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Cycling: Lillywhite forced to scramble: Banana call all hands to help their beleaguered race leader00:02
Letter: Fascism forced on Croatia00:02
Recession helps break down North-South divide: Tim Kelsey examines the findings of the latest survey of regional trends00:02
Nigeria elections fail to stir hard-pressed voters: The change people want is not on offer, writes Karl Maier in Lagos00:02
Passport plea rejected00:02
Hambros pins hopes on housing: Strong recovery in earnings forecast after pre-tax profits fall pounds 9m to pounds 65m00:02
Letter: Democracy depends on the individual00:02
His room is just as he left it in 1985: Samira Zakharia believes that her son Iskandar, a marketing graduate who worked in a bank, is still alive eight years after being kidnapped. The family is Christian.00:02
Public Services Management Update: No gain without pain00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Pembroke: Mr Mellor tells it like it is00:02
Cricket: Gooch retains captaincy for the remainder of Ashes series: Determined personal display in first Test against Australia convinces chairman Dexter and his selectors that the leadership is in safe hands00:02
View from City Road: Lamont's revenge could be sweet in City's ears00:02
In one way or another, men seem to do women's work00:02
Court circular00:02
Letter: Desperation that drives the squatters00:02
Obituary: Professor Ronald Peacock00:02
Bubbly cut00:02
REVIEW / Baby, you didn't know him when: Giles Smith watches Harry Connick Jr kick drugs, get up and testify at the Albert Hall00:02
Closure of hospital unit 'denied boy, 2, life-saving treatment'00:02
Now raving is by invitation only: This could be the last year of dancing all night in the grass. Somewhere out west, Imogen Edwards-Jones joins the mourners00:02
Hoover protester to return van00:02
Mother who killed baby freed00:02
EC-US split bursts into open again: Sides still wide apart on establishing 'safe areas' and implementing Vance-Owen peace plan00:02
Letter: Nadir and the north Cyprus anomaly00:02
Obituary: John Atyeo00:02
Motorcycling: Reid has the TT speed00:02
Letter: Question of quality00:02
Sporting digest: Football00:02
England lose 2-0 to US - at football00:02
World Music: The sincerest form of flattery: From salsa to ska, if it swings the Japanese have copied it. Philip Sweeney reports00:02
Canada's bright star fades under scrutiny: Kim Campbell's outspokenness is spoiling her chance of leadership00:02
Ethnic Minorities: Indians make up 1.5% of population00:02
Sleeping pill ban 'a surprise'00:02
'Whistle-blowers' face sack00:02
Prisoners moved in crackdown on drugs00:02
Public Services Management Update: Temporary measure00:02
ROCK / The axeman cometh: Naughty By Nature - Le Palais, London00:02
One for the China pot00:02
Athletics: Jackson in fine form00:02
Business and City summary00:02
LEP losses fall pounds 25m after revamp00:02
Man charged00:02
Higher Education: Graduate now, pay later: As hard-pressed universities contemplate tuition fees, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy and Nigel Allington propose an alternative00:02
Sporting digest: Motorcycling00:02
Ancient Japanese tradition steps lightly into video age as heir to throne weds former diplomat00:02
Leading Article: No, your honour, children never ask for sex00:02
Letter: Sentence for joyriding deaths will boost IRA00:02
Talks fail00:02
Cricket: Donald dished up foretaste by tourists: South African paceman shows effect of year's work as Martyn and Border make hay00:02
Letter: Nadir and the north Cyprus anomaly00:02
TELEVISION / Statistics00:02
Inside file: Above all, do not mention the war in Bosnia: There appears to be a conscious effort on the part of some Western leaders to downgrade the issue00:02
British Gas joins dollars 200m hunt for oil00:02
TELEVISION / A bad time done by all00:02
Education: Teachers as lone wolves: France: 750,000 children sit down to be tested on the same day00:02
TECHNIQUE / Businesslike show business: Learning to be a star at the Brit School involves more management skills than sequins. Sabine Durrant reports00:02
Letter: Skilled labour required00:02
Perhaps only once in 500 years there comes a rain like this . . .00:02
Why Nato must embrace the East: European peace is at risk unless we learn from Bosnia, warns Jonathan Eyal00:02
Hekmatyar visit00:02
Lamont tells MPs of his 'uncomfortable experience': This is the full text of the personal statement by Norman Lamont, the former Chancellor, to the House of Commons00:02
Mogadishu awaits UN punishment of Aideed: US and French troops roll into Somali capital after killing of Pakistani soldiers00:02
Chances of plum job may have been lost00:02
Leading Article: Lamont's attack draws blood00:02
Apathy wins Los Angeles a Republican mayor: Another disappointment for Clinton as minority turnout and support by whites hand victory to self-made millionaire00:02
