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A fund for the intrepid00:02
Jail hanging00:02
English wines enjoy a taste of success: Vineyards in the Home Counties are beginning to establish reputations for excellence, with a little help from Down Under. Steve Boggan and Rhys Williams report00:02
Cycling: Kelly's indecision not final00:02
Nigerian workers strike to demand democracy: Military leaders fight among themselves for power after Babangida resigns00:02
Gardening: Come dally in the dahlias: Anna Pavord invites you to a glorious last fling before summer's lease expires00:02
Seeing into the future as television takes a walk00:02
'Her only concern is helping people: I am very proud of her'00:02
Coutts Consulting starts legal action: Company unable to pay any dividends00:02
Food and Drink: Halcyon days for a hotel dining-room: It's being hyped as celebrity haunt, but Emily Green thinks The Room's young chef is the real attraction00:02
Arab priest works for reconciliation: Charles Richards meets Fr Chacour, who sees signs of an end to the cycle of violence between Jews and Palestinians00:02
Muslims find safety in path of UN lorries: People of Mostar hold a UN relief convoy 'hostage' as Izetbegovic demands the re-casting of the Bosnian peace plan00:02
View from New York: Wall Street tunes in to Britain for advice00:02
Spy denial00:02
Savers who miss out on better rates of interest00:02
Wills00:02
Standing down00:02
Scottish hiker on course to become first woman to walk the entire length of Africa00:02
Letter: True cost of jail escapes scrutiny00:02
Football: Inter's credibility gap narrows: Henry Winter anticipates an intriguing season in Serie A, starting tomorrow00:02
Flat-rate commission00:02
Travel: Angkor: a magic kingdom to die for00:02
Gardening: Small beer to country folk00:02
Wine Box00:02
The Independent Foreign Fiction Award: Red convertibles and whiteflies: 'The Infinite Plan' - Isabel Allende: HarperCollins, 14.9900:02
AT&T plans national multimedia network00:02
Kenyan named in scam was at Tory ball: Richard Dowden reports on the latest twist in the unravelling of a multi-million pound export fraud00:02
Rugby League: Hanley capitalises on Tait's slick initiative00:02
Bishop comforts Mexico's poor: In the first of two articles, Phil Davison reports from San Cristobal de las Casas on the efforts of a Catholic cleric to end the abuse of Indians' rights00:02
Stock market returns tempt the small investor: Advisers are warning new buyers of the dangers of equities, says Maria Scott00:02
Britannia cuts postal rates00:02
Style: The Way I Was: Finally I faced the music: Robert Fripp tells Nicholas Roe of his decision to become a working musician once more00:02
Changes urged in Geneva deal00:02
Letter: Women's 'responsibility' for being attacked00:02
Travel: Fit for a king, or a millionaire - Frank Barrett visits Castle Drogo in Devon, a monument to British enterprise and the art of pastiche00:02
Property: Buy now, if the spirit moves you: The market will improve as soon as we rediscover the feel-good factor, says David Lawson00:02
Style: Saturday Night: Last of the summer raves00:02
MUSIC / Sharing the stage: Eugene Skeef left South Africa in 1980. This month, he has been back - with the LPO00:02
Welcome to Club Meditation: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh00:02
Birthdays00:02
Equestrianism: Elder Whitaker has rare double in his sights: Sibling rivalry provides optimism for Britain's chances in Silk Cut Derby00:02
Motor Racing: Hill sets pace as Prost takes back seat: DERICK ALLSOP reports from Spa-Francorchamps00:02
Women 'forced out of RAF'00:02
Togo poison row00:02
Tennis: Technology poised to call all the shots: Tennis may be revolutionised by an electronic line-calling system which is being pioneered at the US Open starting on Monday. John Roberts reports00:02
Taj Mahal dims00:02
Gardening: God bless you, 'Chinese' Wilson: Anna Pavord contemplates her favourite hydrangeas and pays tribute to the stout fellow who brought them home to England from a mountainside in China00:02
Letter: The abolition of wages councils will not help anyone00:02
Lifeline for students00:02
Appointments00:02
Motorist 'framed' friend00:02
Brick 'fingerprint' builds crime case: Steve Boggan on an academic breakthrough that helped to cement the conviction of the killer and kidnapper Michael Sams00:02
Ministers reject legal curbs on the press: New privacy law, but no draconian tribunal00:02
Motor Racing: Mansell has the right set-up00:02
Founder of Homes Assured convicted00:02
Market Report: Overseas buyers power Footsie past 3,100 mark00:02
Racing: Emperor can rule against Roberts: The champion jockey's judgement is again under close scrutiny. Chris Corrigan reports00:02
TSB sells EuroDollar to its management: Sale nets bank pounds 60m, taking total raised from recent disposals to pounds 200m - New owners plan flotation00:02
Doctors attack NHS market 'chaos'00:02
CLASSIS THOUGHTS / False glamour of war: Mark Bostridge on Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth, published 60 years ago today00:02
