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Smaller Companies: Crockfords' shares for gamblers only00:02
Football: Gascoigne speculation grows: Lazio president losing patience with England midfielder00:02
Tory takes a mauling from the politest people00:02
Partners in pounds 1.8m fraud to pay up00:02
All human life is here, innit: What used to be a no-go area is once again the beating heart of London. Jim White joins the hordes who have rediscovered Leicester Square00:02
Diary: 21-27 March00:02
Rugby Union: Emerging breed with look of familiarity00:02
Motor Racing: Mansell is undone by error in disrupted start to season: Andretti gives Reynard historic Indy debut win00:02
Today's Number: 62200:02
Quake hits Los Angeles00:02
Berlusconi denies Mafia00:02
Sporting Digest: Speed Skating00:02
War-grave dive ban00:02
Tibet plea00:02
Kidnap charges00:02
BEST-SELLERS / Top 10 comics00:02
El Salvador votes00:02
Pressure for EU compromise highlights Cabinet split00:02
Football / Anglo-Italian Cup Final: County's charge comes too late: Brescia's Wembley victory00:02
Boxing: Hide looks forward to rich future: Bentt advised to retire00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Hockey: Mixed bag for Leicester00:02
Couple die in multiple stabbing00:02
Football: 'Do I not like Taylor' becomes the Wolves refrain: Guy Hodgson watches Wolverhampton wander leaderless through a 0-0 draw with Grimsby Town00:02
Caution greets 'shift' on roads policy00:02
Italy Goes to the Polls / Italian Election '94: How the end came for the old political system00:02
Cell deaths00:02
Athens cracks down on night life00:02
Women's Boat Race: Cambridge women pass examination of rowing prowess00:02
Football: Ardiles trusts in tradition00:02
Breast cancer survival in UK lowest in West00:02
Algerians kill 40 jail-breakers00:02
Coales' Notes: Striking the wrong note: Gordon Coales is reunited with old friends at the Festival Committee Meeting00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations' Championship: Battle Hastings wants to forget: Scots' spoon00:02
Leading Article: Road-building review needs a broad vision00:02
Obituary: Professor Charlotte Auerbach00:02
National Science Week: Zero didn't come from nowhere: Laws of nature 'discovered' by the West are not the only scientific truths, says Ziauddin Sardar00:02
Shop plan could be one of the last00:02
Commodities and Derivatives: Statistics that suggest the outlook for coal isn't so black00:02
Italy Goes to the Polls / Italian Election '94: Italians prepare to bury a rotten past: Next weekend the people of Italy will step warily from an old world dogged by corruption to a new one dominated by hype00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Skating00:02
Job claims 'could put accountants out of business': Firms may face pounds 1bn bill after court ruling in Paramount case, says CBI's director-general00:02
Leading Article: Irish overtures to Sinn Fein00:02
Cumbrian coastline exposed as filthiest: Survey finds tide of beach litter00:02
Sit back and watch the Tories swing00:02
Hockey: Garcia hits four in loss00:02
Obituary: Reg Hayter00:02
Football: McManaman makes a mockery of the mocking00:02
ARTS / And what's more ..00:02
Cricket / Second Test: Stewart struggles to stave off defeat: England in desperate straits after Ambrose knocks a huge hole in their survival prospects00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Consumption must be reined in00:02
Probation trainees win action over pay00:02
Sporting Digest: Motocross00:02
Football / European Round-Up: Red cards proliferate as Barcelona seize point00:02
Pembroke: A woolly interpretation of the City freedom00:02
River mystery00:02
Letter: A place for Shakespeare in schools00:02
Boarders' open day puts school to the test: Rhys Williams joins would-be pupils as Cheltenham College offers a 24-hour trial to show that boarding can be fun00:02
A new Golden Age of cinema: They may long for the old days of Ealing, but British film-makers are doing well despite a hostile environment, says S J Taylor00:02
Contemporary Art Market: Saatchi pays pounds 4,000 for shed with a statement00:02
Decline takes grip on cafe society that joined two cultures: Traditional businesses close as Italian immigrants feel chill in Welsh valleys00:02
Egypt shooting00:02
Sporting Digest: Canoeing00:02
Letter: University locked in a northern embrace00:02
Golf: Davies raises the standard00:02
A sure thing00:02
Letter: 'Independent' and the deal with MGN00:02
