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Departures: Egypt warning00:02
Departures: Flying to Warsaw00:02
BOOK REVIEW / From shoelaces to orgasms: Geoff Dyer watches Nicholson Baker doing his old tricks in a new novel, The Fermata. 'The Fermata' - Nicholson Baker: Chatto & Windus, 14.99 pounds00:02
Birthdays00:02
Horses killed00:02
Service appointments00:02
Solo in a strangely beautiful city: With a song in his heart, Frank Barrett beholds Barcelona00:02
Going off the boil but returning infused: Joanna Blythman, a confirmed coffee-drinker, went unwillingly to Mariage Freres, a specialist tea shop in Paris, and found herself completely seduced00:02
Hospital errors let student gain position of trust: 'Sloppy' management practices attacked in dossier, reports Jonathan Foster00:02
Himalayan ordeal for fleeing nuns: Their crime was supporting the Dalai Lama, their treatment horrific. They told their story to Tim McGirk in Dharmsala00:02
Britain's import bill 'could be understated by pounds 10bn': Narrower deficit with EU prompts fears of 'black hole'00:02
Landmarks: Sainsbury Canterbury00:02
Postcard from Turin: The stranger's hand: Ian Thomson met Mario Soldati to learn more about Primo Levi. Instead, the conversation was entirely dominated by a third man00:02
Clinton 'request'00:02
Athletics: Jackson again the threat to Christie00:02
Lenders battle to woo buyers over the threshold: Vivien Goldsmith looks at the array of free valuations and discounts on offer as competition heats up00:02
F&C strides into new territory - the UK00:02
Sun sets on school that rose out of the Empire: Chris Mowbray reports on the demise of a 140-year-old institution00:02
Green doubles property assets with pounds 41m purchase00:02
Calculating cars00:02
The Independent Road Test: The son rises over Capri: Phil Llewellin compares Ford's new Probe coupe with its predecessor00:02
Slovakia faces crisis after mass defection from ruling party00:02
Extensive facelift under way at historic meat market00:02
Jobs move and prices follow: New businesses in the city centre will lead to good business for local estate agents: just look at York, says Anne Spackman00:02
Gardening: Stars of the variety show - How do you find the best weigela? No problem, says Anna Pavord. There is a useful new plant guide which tells you00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
Faith and Reason: Up against the powerbrokers: Ziauddin Sardar continues the debate over Islam in the modern world started by the Right Rev Michael Nazir-Ali and Shabbir Akhtar. He is the presenter of Islamic Conversations on Channel 400:02
Shuttle scuttle00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Nasty, brutish and rather long: 'To the White Sea' - James Dickey: Simon & Schuster, 14.99 pounds00:02
Know your benefits00:02
Challenge to granny00:02
Heart Searching: From Kent Crook to Essex Mensa Man00:02
Food and Drink: Pharaohs try to defeat the coyote's curse - Good food, like authenticity, is optional in theme restaurants. But Emily Green finds a sort of oasis in the desert00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Greatest of late starters: Anthony Payne feasts on Chabrier00:02
Carnival bonanza00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Scorpion's gene used to engineer pesticide: Venom introduced into virus kills caterpillars more quickly and highlights alternatives to chemicals00:02
Football: Team News00:02
Cuttings: History's champions00:02
Shoplifting death00:02
Out of Spain: Matadors on horns of a dilemma00:02
Trying to solve PEP or pension quandary: Caroline Merrell looks at ways of providing income for old age00:02
Now some good news in Beirut: Lebanon's ruins, ancient and modern, are now accessible to the ordinary sightseer, as Timothy Pullan reports00:02
Cricket: Kiwis suffer as Wasim captures six00:02
Shuttle lands00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Dilemma of the little shareholder00:02
Excursions: Not as seen on TV: It's just you, the clock and a lump of quartz. Dominic Cavendish takes the Crystal Maze challenge00:02
Chances to stop killer nurse were missed: Allitt report highlights understaffing00:02