Letter: Blasted plastic00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Call for withdrawal of cleaner00:02
BOOKS / Dreaming about footsteps in the snow: Paul Binding talks to Danish writer Peter Hoeg about his mysterious new novel00:02
Cricket: West Indies remain on top of the world: In June The Independent launched a table of Test cricket. Here Rob Steen presents the updated version after the Ashes series00:02
Problems with dating a root: Money Grouse00:02
Printing error gives postage stamp 'face value' of 300 pounds00:02
Rabbit alarm00:02
Oven alert00:02
US-Chinese rift underlined by missile dispute: Anger over Pakistan connection fuels hostility between the two powers, writes Raymond Whitaker00:02
Rebuff for Yeltsin00:02
Woman's leg amputated 'after faulty diagnosis'00:02
Rail escape00:02
Murderous landlady00:02
Peace of mind for Maxwell pensioners00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Lava on a shimmering island: 'Shear' - Tim Parks: Heinemann, 13.9900:02
Dramatist rounds on Birt regime00:02
Dangerous Heineken beer bottles traced: Brewer says recall system working well00:02
Burger riot00:02
Paris Post War00:02
Rugby League: Wigan's hold seems secure: Rugby League's new season: Restructuring likely to create problems as the game's dominant force face a different challenge. Dave Hadfield reports00:02
Edinburgh Festival 1993: Hello, Garfunkel's, my old friend . . .: Armando Iannucci diagnoses a curious and contagious outbreak of Assembly Rooms Twitch00:02
Motoring: Britain's car industry revival was made in Japan00:02
Letter: Deplorable lack of action against racism00:02
Golf: Baker charges to fuel his Cup ambition: Langer leads German Open00:02
Edinburgh Festival 1993: Apparently . . .00:02
Gastropod00:02
Bugatti buys Lotus from General Motors: Car makers to continue as separate operations, but share engineering skills00:02
Mortar attack00:02
Dutch agonise over drowning tragedy in park: Sarah Lambert looks at an incident that has come to reflect national unease00:02
VW scorns hot tip from red light00:02
Talking statements00:02
Joyride hotline00:02
Letter: University of life00:02
Recommended books00:02
Obituary: Judge Henry Elam00:02
Calm start to holiday exodus00:02
Faith and Reason: An encyclical made for one: Our series of articles on the question 'why have sex' is continued by Christopher Hardwick, who believes this is a matter in which conscience has more authority than Popes.00:02
Cuthbert out on third dose of gloom: Change at top for Brent International00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
Penniless UN set to cut costs: Boutros-Ghali warns of bankruptcy as expenses top 206m pounds per month00:02
Institute of Marine Engineers00:02
Wine Box: Cheap and cheering00:02
Football: Motherwell relish heights00:02
Cricket: Gatting champions Middlesex's cause00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Appointments: Service appointments00:02
Travel: Between a rock and a hard place: In the first of an occasional series on undiscovered Britain, Magnus Mills searches for the Suck Stone, a gigantic rock somewhere in the Forest of Dean00:02
Football diary: Music for penalty arias00:02
Bairstow blames QMH board for his absence (CORRECTED)00:02
FILM / Rehearsing for another life: Working on a Mike Leigh film can be dangerous for your state of mind. Sheila Johnston talks to two survivors00:02
Edinburgh Festival 1993: Reviews00:02
Murder charge00:02
'Home alone' mothers will not be prosecuted00:02
Appointments: Church appointments00:02
Bowing out00:02
Football: Horton is selected by City to succeed Reid00:02
Pit victim 'died a hero'00:02
Rugby League: Team-by-team guide to the Stones Bitter Championship00:02
Financing for BAe's Taiwan deal is agreed: Chairman flies home after week of talks in Far East clears 'main hurdle'00:02
Railings death00:02
Tartan up the clan McMarten: Many clothes manufacturers also weave extravagant promotional fictions. Roger Tredre puts the boot into a few myths00:02
Brierley sells part of GPG stake00:02
Today's number: 36000:02
Football: Talented trio a cause of concern for defenders: Phil Shaw on today's Premiership programme00:02
West Trust buys tortilla manufacturer for 2.48m pounds00:02
Blood, badgers and zoom lenses00:02
Food and Drink: Chinese rabbit, floppy lettuce00:02
Cricket: Benjamin for Hampshire00:02
Bonn quick to eat words on Gatt deal00:02
Style: Cutting edge of fashion00:02
The Week in Review: Sport00:02
Fixed-rate mortgages flood in00:02
Style: Use your head to stand out from the crowd: Bizarre hairstyles have never been more popular - and not just with the young. Tamsin Blanchard reports00:02
Edinburgh Festival 1993: Perrier Comedy Award00:02
Appeals: Maps00:02
Athletics: Burrell profits but Christie hits the wall: Berlin Grand Prix00:02
Motoring: The Independent Road Test: A gutsy Italian takes on the big Germans: Alfa Romeo hopes to challenge Mercedes and BMW with its rationalised 155 series. Roger Bell finds it lacking the magic to win the sales race00:02
Football: Taylor uses bulldogs to leave doghouse00:02
Briton rescues five Mostar children: Aid worker braves sniper fire and UN obstruction to cross siege lines and take victims to safety from makeshift hospital00:02
