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Obituary: Sir Sidney Ridley00:02
Breweries to be kept open as Courage axes 700 jobs00:02
Appeals: Dine-a-Mite00:02
Sarajevo fighting flares up00:02
Reading Matters: Men of letters hit by history00:02
Midland goes international00:02
Money Grouse: Retailers failing to meet credit-scoring guidelines00:02
The Magazine00:02
Football: Team News00:02
Simpler investment trusts00:02
Wills00:02
Sarajevo fighting flares up00:02
Obituary: Lord Murray of Newhaven00:02
Forte to run CIGA hotels: 'Money from day one' in rescue deal for Italian luxury chain00:02
Anniversaries00:02
MPs' libel win00:02
US maintains Gatt pressure00:02
Rabin brief Suharto00:02
HEART SEARCHING / Men must be very shallow: The Agencies - This week, readers recount their own experiences with introduction agencies00:02
RECIPE / Corny stuff, and laid on thick00:02
Societies offer a permanent income haven as rates fall: With yields averaging 9.5%, the Pibs market is worth investigating00:02
MOTORING / Road Test: C-class gets a B-plus: John Simister drives the new Mercedes C220 and finds the baby Benz to be a sizeable improvement on the 190 that it replaces00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Rugby League: Kiwi high-flyers are set for victory roll: Great Britain players need to recover lost form to stand chance of success in first Test at Wembley00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Odd jobs and strange tales: 'The Crocodile Bird' - Ruth Rendell: Hutchinson, 14.99 pounds00:02
View from City Road: Choose your drink with care00:02
I Confess: Howard Jacobson tells John Lyttle of a breakfast TV addiction00:02
Rugby buys Dutch companies for 10.3m pounds00:02
Northern Ireland Gallantry Awards00:02
Obituary: Lord Murray of Newhaven00:02
Hopes rise of therapy for cystic fibrosis: Researchers in US demonstrate that gene treatment can correct disorder00:02
Benefit recipients want to find work00:02
Barclays takes foreign cards00:02
Building the baker's pension: Neasa MacErlean reports on a way for the self-employed to invest in their own property00:02
Landmarks: Oxford: Wendy Shillam, a London-based architect, reflects on the future of Oxford's Westgate car park00:02
MOTORING / Nice to have you back where you belong: After a 17-year absence, London is on the international motor show map again00:02
Smaller firms trust from Baillie00:02
Appeals: Norfolk Keel Trust00:02
Travel: Departures: Test in Barbados00:02
Basketball: Henlan misses Kings' date00:02
VAT on bills not mentioned in new campaign: Save energy, Gummer says00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Cowboy dreams: 'The Talisman' - Viktoria Tokareva Tr Rosamund Bartlett: Picador, 14.99 pounds00:02
Saturday Night: Peace breaks out in the drugs war00:02
Night-clubs ordered to give staff ear-muffs: Noise levels 'equal to aircraft taking off'00:02
Letter: PM's empty rhetoric00:02
Nationwide and Halifax go lower00:02
The day my father died: David Hockney is, par excellence, an artist who speaks to us direct, in words as well as art. Here he tells with his usual beguiling directness about pleasure and sorrow, life and work00:02
Britannia bond guarantees return00:02
Style: Toughing it out in taffeta: Tamsin Blanchard on two young designers with a realistic approach to fashion00:02
Vigil for murdered Catholic00:02
Letter: How to smoke your way to an early grave00:02
University student 'starved to death'00:02
Student in rape case 'was taking advantage': Woman 'unconscious' during intercourse after drunken party00:02
Tory unrest over pounds 1bn defence cuts: Confrontation looms as Treasury seeks further savings. Donald Macintyre reports00:02
RSPB rejects replica egg company's scheme to discourage nest raiders00:02
Horoscopes for companies: Reuters will carry star guide to performance00:02
Hi-tech jigsaw raises Dresden church from ruins: Allied bombing left the Frauenkirche a mountain of rubble. Now, with the aid of computers, it is being pieced together bit by bit, writes Steve Crawshaw in Dresden00:02
Football: England undermined by poor planning: Spurs' Norwegian winner gives his verdict on a country in crisis. Joe Lovejoy listens to Erik Thorstvedt00:02
