02
Father jailed for rapes00:02
Motoring: Off Down Under in the spirit of '68: Gavin Green sets out on the 25th anniversary rerun of the London-Sydney Marathon00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
DRINK / Ageing aristocrat asleep in a barrel: Forget the rioja, says Anthony Rose; Spain also produces some extravagant and remarkable wines00:02
Fuel venture faces choking: Brazil may stop filling its cars with alcohol, writes Phil Davison00:02
Retail Therapy: Plucked, tweezed, waxed or raised in horror?00:02
View from Tokyo: Trade surplus haunts US-Japanese relations00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bookshop Window00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Hankering after a few wise men: 'Around the Cragged Hill' - George F Kennan: W W Norton, 16.50 pounds: Godfrey Hodgson on the personal and political testament of an American prophet00:02
Referendum set to ditch old system: In tomorrow's poll Italians are expected to opt for first-past-the-post elections, writes Patricia Clough in Rome00:02
Builders Merchants' Company00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Appeals: The Scoliosis Association UK00:02
Gardening: How a bloodhound sniffs out a ghost: Swishing wetly on a rain-drenched afternoon, Anna Pavord sets out to unravel the mysteries of Talacre, a derelict 19th-century Welsh estate00:02
Magistrate denies plot to murder wife with gas00:02
DANCE / The goodtime girl: Judith Mackrell reviews Don Quixote at Covent Garden and Antic at Sadler's Wells00:02
Criclet: A window on a new season00:02
Second-hand policies for sale00:02
ANC to renew 'mass action'00:02
Gonzalez party in poll row: Divisions bedevil ruling Socialists00:02
Thatcher right on Bosnia, say 14 Labour MPs: Party moderates sign demand for armed intervention. Patricia Wynn Davies reports00:02
Recipe: Green shoots cannot be denied00:02
Dentists refused to treat patient who had virus00:02
Motor Racing: Mansell in mood for a street fight: Briton's fitness in doubt00:02
Racing: Party spirit still fresh enough for Ayr: The 1992 National victor can sink sentimental hopes for this year's 'winner' Esha Ness in Scotland00:02
Rallying: All for a night at the opera: 1968 revisited as the London-Sydney Marathon revs up: Derick Allsop reports on a demanding race revived today in vintage form00:02
More shares in electricity00:02
Banks raise overdraft charges00:02
Wills00:02
Today's Number: 300:02
Concern over new attempts to incite racial hatred: Anti-Semitic letters sent to thousands of homes00:02
Labour calls for law change to allow rental of computer games: An MP wants alteration to copyright legislation in the wake of brothers' courtroom victory over Nintendo. Susan Watts reports00:02
Football: Waddle's creativity can short-circuit Gunners' power: In act one of a Wembley mini-series, Arsenal aim to pass their physical in tomorrow's Coca-Cola Cup final00:02
She's gone off to polish a fish eye00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Letter: British can hold Hong Kong Island00:02
Snooker: Cruel quest consumes White's art: The World Championships start in Sheffield today. Guy Hodgson reports00:02
Guaranteed bond from LAS00:02
Boxing: McMillan expresses his relief00:02
We'll fight them on the beaches of Blackpool: Joanna Blythman hears the British in Brussels defend food colours as part of our national heritage00:02
US contemplates military options: Washington talks to its allies about how to punish Serbia, but rules out direct use of American armed might00:02
New Orleans at knifepoint: Be streetwise, identify the no-go areas, and if mugged, co-operate with your assailant00:02
Court rethink00:02
Food & Drink: From Mamma, via Marco and Pinocchio: Emily Green samples old and new styles of Italian cooking in the restaurants of Norwich00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A magical maternity with mirrors: 'Mr Mani' - A B Yehoshua, Tr Hillel Halkin: Peter Halban, 15.99 pounds00:02
Bomb kills 1100:02
Departures: Nice and cheap00:02
Profile: Is he the spider or the fly?: Giulio Andreotti, enigma at the heart of Italy's crisis00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
4.4bn pounds record for National Savings00:02