Travel: Travellers' tales00:02
Two accounts can lead to trouble: Neasa MacErlean tells of moves to stop students taking their custom to more than one bank00:02
News in Brief00:02
Country Matters: Autumn's first glorious prize00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Obituary: Derrick Riley00:02
Auctions00:02
Hundreds call cancer hotline00:02
Obituary: Professor Grigory Tunkin00:02
18 fighters killed by British00:02
Departures00:02
Court Circular00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Rain never stopped play: 'In the Kingdom of Air' - Tim Binding; Jonathan Cape, 14.9900:02
Policyholders shocked by friendly society levy00:02
BOOK REVIEW / One person or two?: 'We So Seldom Look on Love' - Barbara Gowdy: Flamingo, 5.9900:02
BOOK REVIEW / From Prussia without love: 'The Other Anna Barbara Esstman' - Secker & Warburg, 8.9900:02
Dixons unloads bulk of property: Retailer takes 3m pounds loss on 28m pounds sale to Legal & General00:02
Not all of us are only interested in one thing: Heart Searching: Robert Adams wonders if he is alone in wanting to find a whole person, rather than a sex partner00:02
Edinburgh Festival 1993: Word of mouth00:02
Travel: Where the Indians get their own back: Phil Reeves visits the Sycuan reservation in the Californian desert, where members of the tribe have gone from poverty to prosperity by capitalising on a nation's lust for gambling00:02
'Viable' mine fails to find private buyer: Shadow hangs over British Coal sell-off00:02
Letter: True cost of jail escapes scrutiny00:02
Obituary: Sir John Cripps00:02
Cricket: Maynard suffers brutal lesson of the nineties00:02
Cricket: Kendrick's safety-first drill00:02
Letter: The abolition of wages councils will not help anyone00:02
Hockey: England are confident: Australia provide test00:02
Food and Drink: Get cracking with crab: Crab straight from the ocean is a blissful indulgence, preparation is quite simple, and you won't have to shell out a fortune00:02
Terrorism row man appears in court: Patrick Ryan charged with handling goods00:02
Jersey's censors ban Christie play00:02
Nato denies plan for 50,000 troops00:02
Rugby Union: WRU finds itself in court: Legal twist in Welsh internecine battle00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Trying to win the war of the womb: 'A Place Among the Nations' - Benjamin Netanyahu; Bantam, 17.9900:02
Winchester heads A-level league table: Title of highest-scoring independent school is wrested away from Westminster. Fran Abrams, Education Correspondent, reports (CORRECTED)00:02
Arafat faces 'very frank' criticism: PLO's leadership, peace policy and finances challenged in Tunis00:02
Rowing: World ambition for Searles00:02
THEATRE / Out of the doll's house: Robert Hanks finds something missing after An Inspector Calls moves house00:02
Travel: Cheap chambres00:02
Cricket: England's hit records00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Managing liability for your community: Andrew Bibby looks at the financial responsibility involved in being a trustee00:02
Letter: Women's 'responsibility' for being attacked00:02
Recipe: Lentil on my mind00:02
Profile: Bound by a Balmoral obligation: Paul Keating, PM in a predicament00:02
AA loan to buy a car00:02
MUSIC / Double Play: Burying Verdi00:02
Christian festival dance troupe members make their pitch in Field of Dreams00:02
Confusion over private medical insurance00:02
Postal auction for policies00:02
In or out, I'm well mannered: William Donaldson's Week00:02
Cricket: Lamb's unlikely support00:02
MUSIC / Long service on hard benches: Three Choirs Festival - Worcester Cathedral00:02
Researcher drinks deep at the well of knowledge00:02
CU ties up Melton Mowbray00:02
Letter: The abolition of wages councils will not help anyone00:02
Rude justice00:02
Leading Article: Trouble spots within the UN00:02
Property: Charting the property blues: As the party conference season approaches, a telling map of negative equity should focus the politicians' minds, says Anne Spackman00:02
Letter: Post Office pledge00:02
Letter: Women's 'responsibility' for being attacked00:02
Travel: Leaving the misery behind them: Simon Calder visits Cambodia and finds a nation racing to catch up with the rest of the 20th century, yet still living in the shadow of its tragic past00:02
Clocked off00:02
UN lifts Haiti ban00:02
Football: Team news00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Swashbuckle and decay in an ancient city: 'City of Djinns' - William Dalrymple: HarperCollins, 16.9900:02
Jackson back on stage in Bangkok: Police find no evidence in videotapes00:02
Travel: Would you like a seat in smoking or in smoking?: In America, a new airline will soon give frustrated smokers the opportunity to light up in flight, writes Jeremy Hart00:02
White horse was guardian of souls: David Keys on evidence of a religious role in the pagan era for Britain's best-known chalk figure00:02
Retail Therapy00:02
Travel: Have a nice stay00:02
Climbers killed00:02
Bird brains00:02
Therapy, sex and a 64,000-acre ranch00:02
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