Birthdays00:02
Water birth fatalities prompt inquiry call: Two babies die, another is hurt after mothers use pool for labour00:02
The men who made Thatcher's literary dream come true: Taped brainstorming sessions and relaxed 'anecdote lunches' brought memoirs to life00:02
Buyers snap up Forbes collection of Orientalists00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Core curriculum00:02
Base rate expectation leads to savings cuts00:02
Travel: When snow fun is no fun: Non-skiers can be quite fussy about skiing holidays. Chris Gill suggests what they can do with themselves00:02
Francoist PM set for new term: The Galician leader with a despotic image faces tomorrow's poll with confidence, writes Phil Davison from Santiago de Compostela00:02
Letter: Fans' crime was to be English00:02
Allocations for shares in BNP will be scaled down00:02
How to check on financial advisers00:02
AA offers holiday incentives00:02
Rules give more leverage to landlords: Mary Wilson looks at new, streamlined procedures for evicting tenants who refuse to budge after a short-term lease00:02
Death sentences for Hani killers00:02
Travel: Top 20 Resorts: Meribel00:02
Sporting Digest: American Football00:02
Squash: Horner and Lord march on00:02
Travel: Departures: Boston shopping00:02
Food & Drink: A natural appeal can bear fruit: The big variety show, Apple Day, takes place next Thursday. It's a celebration for both cookers and eaters00:02
Letter: In the line of duty00:02
Obituary: Jess Thomas00:02
Indian stock brokers strike00:02
Racing: Empereur ready to reign in the dry00:02
Corporate Lloyd's venture has 8m pounds backing00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Letter: Fans' crime was to be English00:02
Letter: Radio 5 proposals wrong-headed00:02
Racing: Veteran Carson insists he is not the retiring type: After more than 3,500 wins, the master of Minster House tells Richard Edmondson why his commitment remains as strong as ever00:02
Three MPs accept libel damages00:02
Appeals: The National Meningitis Trust00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Travel: Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
Tennis: Lendl gives a glimpse of his old form00:02
Freed US pilot flies out as focus in Somalia shifts00:02
Letter: Auctioneer's advice00:02
Food & Drink: Peter Piper picks for the peckish00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Can I make the Brown cap fit?00:02
Peace prize deals blow to extremists: SA democracy gets a shot in the arm, writes John Carlin in Johannesburg00:02
Football: Rotterdam referee defends his decision on Koeman00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Scottish Football: Celtic try to sort out Macari deal00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
MUSIC / Double Play: Visions of a new beginning00:02
Golf: Faldo falters in the face of ice-cool Chen: England remain unbeaten and are within sight of the Dunhill Cup semi-finals but Taiwanese volunteer provides the upset of the day00:02
Travel: Independent abroad00:02
Style: Who can hold a candle to this?00:02
Group 4 fugitive 'very dangerous'00:02
Football: Supporters look on bright side: Clive White looks forward to the weekend's programme00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Clearing up a misconception: You thought your cheque would be in this week? Wrong]00:02
Travel: Viking whispers on the wind: Orkney has terrible weather and a dark reputation. You land there, and you're in a cowpat. But people love the island, says Clare Jenkins00:02
Appointments00:02
Property: No longer feeling boxed in: There is hope for sellers on modern private estates, explains Anne Spackman00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
INTERACTIVE / Spawning a monster: The Aliens set has been recreated at the Trocadero. Dominic Cavendish prepares to hyperventilate00:02
Travel: Departures: Sail the Atlantic00:02
Revenue's new rules could be expensive for clubs: A pay-and-file system will put the profits of many unincorporated associations under closer Inland Revenue scrutiny. Maria Scott reports00:02