Appeals: Kettle's Yard00:02
Driving test fee set to rise00:02
Irish leader visits Ulster00:02
Gastropod00:02
If anyone asked you who you are . . .00:02
Obituary: Sir Colin Allan00:02
Birthdays00:02
BICC offers investors enhanced scrip payout00:02
Athletics / London Marathon: McColgan under pressure on the gold run: Having talked a good race the real test comes tomorrow for a woman burdened with expectation. Mike Rowbottom reports00:02
Brasway sells firm for 3.4m pounds00:02
Tories see Newbury as mini-referendum00:02
Conquest is national crusade for Belgrade00:02
Tennis: Lendl goes back to his old routine00:02
Sporting Digest: Powerboat Racing00:02
Bo's going big time and I said it first00:02
Florida-bound for around pounds 200: How to get the best out of Orlando00:02
Illness cover is extended00:02
Honours for the 'Independent': Three writers from our pages were named at this week's Glenfiddich Food Writer awards00:02
Football: FA threaten City with fine and crowd ban00:02
Capital shares of split-level investment trusts look good: As the stock market recovers, Maria Scott looks at some opportunities00:02
Winning formula for the French00:02
Obituary: Una Dillon00:02
Property: Summer's Street and the living is easy: A development offering Manhattan-style lofts in central London has buyers flocking to it, writes David Lawson00:02
BR opens door to new negotiations: More commuters struggle to work as second 24-hour strike paralyses rail network00:02
Teenagers sentenced00:02
Bovis defends role at EBRD building00:02
ART / A real change of art: After years of apartheid, South Africa's galleries are adjusting their collections. Susan Loppert reports on the complicated attempt to create a new national culture00:02
Armed gang kidnap postmistress00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Ban sought on US phone company: MP wants AT&T refused British licence00:02
Pilgrimage to the ancient twin towers: Tony Kelly is overwhelmed by Durham's castle and its 900-year-old cathedral, not to mention its vegetarian food00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Appointments00:02
Road Test: Wanted - a little Gallic flair: Roger Bell finds the new, Coventry-built Peugeot 306 nippy, but without novelty00:02
MUSIC / A woman of new importance: On the 10th anniversary of Elisabeth Lutyens' death, Bayan Northcott reconsiders her music in the light of a forthcoming disc00:02
Missing au pair found00:02
This summer's flight-only bargains will provide offers you can't refuse to places you might otherwise spurn. Frank Barrett begins a series on how to make the most of cheap air tickets00:02
Long-term rate00:02
Fyffes slips up on short-lived bid: Banana group shares soar on potential purchase but discussions end quickly00:02
Fate of Srebrenica spurs West to act on Bosnia: With town on verge of surrender, Britain, France and US press forward with sanctions vote00:02
Sailing: Tactics to test the intrepid: British Steel Challenge - Stuart Alexander on the rigours facing amateur crews in today's trek home00:02
'Tomsk all-clear'00:02
Benefits guide for pensioners00:02
Rutskoi exposes 'crimes': Vice-President hits back at Yeltsin00:02
Revelations over pyramid fuel dispute00:02
Quotes of the week: Sport00:02
Departures: Matter of life and death00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Dublin raises 104m pounds from sale of half Irish Life stake: Interest from foreign institutions 'reflects confidence'00:02
Letter: Neutrality will not work in N Ireland00:02
Police force to prosecute fewer motorists: Chief constable will focus resources on fight against rising crime. Terry Kirby reports00:02
N Korea chided00:02
Laotian smiles, spreading like ripples on water: In Laos the roads are bad, the food worse and the accommodation terrible. Julia Wilkinson found respite in the warmth of the people00:02
Homicide verdict adds to LA tension00:02
BOOK REVIEW / More shots in the sex war: 'Femicide: The Politics of Woman Killing' - Ed Jill Radford & Diana Russell: Open University Press, 10.99 pounds: Helen Birch on why men murder women, and get away with it00:02
Saturday Night: Seriously heavy metal on a hot pair of tracks00:02
Sporting Digest: Gymnastics00:02
