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Volvo pulls out of Renault merger: Swedish directors resign after board meeting - Question mark over continuing collaboration00:02
Nuclear Electric sheds 2,000 in bid for freedom: State subsidy turns interim loss into doubled profits of pounds 497m00:02
The scarlet or the black for Naples voters: A former Communist is tipped as the winner in Sunday's mayoral contest against the 'Black Madonna', writes Patricia Clough00:02
Sisters, Home Counties style: 'It's not quite throwing yourself under a horse, is it?' Jojo Moyes discerns a lack of passion among a group of middle-class feminists00:02
BP to cut 2,500 in Europe00:02
Pembroke: Nice Woodwork00:02
Sports Listings: Plan Ahead: American Football - Superbowl00:02
Law: Arbitrate, don't litigate: Skilful solicitors can assist a process aimed at settling disputes more cheaply and quickly, says Sharon Wallach00:02
Doctors warned on complaints00:02
Hockey: Cash call on clubs00:02
Commentator ill00:02
Sports Politics: London wants Games00:02
Heated emotions in cool hands: Children always suffer when parents separate, but the trauma can be less if the process takes place out of court, through mediators. Celia Dodd talks to people who tried this approach00:02
Opted-out schools 'face budget cuts under new funding rules'00:02
COMMENT: Just do it00:02
Insurers may put extra pounds 100m into Lloyd's offer00:02
Increased bridge fees lead to 'rat-running' in scenic areas00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
FILM / Sleeping your way to the top00:02
Doctor struck off00:02
India's Untouchables reach for power and change: The caste system is being challenged as never before, writes Tim McGirk in New Delhi00:02
US acquisition boosts Heywood: Shares rise as building materials company forecasts pounds 34m profit00:02
Cricket: Pakistan's ponderous progress: Latif holds the lower order together against Zimbabwe00:02
Unions say no00:02
Ad income is music to Metro00:02
Law: Sponsorship guidelines00:02
Today's Number: 15000:02
Leading Article: Tolls that will tax the technologists00:02
Changes for the colony00:02
FILM / Rushes (CORRECTED)00:02
FILM / Best of the reps00:02
Letter: English Heritage's opinions reflect the variety of listed buildings00:02
The hollow sound of peace talks00:02
Swede found to be no turnip: The chemistry was good when Bill Clinton and Carl Bildt discussed Nato and the welfare state00:02
Football: Resentful Roxburgh given youth role00:02
A few words of warning about the mysterious M3300:02
Motorway tolls to be ring-fenced for network: Department of Transport wins its fight to maintain trunk routes with cash from the charges to be introduced in five years00:02
Of mice and men: Generations have grown up with the capers of Tom and Jerry. A new exhibition shows the realities beyond the screen. Iain Gale reports00:02
Letter: The Budget: NHS and the less well-off pay for past economic mistakes00:02
'Genevieve' sold00:02
Bosnia talks wound up00:02
Sports Listings: This Weekend / Rallycross: British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch00:02
US warns Venezuela military over poll00:02
'Independent' writers win top awards00:02
Fumbling towards Ulster peace: Momentum grows for accord by Christmas, but prime ministers have still to address central issue at Dublin meeting today00:02
Bodies identified00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
'Cape Canaveral' for Caithness00:02
Farmer's son who bribed and murdered his way into drugs: Neither government forces nor other drug traffickers were interested in taking Pablo Escobar alive. Patrick Cockburn reports00:02
Cocaine baron gunned down after a year on the run00:02
Sporting Digest: Darts00:02
Patten heads for clash with China on HK democracy: Governor ignores Peking's threats and presses ahead with reforms after seven months of talks fail to bring deal00:02
Double mission for shuttle00:02
Judge lifts reporting ban on Levitt case rebuke00:02
Another setback for Serious Fraud Office as trial collapses: Investigators passed confidential information to City law firm00:02
Founder of Sony empire retires after stroke: The maverick businessman who gave the world the Walkman was also adept at stoking controversy, writes Terry McCarthy in Tokyo00:02
Sunday trading00:02
MP seeks ban on tobacco adverts00:02
Tighter sanctions on Nigeria00:02
Leading Article: China's dilemma over Hong Kong00:02
Hanson warns of pounds 275m increase in its interest bill: Shares tumble as profits fall to pounds 1bn00:02
Letter: The Budget: NHS and the less well-off pay for past economic mistakes (CORRECTED)00:02
THEATRE / Caesar salad: Paul Taylor on the English Shakespeare Company's Julius Caesar00:02
'I'd like to die on my feet in the year 3047'00:02
Mediation is seen as key to no-fault divorces: Court must approve settlement terms00:02