Peace prize deals blow to extremists00:02
Hovercraft crew prepares for rescue work around Heathrow00:02
Baseball: Canada has its heart set on the Blue Jay way: Will the World Series title stay north of the border, in spite of the Phillies' efforts?00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A hearty splash of Italian dressing: 'Pronto' - Elmore Leonard: Viking, 14.99 pounds - Giles Smith explores the comic ineptitude of the poetic criminals who inhabit the new novel by Elmore Leonard00:02
Life for murder00:02
Plum brick that hides no poetry00:02
BOOK REVIEW / All the king's men: 'So Idle a Rogue' - Jeremy Lamb: Allison & Busby, 14.99 pounds00:02
'Samurai' in rape trial00:02
Bright sparks take cover against damp squibs and disaster: Care and the right insurance can protect your fireworks display from accidents - and weather. Lee Rodwell reports00:02
Belfast killing00:02
Relics of a lost theme park: Christie's is selling a collection of mementoes of Joseph Paxton's great Crystal Palace, which was destroyed by fire in 1936. John Windsor reports00:02
Apple up as Sculley quits: Computer firm 'turning corner' with unexpected profit00:02
Elliott named in fraud case: Bankers charged with conspiracy involving Elders-IXL00:02
The manager offers road movies and other classics at his driveway Picturedrome, but please stand for the Queen00:02
Property: Return of the first-time buyer00:02
Royal Scottish Geographical Society00:02
Court Circular00:02
Tribunal backs ban on Mount directors: Original Bombay money-laundering suspicions not backed up by Bank00:02
Washington at sea over intervention: American errors in Somalia were largely a repeat of their experiences in Lebanon 10 years ago, writes Patrick Cockburn00:02
Death remand00:02
Lesbians get a second sex clinic00:02
Russia regions get 'diktat democracy': Yeltsin's decision to send in the tanks in his battle with parliament has tipped the scales in his favour across the country00:02
Football Diary: Talking up a storm00:02
Letter: Teaching Irishness00:02
Letter: Radio 5 proposals wrong-headed00:02
Inflation crisis for Ukraine00:02
Travel: Departures: Dialysis in Ibiza00:02
Obituary: Fr Dumitru Staniloae00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
GARDENING / Tool box00:02
BOOKS / Recommended00:02
Sporting Digest: Motor Racing00:02
Germany agonises at death of soldier00:02
GP 'bought cannabis from drug dealers'00:02
Ivory Coast leader very ill00:02
View from City Road: The Bank's strategy worked, this time00:02
Kasbulatov and Rutskoi charged00:02
THEATRE / Too choosy: Jeffrey Wainwright reviews The Choice in Mold, plus Hedda Gabler00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
World equities soar on hopes of rate cuts: Footsie again hits record - Wall Street strong - Tietmeyer fuels speculation about interest levels00:02
Time to buy selectively as market continues to rise: On the sixth anniversary of the great crash, Vivien Goldsmith seeks advice for small investors00:02
GARDENING / Unhealthy attitudes: Some gardeners spend all their time worrying about diseases. Anna Pavord explains why this is madness00:02
Patten ready for 'decisions'00:02
South Africa's double celebration: ANC joy over Mandela-De Klerk Nobel on day Hani killers get death sentence00:02
Racing: Jarvis rejuvenated by Grand's fine finale: A colt's Dewhurst display lifts a trainer's fortunes - A late surge secures a grip on 2,000 Guineas favouritism. Richard Edmondson reports00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Hockey: Milam in no mood to make changes: Gordon back for Hounslow00:02
Review: A life in the home of the young ones00:02
Travel: Departures: New Sicily link00:02
Rugby Union: Probyn's taste for London pride00:02
Letter: How to smoke your way to an early grave00:02
School shooting00:02
Travel: Down here in heaven: Uganda is a paradise that receives virtually no tourists, so the few who visit are indulged splendidly. Simon Calder is smitten by a country whose people smile in the face of tragedy00:02
Food & Drink: Do we have to eat our genes?: We will soon be offered genetically engineered food. Joanna Blythman does not think we should accept it00:02
