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Bottom Line: Albert Fisher's tough task00:02
Home Computer: Power of the Word: Richard North finds a program to tempt him from his usual software00:02
Towry Law for market00:02
Leading Article: Clever fools at King's College00:02
Sailing: Dolphin sees off rival00:02
Plan for Lloyd's names expected next month: Proposal to ease members' losses may not be enough to satisfy their demands00:02
Kidnap deals blow to UN Haiti plan00:02
FILM / On love and social death: Adam Mars-Jones on the difficult job of making romantic comedy for a modern audience in Anthony Minghella's Mr Wonderful00:02
Plan to mock up German war crimes00:02
COMEDY / Mr Saturday Night: Mark Wareham on Paul Merton in Guildford00:02
FILM / And what's more . . .00:02
Law Update: Lebanese conference00:02
Rail telephone sale next year: National network will be able to compete with BT and Mercury00:02
Leading Article: Labour's quota of chauvinism00:02
Science teachers under fire00:02
Bottom Line: Expensive Wellcome00:02
In rehearsal: stars prepare for Royal Ballet's new season00:02
Mexican haul00:02
Law Report: Creditor's rights against partners are restated: Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien and another. House of Lords (Lord Templeman, Lord Lowry, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Slynn of Hadley and Lord Woolf), 21 October 199300:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Contracts for care upheld by court00:02
Clarke's dilemma: VAT or friends: Realistically, the Chancellor's choice of revenue sources to tackle the budget deficit is limited, writes Peter Torday00:02
Women given hope of halting homes seizures00:02
David Brown buys rival for 11m pounds00:02
Tennis: Wood knocks out seed and breaks new ground: Briton shows her new-found fitness and nerve to defeat Georgian and progress to quarter-finals of the Autoglass Classic00:02
View from City Road: Bundesbank opens door for the Chancellor00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Dreadful news from a whickering world: 'Martyr's Day' - Michael Kelly; Macmillan, 16.9900:02
German rate cut lifts UK hopes: Bundesbank's concern shifts from inflation, with unemployment seen as biggest threat00:02
Rugby League: Endacott is target of British clubs00:02
Letter: Motorcycles for everyday journeys: fast and fun, or dangerous?00:02
Voting changes lift Parkland shares00:02
Boats burnt00:02
Radioactive leak00:02
Croatia goes for technocrats and Jaguars: A war-weary nation is looking to rebuild, writes Marcus Tanner in Zagreb00:02
Nato denies bowing to Russian will00:02
Rallying00:02
Black tea and apples cut risk of heart attack00:02
Trade ministry takes the flak over jacket licences00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
FILM / Rushes00:02
Letter: One empty cell00:02
Irish fury at EC aid cut00:02
Green cliffs of Dover00:02
Killing of a Constable: Pressure for arming the police grows: Guns widely available - Drugs creating unstable climate - Death penalty back on agenda00:02
Obituary: Helmut Gollwitzer00:02
Labour re-shuffle: 'Unholy' pact sees fighting in ranks spread00:02
BM sells remainder of British Building00:02
Ukraine keeps deadly nuclear plant alive00:02
Letter: Labour choice of team leaders00:02
A steeplejack cleans bird droppings from Nelson's Column yesterday on the 188th anniversary of Nelson's victory at Cape Trafalgar and the 150th anniversary of its erection00:02
Sailing: Maxis still hounded by the swinging 60s: Grant Dalton, the skipper of the leading boat, NZ Endeavour, who is writing for the Independent, recounts the first-leg tactical battle00:02
Army coup in Burundi00:02
Assent for lottery00:02
Aer Lingus losses increase to Ir 188m pounds: Exceptional costs include loss on GPA stake00:02
Montagu outlines 300m pounds deal00:02
Singapore tries five for revealing economic facts00:02
Outside Edge00:02
Racing: Swift response to racecourse sell-off00:02
Law: The tender trap of the beauty parade: Neasa MacErlean reports on the increasing use of a formal process when submitting for new business which is shaking up the profession00:02
Get-tough policy 'risks prison riots': Inmate numbers soar to beyond network's capacity. Heather Mills reports00:02
Clarke pressed on insulation grants00:02
Canoeing - British Open Llangollen00:02
FILM / The critics00:02
This is not a disaster: quotas will still make us stronger00:02