'Cruelty' campaign00:02
Aircraft crashes00:02
Russian PM toes capitalist line down on the farm00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations' Championship: Andrew can't kick habit of lifetime: Ken Jones on England's missed opportunity to send off Geoff Cooke with another Slam00:02
Demand for 'model' homes00:02
Scottish Football: Rangers eye McAllister00:02
Sporting Digest: Volleyball00:02
Day Out00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
Birthdays00:02
Second wives do have fairytale powers: The stepmother is traditionally a 'baddie', but in reality often has a terrible time with offspring who blame her for family break-up. Angela Phillips looks at a pivotal role seldom discussed00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Mozambique's long farewell to arms: Karl Maier in Muchene saw a country racked by civil war coming to terms with peace00:02
Football: Cantona in danger of tainting his talent00:02
Tennis: Sampras shrugs off sickness to eclipse Agassi: Lipton Championships00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Leading Article: Time for goodwill towards Germany00:02
The Rose show brings 10,000 football fans to their feet00:02
Obituary: Hoge Houston00:02
Two held over shoot-out00:02
Racing: For the notebook: A weekly list of horses to follow00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Genteel compliments from Central Asian bandits: 'Between Marx and Mohammed' - Dilip Hiro: HarperCollins, 25 pounds00:02
Fraud experts want plea bargains and specialist judges in shake-up00:02
German poll00:02
Football: Newell header cuts United's advantage: Returning Rover's last-minute goal overcomes Wednesday00:02
Racing Commentary: Fellow puts spring into season's final stages: The restart of Flat racing on turf may prove an anticlimax as anticipating Aintree keeps the winter game alive00:02
Cricket / Second Test: Ambrose joins 200 club00:02
US missiles to step up pressure on N Korea: After talks fail, Washington decides on military threat and economic measures to force Pyongyang to scrap its nuclear programme00:02
Boy, 5, dies after fall from balcony00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Heath accuses Labour MPs over Lloyd's losses report00:02
Druids take the spring initiative: Horn-player sends message to all corners as he performs an ancient rite beside the Tower of London00:02
Science: Beyond the Silicon Glen: In Scotland, the focus is shifting from hardware towards software production and the provision of computing services, writes Lynne Curry00:02
Obituary: Professor Charlotte Auerbach00:02
Letter: They say it never hurts to ask00:02
US rate rise fears prompt European market uncertainty00:02
Doorman shot00:02
Cancer mouse rights sale agreed: US firm is first to exploit controversial invention00:02
Law Report: Share sale not tortious despite effect on third party's rights: Correction00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Israelis and PLO 'talk about talks': Agreement on international protection for Palestinians and removal of Hebron settlers remain sticking points00:02
Buthelezi's options dwindle as poll looms00:02
Sporting Digest: Swimming00:02
Invasion of the fleet-footed investors: Vladivostok, once the closed base of the Soviet navy, is opening up to eager entrepreneurs and, as Terry McCarthy discovers, the gateway to the riches of Siberia is attracting plenty of interest00:02
The Worst of Times I've been an outsider since the 11-plus: John Godber talks to Danny Danziger00:02
Howard favours wider stop-and-search powers: Police told to produce convincing case for new laws to tackle street violence00:02
Cricket: Srinath tears Kiwis apart00:02
Prisoner escapes00:02
Rush expected for cable television franchises: Cash on offer will be an element in deciding awards00:02
Racing ahead of an industry under brakes: In the second of a series on company survival, Nigel Cope takes a spin with Caterham Cars00:02
Reporters shot00:02
Sporting Digest: Water Polo00:02
Peter Pringle's America: In the Wright frame of mind00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations' Championship: Consolation for all as progress takes root: Trophy goes to Wales although England carry the day while both look towards the next World Cup00:02
Dear Stewart Sutherland: A comprehensive teacher's message to Ofsted's chief inspector of schools: call off the Rottweilers and give us some help instead00:02
An ancient egg hatched, a magpie was born00:02