The Location Hunters: A look that lingers in the Venice mist: In dark alleys off the Grand Canal, Frank Barrett rediscovers the sinister beauty of Nic Roeg's film, Don't Look Now00:02
Snooker: McManus in prime form00:02
Obituary: The Right Rev Laurence Brown00:02
Malicious caller00:02
Barclaycard 'loyalty' bonus00:02
Pounds 450m bill of Ulster conflict00:02
Playing both sides00:02
Basketball: Giants try to reverse the slide00:02
BMA seeks to reject use of foetal eggs00:02
Bike to the future: The Triumph Speed Triple would have gone down a storm at the old Ace Cafe, says Roland Brown00:02
Maid on line to raise pounds 20m through equity placing00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Seeing the light, West Coast style: Robert Fisk on a Californian Muslim whose account of the pilgrimage does his new faith no favours. 'The Hadj' - Michael Woolfe: Secker & Warburg, 18.99 pounds00:02
Recommended Books00:02
Holidays lift profits at Baldwin00:02
Rugby Union: No respite for those caught in the trap: Pears makes league comeback for Quins. Steve Bale on another punishing afternoon for England's top players00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Goldman fights the rumour mill00:02
A nightmare just around the corner00:02
Sailing: Britons boost Japan's Cup campaign: Nippon Challenge's tough regime for 1995 America's Cup hopefuls00:02
Badminton: English Championships start in Norwich00:02
Destination freedom for boy on a bike00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Scarab powder fuels the sex war: 'The First Century after Beatrice' - Amin Maalouf; tr. Dorothy S Blair: Quartet, 14.95 pounds00:02
Sailors killed00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
O'Reilly to pay pounds 5m for UK stake00:02
MPs back Bill to ban tobacco advertising00:02
Major hails economic 'successes'00:02
Law Lords uphold test-case ruling on dangerous dogs00:02
Spitalfields Trust00:02
Football: Shearer aims to reel in United: Phil Shaw focuses on potential high points in the weekend's league and Coca-Cola Cup programme00:02
Leading Article: Prurience proves an irritant to democracy00:02
Jackie Onassis treated for cancer00:02
THEATRE / The last resort: Bad Company - The Bush00:02
Race award00:02
By prior arrangement: Cathy Aitchison talks to some Asian couples whose families brought them together00:02
Safety guide00:02
Far-right author sentenced to jail for contempt of court00:02
View from City Road: Poor old UK surrounded by islands of wealth00:02
Obituary: Mel Calman00:02
Money Nous: Banks have admirers after all00:02
Hockey: Penzance face busy weekend00:02
Banks that never let go (for security you know): Andrew Bibby finds paid-off lenders like to keep a charge over your home00:02
Drug addicts 'commit half of property crimes'00:02
Obituary: Audrey Haagensen00:02
Valentine record00:02
Letter: Safety in science00:02
Letter: Judge's ruling on council hunting ban ignores electors00:02
Letter: American satellite coverage of Gerry Adams00:02
Tibetan nuns cross Himalayas to testify to Chinese torture: Women's ordeal presents a challenge to Clinton as he considers whether to renew trade deal with Peking00:02
Hockey: Ambitious Havant heading for the high ground: Shaw's fitness could be crucial for Southgate as National League race intensifies00:02
Off The Shelf: In love with bad rent acts: Philip Edwards on George Moore's A Drama in Muslin00:02
THEATRE / Ibsen, a suitable case for treatment: They lock the audience in after curtain-down at the Hampstead Theatre. Joseph Gallivan joined a group analysis of Ibsen's A Doll's House00:02
Cuttings: Alpine event00:02
Letter: Judge's ruling on council hunting ban ignores electors00:02
Opposition predicts revolution in Iran: Former minister says popular uprising will sweep Islamic leadership from power to save country from 'catastrophe'00:02
My looks and my money have gone00:02
Killer named00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Air passengers hurt00:02
Departures: Edinburgh by air00:02
Winter Olympics / Lillehammer '94: Ortlieb poised to take his place in history: Bill Scott on a downhill champion with a knack for upsetting authority00:02
Woolworth boss to step down00:02