Europe standing at the crossroads: Stability is a realistic prospect, argues Beniamino Andreatta, the Italian foreign minister00:02
World trade deal is just a weekend away00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Ministers go00:02
Vatican rejects HIV claim00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Tennis: Stich's chance to move out of Becker's shadow: Germany's world No 2 holds key to Davis Cup final00:02
Tourist body fights to keep symbols of Britain: Government criticised for its lack of understanding. Frank Barrett reports00:02
Germans agree to privatise railways: State funds will be poured in for 'the beginning of a new age' aimed at attracting more traffic and reducing costs00:02
Racal dips on 'surprise' loss: Chairman says market was forewarned00:02
Bottom Line: Racal is protesting too much00:02
Sinn Fein's version of exchanges: David McKittrick examines details of the documents released yesterday00:02
First we saw Elvis, and then Harrods FC00:02
Councils forced to put up tax and cut services00:02
Meningitis outbreak00:02
President hit00:02
Royal Bank of Scotland soars to pounds 265m profit: Aims to become UK's best-performing financial services group00:02
Racing: David Jermy dies aged 5300:02
Salmon farmers facing ruin as prices plummet: Six thousand jobs in Scotland under threat, reports John Arlidge00:02
Georgians return in heavy rain to their homes after government troops crush rebels00:02
Police investigate informer's actions00:02
Grand Met sets pounds 86m aside: Dispute over payment from Brent Walker contributes to profit slide00:02
Inside Parliament: Mayhew maintains neutrality on Ulster00:02
Law Report: Solicitors have duty to replace money: Target Holdings Ltd v Redferns and another - Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Ralph Gibson, Lord Justice Hirst and Lord Justice Peter Gibson), 8 November 1993.00:02
Art Market: Mozart's most revealing composition fails to sell00:02
Unscheduled departure of tube train leaves driver standing00:02
No political concerto in Brandenburg: Democracy is losing its appeal in the east, writes Adrian Bridge in Potsdam00:02
Letter: Moral solution00:02
Refugees face starvation00:02
Ukraine 'has to give up nuclear arms': Christopher says no to Russian and East European membership of Nato00:02
INLA informer admits receiving pounds 400,00000:02
Cricket: McCague in shape: England A paceman has confidence in his remodelled action00:02
Rugby League: Maloney looks smart amid the untidiness00:02
Obituary: Patrick Libby00:02
Of Barbie dolls, tucks, sucks, pokes and snips a dazzling variety of00:02
Obituary: Anthony Burgess00:02
Doctor tells of cancer treatment00:02
And what's more . . .00:02
Makers of Playing Cards Company00:02
Law: New course in Nottingham00:02
Law: Doctor Barton's casebook: Sharon Wallach meets a qualified solicitor and medical practitioner who has set up a specialist consultancy00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Postman appeals to court on deduction: Two families react to the pressure of maintenance rulings by government agency00:02
Algerians kill Spaniard00:02
People: Suited to the job00:02
Bottom Line: Grand Met is fully valued00:02
'Mr Walkman' retires after stroke00:02
Home, no longer where the money is00:02
Diary: An ache for the new Eton head00:02
Cash cuts threaten jobs, town halls warn00:02
Leading Article: After Hubble, Nasa looks for a life raft00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Letter: Absent editor00:02
Racing: Gold's recovery00:02
View from City Road: Time for a rethink on MEPC00:02
Sporting Digest: Swimming00:02
Another 2,000 miners lose jobs as four more collieries go: Government publishes Bill to privatise British Coal00:02
Rabin hints at delay in Israeli army pull-out: Violence surges in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as Yasser Arafat faces growing disillusionment with the peace accord00:02
Yard officer's fight to save job thwarted: Judge decides tribunal acted fairly00:02
Court Circular00:02
Sex attacker given three life sentences00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Full-year price rise the first since 199000:02
DJ in time-shift00:02
The wrapping of kd lang: At Wembley on Wednesday there was George Michael, David Bowie, the Princess of Wales and a stylish woman who can do no wrong. Giles SDmith reports00:02
Bus spree00:02
Letter: A ginkgo leaf from the poet's book00:02
Football / FA Cup Countdown: Gane seeks upper hand with purist look: Sutton are looking for another League scalp. Rupert Metcalf reports00:02
Obituary: Lord Milford00:02
Accused regrets silence on torch girl's plight00:02
Swimming: British bronze medals00:02
Delay likely in Japan recovery00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Optimistic Gatt negotiators report making 'significant progress' during two days of meetings00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