Equatorial rescue debated00:02
US troops claim Gulf 'disease'00:02
Electrocomponents up 24%: Company says recovery is a mixed blessing00:02
Letter: In to bat for tradition00:02
Leading Article: Too much power for Boris Yeltsin00:02
Flat volumes at Jewson fail to lift Meyer: Builders' merchant awaits benefit of upturn00:02
Yeltsin accused of despotism: President manages to split opponents in battle to bring sweeping reforms00:02
Letter: Passing comment00:02
Better off without a bankroll: The Labour Party could never survive without union money, handed over in return for tame MPs and block votes. Or could it? John Torode thinks the unthinkable00:02
Rate cuts ruled out as housing starts soar: Incoming Governor says inflation remains a threat German mark falls despite Bundesbank assurances00:02
A bad, bad day for the PM: Andrew Marr assesses the damage an old comrade's farewell has done to his beleaguered leader00:02
Glossary: When all else fails, let the plebs have a say00:02
ALBUMS / Dark night of the soul boy: Andy Gill on flagellants, honest rockers, country girls and smoochers00:02
Public Services Management Update: Call for more care resources00:02
Pit safety plans go 'back to Dark Ages'00:02
Pounds 26m damp squib for launch of Isis investment trust00:02
Racing: Sparrow expects to survive00:02
Sporting digest: Golf00:02
Nigeria elections fail to stir hard-pressed voters: The change people want is not on offer, writes Karl Maier in Lagos00:02
Obituary: Srikrishna Mulgaokar00:02
Sporting digest: Squash00:02
Paris Post War: Art and existentialism 1945-55: Everyday during this exhibition at the Tate Gallery, the Independent is running a short extract from letters, reportage and diaries of the period00:02
Heath optimistic despite hard year: Payout cut after pre-tax profits slump to pounds 1.5m00:02
Rugby Union: Carling boost for Lions00:02
Tiday's number: 16100:02
Bottom line: Racal gets its eye back on the ball00:02
Crime: South-west records a sharp rise in offences00:02
Mr Kohl fiddles while people burn00:02
I never knew my son was in Hizbollah: Nakhla Soueidan did not know that her son, Samir, was a member of Hizbollah, the militant Islamic party, until he was killed.00:02
SmithKline's big brands fetch pounds 260m00:02
Westcountry exceeds Daily Mail expectations00:02
Graduate Recruitment: Apply to your local town hall: The changing role and structure of local government offers a wide range of career opportunities, says Philip Schofield00:02
Progress in search for Aids vaccine: Final phase trials likely to begin next year00:02
Barnet request League help00:02
Loal parties split on 'vitriolic' attack00:02
Scarpia: A night to discomfort the critics: A triumphant reception for Henryk Gorecki's Third Symphony and a startling recital for massed Dansettes and projector00:02
Shark attack00:02
Bolivia victor00:02
Market report: Marching orders for four shares in blue chip shake-up00:02
Engineers lash out at Treasury: Last remaining obstacle to a sea change that could mean recovery, says Johnson00:02
Fine Decor goes to market00:02
Education: Free to do it their way: Germany: There are no rigid instructions on when and how often to test00:02
View from City Road: McLeod Russell has top pay in its pocket00:02
Public parts00:02
Mondale is ambassador00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Muslim commander tells his forces to hold fire: New Bosnian chief orders end to bitter fighting with Croats in Travnik00:02
Sporting digest: Motor Racing00:02
Letter: Fascism forced on Croatia00:02
Bonus issue at Airsprung00:02
Letter: Skilled labour required00:02
Racing: Punters to pay for Ascot loan: The Royal meeting is saved after inspection discovers 30-year-old electrical wiring00:02
Rugby Union: Feared Fox revitalised by All Black rejection: New Zealand's prolific points kicker has undergone a startling conversion in the past year. Steve Bale reports from Christchurch00:02
'Mea culpa'00:02
Museveni takes measured route to democracy: Uganda President explains why he resists West's pressure for change00:02
Smith's wit delights Labour00:02
Labour's students to pay00:02
Letter: Desperation that drives the squatters00:02
His room is just as he left it in 1985: Samira Zakharia believes that her son Iskandar, a marketing graduate who worked in a bank, is still alive eight years after being kidnapped. The family is Christian.00:02
Sugar and Venables stage last stand in the Strand00:02
Authors have testing time with the Bard: Colin Hughes reports on how three writers fared when they sat two English papers which 600,000 14-year-old pupils should have taken yesterday00:02
Letter: Mad dogs and us00:02
Reluctant Sutherland heads Gatt: Former EC commissioner takes charge of world trade talks after arm-twisting by Delors00:02
Sporting digest: Tennis00:02