Hockey: Staffordshire bolstered by Sherwani00:02
Football: Team News00:02
Precedent saves hotel's splendour: Secretary of State takes action to protect Georgian crescent from decay00:02
Tool Box: Swing your Longhorn to and fro, let's have a hoedown00:02
Golf: Rocca rolls into lead00:02
Bonus day00:02
Endowments cause concern: Maria Scott explains why financial advisers are worried about a type of home loan that gained popularity during the Eighties00:02
Basketball: Mintoft adopts an unofficial line00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Church appointments00:02
ADM is only bidder for Greencore00:02
MUSIC / Romantic ironies: Robert Maycock reviews the opening of 'Alternative Vienna' at the South Bank00:02
Classic culture can be so improving: Be it strained or made of sheep's milk, Greek yoghurt is the creme de la creme, adding richness to simple sauces, fragrant curries and exotic desserts00:02
Rugby League: Simms to continue at Leigh00:02
Gymnsatics: Miller's fairy-tale of twists and turns: She looks as fragile as a china doll but she is the queen of the World Championships00:02
Forte's strength tested as hotel trade falls on hard times: Hoteliers are failing due to high prices and the recession but the French are more successful. Frank Barrett reports00:02
Obituary: Sir Vincent Fairfax00:02
Air deaths00:02
Vardon expands into bingo: London Dungeon owner cuts dependence on summer season00:02
Hanson buys into American house builder: Conglomerate confident of 'pretty good timing' for dollars 116m deal00:02
Departures: Down Under deal00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A scantily clad confession: 'A Priest on Trial' - Bernard Lynch: Bloomsbury, 16.99 pounds00:02
Football Diary: Trouble by the truckful00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
US accused of Cold War stance in trade battle: EC complains of unfair American power play00:02
Miyazawa gives as good as he gets00:02
Clinton agrees spending cuts: Republicans force President to slash dollars 4bn off economic package00:02
Spy out the land before you ride with the loan arranger: Sue Fieldman advises caution when you are raising cash for a new car00:02
Athletics / London Marathon: Evans comes through his hell00:02
Obituary: Tony Lake00:02
Shell warns of more job losses00:02
Appeals: Learning Through Action00:02
Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
Dispute over pyramid revelations: Archaeologists disagree over presence of secret chamber behind newly discovered door00:02
RMA Sandhurst00:02
Endowments cause concern: PEPS can be a more flexible option00:02
Elusive peace00:02
Miyazawa gives as good as he gets00:02
Upbeat: Coda00:02
Top American executives earn fat salaries despite recession00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Letter: Charities pay a high price for professionals00:02
Squash: Marshall rides out storm: 'Alternative' English champion ready to face world No 2 in British Open00:02
Sporting Digest: Motorcycling00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Cubans' plea00:02
Football / Coca-Cola Cup Focus: Merson shows mettle by working on weaknesses: He could have gone off the rails, but now he mans the engine room. Trevor Haylett reports00:02
William Donaldson's Week: I won't take it sitting down00:02
Letter: The riches of dialect00:02
Getting a return from the rail strike: Sue Fieldman sees the human face of the taxman and DSS and finds it just the ticket00:02
Leading Article: Now comes the hard part00:02
Court Circular00:02
Hong Kong discounts00:02
Cricket: W Indies find riposte for Waqar magic: Honours shared in first Test00:02
Departures: Renting in California00:02
Fixes at the fore00:02
TELEVISION / Gagged and bound: Giles Smith reviews Conjugal Rites00:02
Tilde saved00:02
Sporting Digest: Speedway00:02
DRINK / Good buys00:02
Peking accused00:02
Investors tempted by scrips: Rights issues in disguise00:02
Market Report: International row rings up 10p loss for BT00:02
Letter: Misleading claims about RSC director's work00:02
Fire 'attack' inquiry called off00:02
Cuttings: Rare fair00:02
Obituary: George Ives00:02
The Way I Was: The night there was nothing like a dame: Derek Nimmo tells Nicholas Roe of his most memorable night in the theatre00:02