The Daily Poem: Suburb in December00:02
Boxing: Savage makes sad exit from the world of hype: Giles Smith on a badly timed blow for a British bareknuckle boxer who is seeking a wider stage00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Golf: Faldo and Price on right course: World No 1 moves into joint lead as champion is penalised00:02
Birthdays00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Early capital spending pays off for Severn00:02
Cannabis found: Correction00:02
Scapa picks up French firm and lifts earnings00:02
Anniversaries00:02
View from City Road: ASB's bark has more effect00:02
Obituary: Lord Milford00:02
Boxing: Akinwande expects Hide to avoid challenge00:02
Letter: A ginkgo leaf from the poet's book00:02
FILM / Style victims: Last Year in Marienbad (U), Director: Alain Resnais (Fr)00:02
Sports Listings: Saturday / Ice Hockey: Benson and Hedges Cup Final, Sheffield00:02
View from City Road: Hanson's new era leaves company in hiatus00:02
BT ready to pay Mercury pounds 90m in Oftel deal00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Football: Europe closer to super league after Uefa's shake-up: Half Continent's champions to enter Uefa Cup00:02
Dear Lord Justice Hoffmann: A music critic calls upon the Arts Council's arbiter to make a stand and refuse to destroy two of London's orchestras00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
ASB rules on how to treat debt00:02
Greek minister lambastes UK over Turkey deal: Theodore Pangalos has added London to his list of enemies, writes Leonard Doyle00:02
Market Report: Post-Budget boom hits a wall of weak results00:02
BTR buys American conveyor belt maker: Conglomerate to pay dollars 415m for Rexnord00:02
Law Update: Information plea00:02
FILM / Critical Round-Up00:02
Letter: Punitive public attitudes00:02
Rambling home that inspired Dickens for sale: Agents lower financial expectations as 'Miss Havisham's house' goes on the market needing extensive restoration00:02
Benn takes MPs into video age00:02
Letter: English Heritage's opinions reflect the variety of listed buildings00:02
Ferranti's pension fund money may be lost00:02
Law Update: Jury trial seminar00:02
Auditors place pounds 36bn value on hidden economy00:02
Shaky pyramid00:02
Public projects opened to foreign investors: State-owned overseas firms may help finance infrastructure schemes00:02
Japanese defence chief resigns00:02
Fear holds the key to the future of Nato00:02
BEST-SELLERS / Top 10 rarest trees in the UK00:02
FILM / On release00:02
MUSIC / Alien sounds: David Fanning on Ligeti at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival00:02
Student maimed00:02
Detective jailed00:02
Babies' deaths prompt call for improved car seat safety00:02
VIEWPOINT / Late again: David Lister, Independent Arts Correspondent, on the Budget00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Forte decides not to sell Harvester00:02
Couple split to cut child support rise: Two families react to the pressure of maintenance rulings by government agency00:02
Washington's bogyman sings hymn of moderation: Robert Fisk in Khartoum meets Hassan Abdullah Turabi, accused by the US of backing terrorism00:02
Rugby League: Bramley in need of 'miracle' to ensure survival: Merger may be answer00:02
Rugby Union: NZ drop Joseph for tour finale00:02
Putting a price on value of tourism00:02
Germans lead rate reduction moves00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
FILM / Britporn: a vice little earner00:02
Bear homes in on radar station00:02
Brazilians in the money00:02
Cocaine baron gunned down after a year on the run00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Boxing: The woman in the red corner: A male bastion was stormed this week as Britain's first female second made her debut. Mike Rowbottom reports00:02
Somalis gather for talks00:02
Councils could be forced to increase tax by 7%00:02
First woman in heads' conference for 'top' schools00:02
Law Update: Pensions merger00:02
European Court to rule on UK fishing controls: Limit on trawlers' days at sea faces two-year delay00:02
Bottom Line: Looking down the Line00:02
Celebrated French chefs decide to get out of the kitchen00:02
Painting stolen00:02
Letter: Nuclear power is a private matter00:02
Racing: Webber close to his Land of dreams: Experience tells a trainer that his runner in tomorrow's big hurdle is at the top of his form00:02
Modest legacy00:02
Out of Russia: For a fistful of dollars ..00:02
Video00:02
After Hours00:02
Letter: The Budget: NHS and the less well-off pay for past economic mistakes00:02
Man arrested in 'Pescado' inquiry00:02
'Bald remedy' warning00:02
Letter: The Budget: NHS and the less well-off pay for past economic mistakes00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Memories of a walk on the sunny side: 'The Road to San Giovanni' - Italo Calvino Tr. Tim Parks: Jonathan Cape, pounds 12.99