Haiti army disowns killing of minister00:02
Co-op launches contents policy00:02
Charities face tax relief threat00:02
View from City Road: Unnerving markets00:02
Armed for battle over defence00:02
Profile: Bent on preserving a dynasty: Benazir Bhutto - can she do better second time round?00:02
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Letter: Radio 5 proposals wrong-headed00:02
ARTS / What should we preserve: Next Friday at the Tate Gallery artists, writers and cultural decision makers meet to debate one of the central questions of our culture00:02
Leading Article: Mandela dignifies the peace prize00:02
Armed robber killed by police: Shoot-out follows chase in dustcart00:02
Rugby Union: Trial for Davies as well as a test case for Wales: Coach looks to players to repay debt when Japan come calling at the Arms Park while divisionals get under way in England00:02
ICI sells Teesside site to former employees00:02
He went his own way to oblivion: Fleetwood Mac's former guitarist is found, a little the worse for wear, in a hostel for London's homeless00:02
At a loss for words00:02
Country Matters: Sunset over a lost England00:02
Travel: Departures: Winter price cuts00:02
Football: Ardiles shows Durie the door: Tottenham's Scottish striker goes on transfer list as Manchester United sell Wallace to Birmingham00:02
Tax relief question mark over scheme00:02
Sport: Quotes of the Week00:02
Sharelink line to new issues00:02
Howard takes off kid gloves: Home Secretary plans to end 'right to a caution' as drive on crime faces new criticism00:02
Travel policy discounts00:02
MUSIC / The last of the romantics?: New romantic, old constructivist, young fogey? Robin Holloway has been called the lot. Bayan Northcott seeks out the real composer00:02
BOOK REVIEW / White boys deserve their enemies: 'United States: Essays 1952-1992' - Gore Vidal: Andre Deutsch, 25 pounds - Godfrey Hodgson on Gore Vidal's enjoyable, thought-provoking, lively and diverse collection of 114 essays00:02
S&P PEP invests for income00:02
Optimistic Brooks resumes dividends00:02
Property: Daydream Homes00:02
Tomkins closes another bakery00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Property trust from Paribas00:02
ARTS / And what's more . . .00:02
Sporting Digest: Equestrianism00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Mountain greenery00:02
Auctions00:02
Sleeping policemen spring up to rattle speeders00:02
Somalis' version of peace includes gunfire and death00:02
Sport: The Week in Review00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Cows destroyed00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Angst in Paris: 'The Time Before the War' - Thomas Wiseman: Cape, 14.99 pounds00:02
US warships sent to blockade Haiti: UN observers flee island as Clinton raises the stakes00:02
Decision to halt Birmingham Six case 'exceptional': Judge says ruling should not set precedent00:02
Market Report: Frenetic trading sees shares hit new high00:02
Roadside cameras help cut death toll: Speeding and accidents sharply reduced00:02
The Indpepndent Foreign Fiction Award: Blue dawn over Jerusalem00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Sacking call on Bonn-Iran link: German officials implicated in policy of appeasement with Tehran00:02
Make A Will Week: A week to put your affairs in order with a will: A free service highlights estate problems, writes Neasa MacErlean00:02
Robbers jailed00:02
Manchester Ship complex advances00:02
Food & Drink: The local pint that has travelled well: An old Kent brewery whose wares sell well in France is now advertising in Franglais. Michael Jackson reports00:02
Food & Drink: Love letter to Ann and Franco: The recipes from a pub-restaurant in south Wales have inspired many young chefs, says Emily Green00:02
Lucky hold-up00:02
Travel: Think of it as a morel victory: She didn't know a cep from an elf cup, but Rose Shepherd still had a wonderful time mushroom hunting in Normandy00:02
Travel: Travel companion00:02
US firefighters injured in Atlanta00:02
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