Letter: No VAT on fuel in a caring society00:02
Judge describes Wymott as a jail close to anarchy00:02
Fellini report00:02
Smith defies criticism of his team00:02
Motor Racing: Hill in position to please himself00:02
Gift of life00:02
Obituary: Assad Saftawi00:02
Stake-out at Hanging Tree puts golfer in high-security bunker00:02
The case of the curved cucumber: Bureaucrats are exposing EC folklore as plain silly, writes Leonard Doyle00:02
Peace protester's 90,000 pounds rampage00:02
Culinary art: Mixing with the master bakers: Iain Gale meets a pair of gateau sculptors00:02
Health authorities axed in Bottomley reshuffle00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Letter: Class on a plate00:02
Snooker: Higgins maintains progress00:02
StarTV and BBC call truce: High Court compromise agreement on Arabic satellite service00:02
Obituary: Roy Armstrong00:02
Boxing: 'Sweet C' strives to regain top note: McMillan must put misfortune behind him in WBO featherweight title fight. Giles Smith reports00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Uniform sex00:02
Letter: Commonwealth is a closed shop00:02
Spy trial man 'joined the Communist Party for sex'00:02
IM to sue General Motors: Car importer seeks damages for loss of Isuzu franchise to Vauxhall00:02
Rugby League: Holroyd brings inspiration: World's best junior side suffer surprising reverse in first defeat of tour00:02
Guzman calls for peace: An appeal for talks by Shining Path's imprisoned leader has raised hopes of an end to Peru's 13-year-old guerrilla war00:02
A voice cries mercy00:02
Gunman hunted after third drug killing in London00:02
The cultural revolutions of Anchee Min: She was a film-star protegee of Madame Mao, but then came disgrace. She tells Raymond Whitaker of her turbulent life00:02
Kasparov ambles across winning line with a draw00:02
Diary00:02
Letter: Misunderstood space00:02
TELEVISION / A blatant use of the professional foul00:02
Whatever you do, don't discuss Kafka on your first date00:02
Animals stitched in two by two as children's hospice waits for flood of giving00:02
Germany spurs rate cuts00:02
Mystery buyer saves Gainsborough00:02
Law Update: Free seminars00:02
Killing of a Constable: Officer died serving community00:02
Letter: Motorcycles for everyday journeys: fast and fun, or dangerous?00:02
Jitters in Germany00:02
Airport closed00:02
Hockey: Slocombe's boost: England women's training initiative00:02
Crest Nicholson disposals00:02
Killing of a Constable: Local people numbed by culture of violence: Martin Whitfield finds shock, but not surprise, a neighbourhood's respectable streets00:02
Gleeson held back by construction downturn00:02
Russia stops its nuclear dumping00:02
Equestrianism: King Basil not faulty00:02
Summiteers anticipate the return of Pretoria: The Queen joins Commonwealth heads in welcoming prospect of South African membership after multi-racial polls00:02
Court Circular00:02
Will Mr Major risk all for a handshake?00:02
Hospital tests00:02
Skiing - National Championships, Hemel Hempstead00:02
People: Television dogs Mitterrands00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
DANCE / Great charm that fills the cracks: Colored Children Flyin' By - Riverside Studios00:02
Birthdays00:02
Ship for land with no sea00:02
Racing: Panto season going strong00:02
FILM / Incestual proposal: Sheila Johnston reviews The Cement Garden, Once Upon a Forest and the rest of the week's new releases00:02
Asian agents had impossible task: Second World War files released yesterday show how poor planning hampered the Allies' secret missions against the Japanese, Stephen Ward reports QBY: STEPHEN WARD00:02
Man kidnapped and attacked woman after 'date rape' claim00:02
Student fasted to death: Deeply religious man died in quest for spiritual awareness00:02
IRA kills man00:02
Golf: Ballesteros undone by an acorn: Rule infringement fells Spaniard's hopes of World Matchplay recovery as Frost warms to task00:02
Allitt on TV00:02
Baseball: Long player goes on record for wrong reasons: Toronto are within reach of clinching a second consecutive World Series after incident-filled fourth game against Philadelphia00:02
Frost Group seeks 21m pounds to speed acquisitions00:02
Shadow Cabinet 'is too Scottish': Labour reshuffle: Fears grow that Scots' strength may deter English voters00:02
HK hope00:02
Market Report: Footsie makes another visit to the peak district00:02