Aid workers expect to be taken hostage: Serb guarantees fail to reassure relief staff who fear revenge attacks or kidnap if Nato hits Bosnia targets00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / In search of the ideal: Thoughts and memories of Witold Lutoslawski, who died this week00:02
High track charges could push up rail fares: Battle with Treasury over extra subsidies00:02
OPERA / Double indemnity: The Alden brothers may be identical twins, but that doesn't mean they deliver lookalike opera. By Mark Pappenheim00:02
Obituary: Greg Usher00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Man gets three years for attack on crying baby00:02
Rugby League: Schofield's role crucial in cup: Leeds take a gamble00:02
Cuttings: Whose Monet?00:02
Brother of Italian magnate accused of corruption00:02
Mandela goes back to jail to collect more votes: Election duty makes ANC leaders return to South Africa's Alcatraz - but this time they can leave whenever they want00:02
Bauman confirmed as BAe chairman00:02
Consultants' fees for private patients likely to be cut: BMA ordered to stop publishing guidelines on charges00:02
Drunk driver jailed for death00:02
Peres queries settlements00:02
Generators forced to reduce electricity prices by 7%: Offer imposes power plant sale to increase competition00:02
Country Matters: Virgin jungle falls prey to desert00:02
Allitt report derided as 'cover-up': Parents and medical staff say serial killer inquiry inadequate00:02
Solo in a strangely beautiful city: Stephen Wood contributes a few bars on where to get a drink00:02
Azerbaijan to sign oil deal with BP to ward off Russia00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Letter: Judge's ruling on council hunting ban ignores electors00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
Winter Olympics / Lillehammer '94: Gooch ready for some ruthless racing: Henry Winter on the British speed skater with all the attributes to stay in the pink on the rink00:02
THEATRE / Someone to watch over you: Jeffrey Wainwright on Strange Attractors at the Contact, Manchester00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
View from City Road: Making a necessity of a virtue00:02
Wills00:02
Council tax bands divide estate: Nic Cicutti reports on a loophole that has emerged on a small Sussex development00:02
Money Grouse: Mortgage cut not passed on00:02
Appeals00:02
BA given pounds 2.1m as part of Pergau aid deal: Correction00:02
Bronze makes British debut in huge exhibition emphasising the importance of Picasso's work as a sculptor00:02
Obituary: Dominic McGlinchey00:02
Racing: Welshman solution to sticky puzzle: On ground like glue, an outsider's chance in the Tote Gold Trophy becomes as clear as mud00:02
Somali battle00:02
US-Japan summit fails to avert: Meeting between Clinton and Hosokawa deadlocked over dollars 60bn trade imbalance00:02
Tennis: Memphis blues for Chang00:02
Winter Olympics / Lillehammer '94: Girardelli's assault on summit of ski architecture: Bernhard Russi's downhill course promises an exhilarating start to the Games. Bill Scott reports from Lillehammer00:02
Boutros hands over trigger for Bosnia air strikes00:02
View from City Road: Tough package of not much00:02
Burford buys 15 properties00:02
Boxing: Mike Tyson's transformation through literature: Can 20 months in prison change a man? The intellectual and spiritual rebirth of the former undisputed world heavyweight champion is examined by Ken Jones00:02
Pilot resigns00:02
Stowaway's protest00:02
Whitehall split on sex education for under-age girls00:02
Golf: Alvarez puts the pressure on veteran00:02
Gastropod00:02
'Nuclear' fire00:02
Cuttings: Shower of snowdrops00:02
Policy auction00:02
Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
Food and Drink: A new barbera vine mystery - Who masterminded the rise to fame of an underrated grape? Anthony Rose cracks the case00:02
Scottish Football: Hibs' Cup target handicapped00:02
Silja burgers00:02
Snowed under by details: The basic car rental charges are just the tip of the iceberg, warns Chris Gill00:02
Chicken feed00:02
A lack of interest00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Miners vote for two pit closures00:02
