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Basketball: Jordan's night-life gambles with the affections of a nation: Rupert Cornwell, in New York, gathers reaction to an American sporting icon's controversial night out00:02
Conservative MP accused of racism00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
MGM co-chief set to quit in split over strategy00:02
Cricket Round-up: Gower yet to reach take-off00:02
Macedonia compromise proposal00:02
Abbey holds seminars for pre-retirement00:02
Letter: Nightmares after the reshuffle00:02
Court annuls Germany's liberal law on abortion: Angry reaction as country 'takes a step back into the Middle Ages'00:02
Police investigate property champion00:02
Letter: Not on the BBC00:02
ICI shareholders approve demerger and flotation of Zeneca00:02
A family sleeping on a wire: In 1948 someone drew a line through a Palestinian village. David Grossman breached it00:02
Food & Drink: Variety spices her cooking life: Joanna Blythman applauds the winner of the 1993 Independent/Le Cordon Bleu Cook Competition00:02
MOTORING / Class needs no gimmicks: Roger Bell finds the new Mitsubishi Galant conformist in design but extremely refined00:02
Polish PM resigns after losing confidence motion: Crisis looms as Solidarity MPs defeat government by just one vote over unpopular austerity measures00:02
Football: Treble chance for Rangers: David McKinney on a final matching the bravest and best in Scotland00:02
L&G extends endowment cover00:02
Auctions00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Stoiber is Bavaria premier00:02
Seven years for man who blackmailed industrialist00:02
Under new management: Major insists economic and tax policies are unchanged00:02
Travel: An undeserved Dead Albatross00:02
Take a break on premiums: Neasa MacErlean reports on the growth of annual travel insurance00:02
Church appointments00:02
Travel / Departures: Beam them right00:02
Football: Swindon may win war but lose their field marshal00:02
The moral guardian, writing to create an emotional bridge00:02
THEATRE / Can't stand up for talking down: Paul Taylor on the English Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet00:02
Youth premium puts a brake on cover: Older motorists can find cheaper insurance, but often with strict limitations. Paul Gosling reports00:02
RECORDS / Double Play: Journeying into unknown regions: Robert Cowan and Edward Seckerson on new discs of Grieg and Vaughan Williams00:02
Cricket: Gatting gets by with Haynes' help00:02
Rapist cleared of attack00:02
Food & Drink: Such slow progress in the snail's saga: After some little local difficulties, L'Escargot has opened again with new names being dropped around the place. Emily Green sampled the results00:02
Second inquest into MP's death00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Today's Number: 1,244,18400:02
Store partners see profits sinking in the suburbs: The Waitrose supermarket chain, grocer to the middle classes, has been hit by a fall in sales and a decision to shun Sunday opening00:02
Man tells of day he killed holiday wife: French court hears of strangling and a shoe left at scene of crime00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Pay up or go for a spin00:02
Wills00:02
'Spot the bull' contest sows seed of a herd00:02
Football: Cup finalists facing heavy FA fines00:02
Murdered schoolgirl's body is found in alley00:02
Obituary: Maj-Gen John Frost00:02
Hockey: Brown the source as Slough stop Spaniards: British men's and women's teams experience mixed fortunes in the European Club Championship00:02
Postal bond from B&W00:02
Where there's a will trouble may lurk: A DIY form that could disinherit potential beneficiaries00:02
Country Matters: A dark glimpse of the goatsucker00:02
Left-wing leader pulls out of Spanish poll: Julio Anguita, candidate for the pivotal United Left grouping, is in hospital after an angina attack. Phil Davison reports from Madrid00:02
Obituary: Rowland Hilder00:02
M&S cuts credit card rates00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Italian Socialist leader chosen00:02
Hockey: Havant hat-trick00:02
I used to run a restaurant: Richard Savin tells John Windsor how redundancy led him to pottery evening classes and00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Travel / Departures: French driving00:02
The Week in Review00:02
TELEVISION / A bucketful of sugar00:02
Letter: Why we let down Bosnia's Muslims00:02
Bomb premium rises to go ahead00:02
Green makes comeback with pounds 3.3m shops purchase00:02
Theme park heads table of fee-charging tourist sites: Alton Towers overtakes Madam Tussaud's with 2.5 million visitors as historic attractions trail behind00:02