Football: Weary Rangers reach last lap in title race00:02
Racing: Brittain's excuse for Sayyedati flop is in the blood00:02
Nigeria blaze00:02
Property: Will baby boom mean sales boom?00:02
Police call off inquiry into fire 'attack' on boy00:02
McCartney loses CD battle00:02
BOOK REVIEW / When the mystery is that there is no mystery: 'All the Pretty Horses' - Cormac McCarthy: Picador, 14.99 pounds: Scott Bradfield on Cormac McCarthy and his wide-screen parables of the American West00:02
Miners' resistance to colliery closures begins to weaken: British Coal says strike closed only 20 pits00:02
Rugby Union: Last hurrah for Roses rivals before the divisions take over: Lancashire and Yorkshire stir the passions for the last meaningful County Championship final. Steve Bale reports00:02
Atomic energy authority fined over radiation alert00:02
Golf: Langer lording it as Lyle misses cut: Day of mixed fortunes for Europeans00:02
Lincoln's Inn00:02
Rugby League: Wigan step up to takefourth title in a row: Botica breaks hearts of St Helens as well as club points record00:02
Hostage freed00:02
The week in review: Sport00:02
Farmer's blazing protest00:02
Boy, 15, accused of rape00:02
Israelis open fire to halt deportees' march: Palestinians risk death on march to oppose Middle East peace process00:02
RECORDS / Neat barbarians: Robert Cowan and Edward Seckerson on Russian Rattle and Latin American rhythm00:02
BOOKS / Recommended00:02
Letter: Prolonging the conflict00:02
THEATRE / Displaced persons: Paul Taylor reviews Diane Samuels' new play Kindertransport at the Cockpit Theatre00:02
'Casualty' complaints upheld00:02
Letter: Crispy and radical00:02
ANC unleashes all-out action00:02
Departures: Cuba packages00:02
Sporting Digest: Bowls00:02
Cuttings: Harrogate show00:02
Turkey gives Armenia ultimatum to pull out: Ankara warns against occupying Azeri territory. Hugh Pope reports from Baku00:02
Computer help with tax returns00:02
MacGregor to fight curbs on airline owners: No breakthrough likely in transatlantic open skies talks on Monday00:02
It may be Corsa, but is it any better?: Vauxhall has spent millions dressing up its new car. Jonathan Glancey unstitches the campaign00:02
Letter: Wildlife conservation in Africa: on the horns of a dilemma00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Driving ban for Adam Faith00:02
Upbeat: Stepping up00:02
The week in review: Home News00:02
Letter: Catalogue of human rights abuses in Kashmir00:02
From Caesar's Camp comes a master of ways and means: Patricia Wynn Davies profiles Michael Morris, Deputy Speaker of the Commons and the target of anger this week00:02
Candid Caller00:02
How to get washed up with the survivors: Peter Guttridge talks to Reginald Hill, creator of some classic and extraordinary private eyes00:02
Detective shot during arrest00:02
Country Matters: Sika and muntjac roam with the roe00:02
Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Marathon jazzman aims for fast tempo: Tomorrow's 26-mile London race will be the 25th for a clarinet-playing runner00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Letter: Wildlife conservation in Africa: on the horns of a dilemma00:02
Inflation rises for second month running: Fears grow that target ceiling will be breached Sharp fall in long-dated gilts triggered00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Suspended sentence for killer of surveyor00:02
Rugby Union / Rugby World Cup Sevens: Australians are tripped by Tu'ivai's drop: Tonga and Argentina strike blows for the underdogs in Edinburgh00:02
Leeds reviews charges00:02
Money Grouse: Falling RPI dents National Savings certificates00:02
Obituary: Winifred Radford00:02
Seventh inmate lost by prison escort service00:02
Joint exercise00:02
MUSIC / Fiddling for his supper: Frank Peter Zimmermann has a passion for Strads and five-star restaurants. Mark Pappenheim met him00:02
Community lacks legal clout to catch fraudsters00:02
Upbeat: Highly strung00:02
No easy task to arm Muslims: Bosnian Muslims could make best use of simple heavy weapons, but what they really need is ammunition00:02
Girobank offers Viennese prize00:02
Sale proceeds to establish arts academy in north Devon