Albert Fisher's tasty dish fails to impress the City00:02
Rugby Union: Pearce's rare double chance: Veteran props back in packs to face All Blacks00:02
Letter: Turkish Cypriot response to a neighbour's provocation00:02
Pilots press for aircraft safety systems: The authorities are dragging their heels over installing equipment that helped avert two recent collisions. Christian Wolmar reports00:02
Leading Article: Let's be fair to our man over there00:02
Iran to release German after 'critical' talks: Britain attacks Bonn's contacts with Tehran security minister00:02
US 'leaked' coup plot to Saddam00:02
Out of Russia: Old system's heart beats in the bakery00:02
Electricity supplier enters cable market: South Wales company links with Americans to offer TV and telephone services00:02
Letter: Motorcycles for everyday journeys: fast and fun, or dangerous?00:02
Plea to Hurd in Syria00:02
Car output rises but exports slump00:02
Home Computer: Apple falls short with Newton: It's an object of desire and fun to use, but would you buy it? Alex Renton decides to wait for the next version00:02
Music: Sounds loft and found: Robert Maycock on a concert of music to match the Royal Academy's American Art show00:02
Virgin launches dollars 1bn action against BA in US: Anti-trust action may take five years00:02
Labour's troublesome women: The shadow cabinet vote was a setback for the party's attempts to modernise, says Anna Coote00:02
Gunmen kill Gaza leader00:02
Aid report criticises Thatcher and Hurd: MPs will ask Whitehall to explain approval of power station in Malaysia00:02
View from City Road: Fleming's action a mystery00:02
Woman killed baby daughter00:02
Paris threatens Air France strikers00:02
Letter: Stop these fascists00:02
Dear Sir Robin Day00:02
Football: Rovers cultivate Flowers' interest00:02
Inside Parliament: Worried Ulster Unionists twice reassured: Hume-Adams scheme fuels 'paranoia' - Newton draws fine line between tax and national insurance - Bottomley finds an ally00:02
Ugland reverses into marine group00:02
Non-EC trade gap widens but long-term trend is better00:02
Drugs and the DC way of death: Gang warfare and the use of ever more lethal guns ensure that Washington remains one of the world's most dangerous cities00:02
Letter: Turkish Cypriot response to a neighbour's provocation00:02
View from City Road: Fighting the banks is the best policy00:02
Law Update: Burglary victims wanted00:02
The daily poem: Letter from Cumbria00:02
Covert operations funded by Chinese black market00:02
Fugitive found00:02
Today's number: 3800:02
Home Computer: The shape of things to come: Roland Perry argues that personal digital assistants are still at the pioneering stage00:02
The world ends on a whisper: Bob Harris00:02
Best-sellers: Top 10 apples00:02
Killing of a Constable: Detective has led calls for action00:02
After Hours: Les00:02
Oh, for a handsome, well-adjusted screen hero00:02
Armenian jailed for London KGB killings: Arms deal led to deaths of brothers from rebel Russian republic in luxury flat00:02
Anniversaries00:02
FILM / Director's cut: A legend in his own breakfast-time: Taylor Hackford, director of An Officer and a Gentleman, on the revealing breakfast scene between Orson Welles and Ruth Warrwick in Citizen Kane00:02
BAe keeps trying on Taiwan deal00:02
Racing: Changes may end Aga saga: New drug-testing procedures may allow a leading owner to resolve his dispute with the Jockey Club and return to the British turf00:02
Law Update: Where there's a will00:02
Law: Keeping ahead of the game: Sharon Wallach talks to Professor Joanna Shapland about the role and aims of the Institute for the Study of the Legal Profession00:02
Rugby Union: Tourists in late escape00:02
Pilots escape crash00:02
Pembroke: See you in Chertsey00:02
Jackson's new gospel for the kids00:02
Invergordon falls after Fleming sells stake00:02
Non-league football: Newport aim to end long absence: Wight men seek right road to the first round00:02
MoD to sell off land to make up budget cuts00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
MPs to get free vote on hanging00:02
Karadzic turns screws on Bosnia00:02
Rome march00:02
Law Report: Lender entitled to enforce charge: CIBC Mortgages plc v Pitt and another. House of Lords (Lord Templeman, Lord Lowry, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Slynn and Lord Woolf), 21 October 199300:02
South Africans search for a song they can sing together