Motor Racing: Scotsman with a will that proved stronger than the wall: Richard Williams, in Indianapolis, talks to Jim Crawford, the other Briton who is taking part in tomorrow's race00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Saturday Night: I had a friend at the end of the world00:02
BOOKS / Classic Thoughts: Brains thrill to the core: Lucasta Miller on Charlotte Bronte's Villette (1853)00:02
Few winners in a family feud: Prevention is much better than cure when it comes to potential legal disputes between relatives. Sue Fieldman reports00:02
Cricket / Twelfth Man: Ted ain't dead, he's working00:02
Birthdays00:02
Gardening Update: Healing fair00:02
Girobank joins the fee-raisers00:02
UN rules on Kuwait-Iraq border00:02
SA talks resume after deal00:02
View from Frankfurt: Daimler leads Germans into a cold new world00:02
Cricket: Muddled England still in a stew over Stewart: Tomorrow's Test selection meeting promises more questions than answers. Martin Johnson marks the judges' cards00:02
Now it's much ado about Hillary's expensive hair-do00:02
Italians take to streets against the bombers: East wing of Uffizi expected to reopen in a month00:02
Travel / Departures: Late packages00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Six of the best00:02
Race bias firm ordered to pay staff pounds 229,00000:02
'Observer' article could lead to contempt action00:02
Endowments up for auction00:02
Letter: Nightmares after the reshuffle00:02
Gardening Update: Open gardens00:02
Leading Article: Tackling the refugee problem at source00:02
Banks challenge taxman in court00:02
Cost of selling a house drops00:02
Fixed rates have appeal00:02
Gardening Update: Herb talk00:02
Maxwell home sold - with tenant: Tycoon's widow may stay at Headington another six years00:02
US hails Sudan accord00:02
Market Report: ICI fails to inspire as winning run falters00:02
Letter: The true value of scientific research00:02
Obituary: The Right Rev Harry Carpenter00:02
Allitt given life for murdering Ward 4 children: Judge tells former nurse there are no prospects a time will come when she can safely be released. Jonathan Foster reports00:02
Wreckage holds few clues to Hercules crash: RAF aircraft was not fitted with 'black box'00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Mexican baguettes and rigid politesse: Air and fire - Rupert Thomson: Bloomsbury, pounds 14.9900:02
Aegon link 'will protect Scottish Equitable policies'00:02
Falklands inquiry00:02
Gardening / Tool Box: Looks good, works well - a bag for all reasons00:02
Motor Racing: Beaming Mansell bounces back on satellite: Mike Rowbottom takes part in a transatlantic talk-in with the Formula One world champion00:02
Yachtsman lost at sea 'dived from race boat': Inquiry told missing sailor seemed listless and depressed00:02
Money Grouse: Customer finds store credit can cost more than expected00:02
Courtly life under George II is theme of weekend activities at Hampton Court00:02
Sculpture takes to the City streets: Martin Wroe on plans to confront the public with imposing works of art00:02
Waiter gets life00:02
Libel award00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Travel: Europe explained00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Excellent putter under pressure: Anthony Quinn on Ron Hansen, who puts Nebraska on the map and off the beaten track: Nebraska - Ron Hansen: Vintage, pounds 5.9900:02
Football: Cole's finishing leads the Poles a merry dance00:02
Stepfather jailed00:02
Smith under attack for remote style: Labour MPs' concern over leader exposed as voting changes pose deselection threat00:02
UK 'near the bottom of pension table'00:02
Hartstone in crisis talks with banks: Barker resigns as covenants broken00:02
Travel / Departures: Directive weakness00:02
Pocket money guide for children00:02
'Viking' disarmed00:02
Appointments00:02
Gardening: We don't want to go to Chelsea: Correction00:02
Solicitors face competition on grant of probate: Government may end probate monopoly00:02
Tehran rebuke for Saudis00:02
Faith and Reason: Standing next to Mary Magdalene: Margaret Hebblethwaite, an assistant editor of the Tablet, the Roman Catholic weekly, this week continues our series on catholicism with a robust attack on the Anglican version.00:02
PC stole widow's pounds 26,00000:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / The sounds of paradise packaged: Nicholas Williams hears the 'Cathedral Classics' tour open with a Tavener premiere00:02
Nissan losses double analysts' forecasts: Pounds 1bn turnover at UK plant fails to lift gloom00:02
Miami riot alert00:02
Scores die in days of SA township street battles: Squatter camp residents accuse police of trying to wreck peace talks, writes Karl Maier00:02