Police lose appeal against home rampage convictions00:02
Church appointments00:02
BOOK REVIEW / 'Glasgow's People 1956-1988'00:02
Market Report: Old bugbears return to keep shares in disarray00:02
Letter: Wartime lessons on air supremacy00:02
Letter: An age-old argument about antiquities00:02
Lloyds breaks the pounds 1bn barrier: Lower bad debts and tight cost control help to drive profits up 29% and provide dividend rise00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Profile: The striker who didn't score: Justin Fashanu, dribbling round Westminster00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
William Donaldson's Week: My old chums Tony and Dave00:02
Manchester bus sale hit by new doubts00:02
Cricket: Kenya's field days for the obsessive: The ICC Trophy supplies World Cup bait for small fry. Mark Newham reports from Nairobi00:02
How to lose a cultivated audience00:02
Departures: Cheaper Africa00:02
DISCS / DOUBLE PLAY: Grandeur by the gallon: German weight and Slavic passion from Edward Seckerson and Stephen Johnson00:02
Israel fears Islamic threat after two are murdered00:02
Football: Oxford lose Magilton to Southampton: Manor Ground's match-winning international midfield player moves to Premiership strugglers00:02
Departures: Travel show finale00:02
The Week in Review: Sport00:02
Family suspected of killing ex-INLA chief00:02
Winter Olympics / Lillehammer '94: Torvill and Dean practise at home: Bell falls in training00:02
Quotes of the Week: Sport00:02
Fishers' protest00:02
Racing: Club ruling angers Cole00:02
Getting going00:02
Care ruling delay00:02
Food and Drink: Rich beyond the dreams of epicures - Why stop at pancakes? Shrove Tuesday is a traditional excuse to plunder the larder for goodies00:02
Letter: Seeds of discontent00:02
Reverse premiums keep Pentos in black: Group sells 53 of its loss-making Ryman Computer stores to Peoples Phone for pounds 100,00000:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Football Diary: Bees are stung into action00:02
Customs accused over computers: National Audit Office shelved value-for-money report into planned system which has cost pounds 82m. Tim Kelsey reports00:02
Latin look00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A siren song for the old: Christina Hardyment on Betty Friedan's affirmation of old age. 'The Fountain of Age' - Betty Friedan: Jonathan Cape, 17.99 pounds00:02
Rebate offer00:02
Teenage arsonists copied TV film: Pair get two-and-a-half-year custody terms for setting house alight00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The thistle blossoms: Peter Forbes examines a poetic renaissance in Scotland. 'Dream State: The New Scottish Poets' - Ed Daniel O'Rourke: Polygon, 10.95 pounds00:02
Heart Searching: The eye of the beholder: Lynne Curry on two agencies that literally put you in the picture00:02
Court Circular00:02
TELEVISION / The year of the over-extended family00:02
Top specialists can earn in excess of pounds 400,000 a year00:02
Bargains in PEP wars00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Football: Positive Tranmere heading upwards00:02
Footsie bond00:02
Free tax tips00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Food and Drink: When my wine glass overflows ..00:02
Editor of 'Le Monde' bids adieu00:02
Down the Tube00:02
Anthony Hopkins dreams on: Nominated again for an Oscar this week, for his butler in 'The Remains of the Day', he has the world at his feet. But it has been a long, strange climb. Elizabeth Kaye reports00:02
Under 21? The insurers won't want to know you: Sue Fieldman tries to find a way through the car insurance maze00:02
Today's Number: 3100:02
N&P cuts cost of smaller deals00:02
Football: Clark uses legacy to create more riches: Nottingham Forest's manager is at ease with history as he builds a promising future. Joe Lovejoy reports00:02
Cricket: Malcolm misses peak as catching hits new trough: Atherton and Stewart make a solid start after poor England fielding allows Barbados's last-wicket pair to outstay their welcome00:02
Don't call us00:02
Appointments00:02
Classics for pounds 1 as book price war rages: Penguin and tiny publishing rival in battle to finish quids in. Will Bennett reports