Tennis: Sampras sent packing after sluggish display: World No 1 yearns for home after first-round fall00:02
Haiti warning00:02
Football: Sheron's finesse is ruined by a bad bobble00:02
Diary00:02
Racing: Diane aim for Boutin00:02
Sex case probation sentence for review: Attorney General calls for 'no angel' papers00:02
Lamont inflicts 'cutting' wound on Major: Former Chancellor's statement stirs up rumblings of discontent on the back benches00:02
Man convicted of BBC threat00:02
Letter: An issue not to be dismissed lightly00:02
Matthey in scrip offer: Investors given chance to take shares worth more than dividend00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Why can't a man be more like a woman?: The century gap - Harriet Harman: Vermilion pounds 7.9900:02
Kidnapper 'was trying for perfect crime': Man admits abducting estate agent but denies killing teenager00:02
Sporting digest: Pools Dividends00:02
Education: 16-year-old pupils opt to stay on at school00:02
Sporting digest: Cycling00:02
German fires00:02
Money talks to entice kids away from drugs: David Usborne in Anderson, Indiana, assesses a radical plan to keep schools free of narcotics00:02
Going hire and higher: Nicky Holland is available for string arrangements, backing vocals, weddings and bar mitzvahs. Giles Smith met her00:02
MUSIC / Telling tales from Hollywood: Edward Seckerson on Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra00:02
Reactions on the front pages00:02
PM goes home00:02
Sporting digest: Athletics00:02
Sporting digest: Sailing00:02
Sporting digest: Baseball00:02
Irish move00:02
Football: McGrath cements his place in Irish hearts: Charlton's men quick to quell Latvian resistance00:02
Doctors link boxing to Alzheimer's disease: New safety proposals are no protection, report says00:02
Sporting digest: Boxing00:02
Golf: Faldo arms himself with solid legs for his American trek: Briton's subdued world No 1 seeks to trigger return to his former stunning form by analysing a sluggish situation. Tim Glover reports00:02
Mansfield rises on pub purchases: Brewer earmarks pounds 60m for expansion outside traditional areas00:02
Azerbaijan slips into grip of former Communist chief: Struggling Baku government begs ex-KGB officer to accept post of prime minister00:02
Letter: Question of quality00:02
Ancient weevil yields oldest DNA specimen: Insect preserved in amber for 120 million years00:02
Anglo United slides into pounds 30m losses00:02
Boxing: McKenzie's rule ends00:02
Letter: Water abstraction00:02
THEATRE / The glitter of acid-etched gilt: Paul Taylor on Bill Alexander's production of Volpone in Birmingham00:02
Look us in the eye and say you're fit to govern00:02
Fashion: Big names with grand designs for Aids00:02
Obituaries: Ernest Hawkins00:02
Lamont fuels Tory doubts over Major's leadership00:02
Sporting digest: Rugby League00:02
Touvier 'flees to Canada': Nazi-hunters say French collaborator has escaped after being referred for trial00:02
Tax axed00:02
Tennis: Navratilova is beaten by qualifier: Former Wimbledon champion berates umpire at DFS Classic before losing in three sets to Australian ranked No 179 in the world00:02
Racing: Bookmaker to breed00:02
Bullish Amersham ends year 27% ahead00:02
Boxing: McKenzie's rule ends: World champion fights to the finish00:02
Bruised, battered and homeless: Domestic violence is a common cause of losing one's home. Paul Gosling reports00:02
Non-graduate teaching plan: Patten proposes one-year college courses to train mature students as infant teachers00:02
Family and Health: Big increase in women over 35 having babies00:02
Fashion: Under cover of darkness (and Lycra): You don't have to be a supermodel to look good in these. Roger Tredre welcomes the return of swimwear cut to flatter00:02
Letter: Kindness of Germans00:02
Bottom line: Get your fill of Northern00:02
Macintosh finally caught in the rain00:02
Peruvians say Blackburn lady is a vamp00:02
Public Services Management Update: Civil defence under attack00:02
Andreotti accused of ordering murder: Mafia man says victim knew too much00:02
The war that wives and mothers can never win: When Lebanon bled like Bosnia, young people died and mothers grieved. Robert Fisk meets those whose pain knows no ceasefire00:02
Terrorist link suspected in gasometer explosion: Attack bears hallmarks of the IRA. Malcolm Pithers reports00:02
Viewpoint: Never mind the exams, we're off to Florida: It is an outdated law that lets parents take children out of school for extra holidays00:02
Sporting digest: Rugby Union00:02
Surprise speech after surprise sacking00:02
Stricter curbs on the press being drafted00:02
Chinese gang uses immigrants as slave labour: New York criminals make huge profits from the smuggling of illegal aliens00:02
Football: England's new low as US pile on the misery: Dooley and Lalas add a further chapter to Taylor's tale of woe as the Americans go one better than their forebears in Belo Horizonte