Cycling: Downs' aspirations riding on experience: A proven racer has turned his attentions to man management for the 1993 Milk Race - Hopes of the British amateurs in cycling's ultimate challenge rest on teamwork. Robin Nicholl reports00:02
China rejects US trade terms00:02
BOOKS / Lo] An angel in genes: The Annunciation - Patrick Lynch: Heinemann, pounds 15.9900:02
Relisting sees Mosaic suffer sharp fall00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
MOTORING / Great cars, great paintwork: Phil Llewellin meets an artist who captures impressions of classic motoring00:02
Letter: The true value of scientific research00:02
Travel: Look what it did to Fellini: How to get the most out of Rimini: Contrary to first impressions, Rimini has as much fun and culture as the films of its most famous son, says Simon Calder00:02
Sailing: Record entry for Rover series00:02
Travel / Departures: Last-minute flights00:02
Golf: New guise for the old guys00:02
Halifax gives loan discounts00:02
Travel: French high ways: walking up an appetite: Even at 3,000ft, the chefs know how to cook. Andy Hosking treks along some of the best-organised footpaths in Europe00:02
BOOK REVIEW / With a brush and a prayer: Bruce Boucher on the lost spiritual world captured in the paintings of Fra Angelico: Fra Angelico at San Marco - William Hood: Yale University Press, pounds 4500:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Major is hopeful of progress on Gatt00:02
Jobs switch costs Devro pounds 390,00000:02
Rugby Union: Lions given Mains chance00:02
Tennis: Pierce's father ejected for disturbance: Security problem at French Open00:02
Cricket: Folland juggles in vain00:02
BOOKS / The swan who turned into an ugly duckling: Christina Hardyment on the campaign for a great Dane, Hans Christian Andersen00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Done dealing in Ladbroke Grove00:02
Travel: The good hotel to France: Correction00:02
Property: A legitimate way to bribe the landlord00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Take a hundred players, mix well: Showpieces without a soloist, symphonies in all but name, or a feast of new ideas? Bayan Northcott explores concertos for orchestra00:02
Executors can be asked to renounce claim: Executorship costs can be cut00:02
Narrow win gives Clinton fresh momentum: Senate will prove next hurdle for budget00:02
Texans look to wreak revenge on the President: The struggling administration faces a damning verdict in a Senatorial race, writes Rupert Cornwell in Fort Worth00:02
Bishop attacks plan for women priests: Alternative proposal offers chance to opt out00:02
Sailing: Walker's Indulgence slides to sixth overall00:02
Insurance warning on burglar alarms00:02
Italy points finger at host of suspects: Is it the Mafia, freemasons, old-guard politicians, secret services - or all of them?00:02
Wildlife Appeals00:02
Motor Racing: Unser Jnr on track for new ring at the magic oval: Half a million will tomorrow flock to the Indianapolis 500, where 32 cars and a concrete wall stand between Nigel Mansell and glory00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
World Cup Football: Sheringham heightens England's optimism: Spurs striker and Dorigo the only changes to a team growing in confidence00:02
Racing: Placerville plays lead00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Upbeat: Coda00:02
Rugby League: Sorensen in charge at Whitehaven: Widnes stalwart becomes new player-coach for Cumbrian club00:02
Letter: Nightmares after the reshuffle00:02
Russia agrees to Cyprus bill00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Artistry with sausages: The Man in the Tower - Michael Kruger: Quartet, pounds 13.9500:02
Travel: Land of swamps and islands where Edmund lost his head: Rich with history, the Fens offer much more than the standard tour of Cambridge colleges, says Tony Kelly00:02
Following fearlessly in Mel Gibson's footsteps: Heart Searching: How do you find the love of your life? Should you turn to a matchmaker? Rachel Lipman seeks the answers in two new books00:02
Back and forward with tax relief00:02
Gresham House hopes for rescue soon00:02
Russia threatens to renege on De Beers diamond deal00:02
Letter: The true value of scientific research00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Racing / Derby Focus: Sixteen stake a claim against Tenby: Fears that the premier Classic might be reduced to a romp for the favourite prove groundless00:02
UN celebrates rare good news from Cambodia: Observers are delighted but puzzled at the failure of the Khmer Rouge to disrupt elections00:02
Vance given peacemaker role for O&Y00:02
Losers bite back in Alsatian bus war00:02
Gardening: Fiver frenzy in Columbia Road: London's legendary flower market is a riot of colour and mayhem. Anna Pavord joined the bargain hunters00:02
Europe keeps cool over sanctions00:02
Travel: Candid Caller00:02
Obituary: Robert Lapoujade00:02
Travel: Incredible meals on two wheels: France actif: Mary Dowey put on half a stone while on a cycling holiday00:02
Food & frink: From a snack to a supper with a salad: Recipe00:02
Remote Smith is accused of complacency: Party criticism of the Labour leader's cautious strategy is growing. Anthony Bevins and Patricia Wynn Davies report00:02
Letter: Telling it like it is00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Upbeat: Arsenal's pride00:02
Shoppers forsake loyalty in favour of convenience00:02
Food & Drink: Chateau Dorking, M Mitterrand?: English wine is now worthy of being served at a state banquet, says Anthony Rose00:02
Shares hit as Holmes falls two-thirds00:02
Cars recalled00:02
I used to be a solicitor: Philip Hughes tells Jonathan Glancey how he walked out of his office and into the world of art school and workshops00:02
Golf: Ryder Cup for Spain00:02
Obituary: Dorothy Hughes00:02
Yeltsin bars press from seeing Rutskoi00:02
The Way I Was: Thin enough for the movies: Jenny Agutter explains to Nicholas Roe how she tiptoed her way to stardom00:02
FILM / Damaged goods in the shop window: He's upset America's Hispanics and Koreans, and he's not exactly the toast of Los Angeles. Is Joel Schumacher sorry? Is he hell. Sheila Johnston reports00:02
Court Circular00:02
US under threat of double-dip recession: Gloom on the economic front as American growth slows and German economy faces worst crisis since war00:02
Property: Confessions of a tower block fan: Ronan Point has gone from high-rise to low-rise. David Lawson looks at what it taught us - and him00:02
Doctor shot00:02
Wheel of fate turns full circle for Spaghetti Junction: Martin Whitfield traces the history of junction six on the M6, a symbol of the motor age when it opened 21 years ago00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Sell an icon, win a watch: Oris: Made in Switzerland since 190400:02
BOOK REVIEW / When shall we three meet again?: Charles Burgess on Stephen Glover's sad story about the early life of the Independent and the Independent on Sunday: Paper Dreams - Stephen Glover: Jonathan Cape, pounds 17.9900:02
Sporting Digest: Rallying00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Bundesbank rules out German rate cuts00:02
Letter: Why we let down Bosnia's Muslims00:02
Racing: Criquette out00:02
German parliament scraps asylum law00:02
Share shops awash with BT3 offers00:02
French aim to stop rot of diminishing wine exports: Vineyards campaign to head off new world threat. Anthony Rose reports00:02
Equestrianism: Quittet's pass with honours00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Upbeat: Ivory? No sweat00:02
Morgan Grenfell launch discount00:02
Issue sprouts ethical green shoots: Andrew Bibby encounters a timber yard in Norfolk that is big in ethics00:02
A beer with Cicero in the spa pool00:02
Letter: British saved 'Cheers' for the Americans00:02
Just a spoonful of Virginia . . .00:02
Deadline for Isis nears00:02
Travel: Ale and oysters: twin peaks of the Emerald City: Seattle, in the American Northwest, is the latest gastronomic capital of the New World, says Michael Jackson00:02
Travel: Anyone for golf, canoeing, bridge?: Frank Barrett offers a guide to the get-up-and-go specialists00:02
Gardening Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Golf: Evans the slowcoach unhappy at being fined: Ballesteros in grave danger of missing another half-way cut as leader's six-under-par start is submerged in controversy00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Conran offer to homebuyers00:02
Letter: Musician's naivety00:02
Slow path to setting up 'safe areas': The UN says it has disarmed Muslims inside Srebrenica. The Serbs want to believe otherwise, writes Robert Block00:02
Obituary: Barbara Ker-Seymer00:02
BOOK REVIEW / If only you had faith: The Picturegoers - David Lodge: Penguin, pounds 4.9900:02
Food & Drink: If you can't cook, but want to make a fortune, read on: First it was burgers, then pizza, baked potatoes and croissants. Now bagels are tipped to sweep the fast-food world. Reggie Nadelson brings the news from New York00:02
Letter: Credit where it's due00:02
Top judge questions the right to silence: More balanced criminal trials urged00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Profile: The grandee with the smoking gun: Sir Patrick Mayhew MP, attorney-in-question00:02
Obituary: Dr Jonathan Gluckman00:02
Obituary: Lt-Col Sir Martin Gilliat