Pensioners poised for a pivotal role: Martin Whitfield finds the over-sixties' political influence on the rise00:02
Happy Anniversary: Hallelujah, we have no bananas00:02
Golf: Roberts gets off the mark: Langer slips away while Baker is happy to gain experience00:02
Poll finds decline in confidence00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
The Daily Poem: At War00:02
Cricket: South Africa collapse: Warne puts tourists in charge after record sixth-wicket partnership00:02
Letter: Duchess in limbo00:02
Football: Stewart's renaissance revives memories: Cult of the loan star at vibrant Palace00:02
Law Report: Case Summaries00:02
Good Questions: Decoding the Q and A of letters in the mail00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Boxing: Hide uppercut exposes dark secret: Briton's early blow proves devastating for flawed world champion. Jonathan Rendall reports00:02
Chess: A good old mate00:02
Letter: Bangladeshi author's fatwa00:02
Italy Goes to the Polls / Italian Election '94: TV tycoon Berlusconi wins fashion stakes by a whisker00:02
First claims staked on Prince's vision00:02
Woman, 64, freed00:02
DSS says 25,000 more caught in 'poverty trap'00:02
Business and City Summary00:02
Smith pledges to create jobs: Donald Macintyre reports on the Labour leader's strategy for Britain's revival00:02
Letter: Barred from Court of Human Rights00:02
Fowler intervened in tax row00:02
Street stabbing00:02
Obituary: Peter Newington00:02
Football Commentary: Maine Road signposts point to the drop: Horton hanging on at Manchester City00:02
Hunt calls for return to caring Conservatism00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Golf: Price's first Tour win00:02
Citibank grows in Europe00:02
Letter: Best way to save the rhinoceros00:02
Cricketer's guide to insect music: Russell Ash pays tribute to the author of 'Was Oderic of Pordenone Ever in Tibet?' and 100 other classics00:02
Queens Moat shareholders' group enlists aid from City00:02
Out of Siberia: Lord of the East staggers into new era00:02
IoD backs law to charge interest on late payment00:02
Dublin tries to coax IRA towards a ceasefire00:02
Rugby League: Edwards to the rescue as Britain are made to sweat: Entat sparks French display of handling skills00:02
Basketball: Dismissals bring game to standstill00:02
Mix and match: No woman, no korfball. From Holland comes the ultimate in politically correct sport. Dolly Dhingra ushers sexism from the field of play00:02
Letter: A small bullet prevented Nelson's promotion00:02
Pilot sacked after safety complaints: Executive jet captain wins maximum compensation for unfair dismissal00:02
A brief history of the world (as written by John Patten)00:02
Obituary: John Caspar Dreier00:02
Science: All the answers from dial-a-boffin: And now, everything you ever wanted to know about science but were too afraid to ask. Christopher Riley introduces a new telephone helpline00:02
Bernard Tapie seeks seat in Marseilles election00:02
Italy Goes to the Polls / Italian Election '94: Italy's splintered parties00:02
Badminton: England do things the Wright way00:02
Science: A criminal waste of gene genius: The Government has rushed to use genetic science for catching criminals when it should be spending more money on gene medicine to ease suffering, says Tom Wilkie00:02
Employment prospects brighten00:02
Victims honoured00:02
Letter: A place for Shakespeare in schools00:02
CSA condemned00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Power study00:02
THEATRE / The powerlessness of mind over matter: Paul Taylor reviews Peter Brook's production of The Man Who . . . at the Contact Theatre, Manchester00:02
Balladur test00:02
Sporting Digest: Netball00:02
Rugby League: Academy miss pass mark00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Molecule of the Month: Partake of the poppy to ease the pain: Opiates can provide optimum relief for those whose suffering is severe. John Emsley reports00:02
Sunday Round-Up: The main stories from yesterday's City pages00:02
Care case files found in skip00:02
Obituary: Gunter Mittag00:02
Equestrianism: Lansink delivers decisive burst00:02
UN team in Iraq00:02
Afghan brothers kept out by war and poverty: At a border crossing it pays to be a revered khorriji, writes Raymond Whitaker in Peshawar00:02
Athletics: Federation assuages critics on Norman hearing: Rank and file members express their frustration at AGM and increase their influence00:02
The Week Ahead: Crimea's war of words over poll00:02
Rush hour crush eases00:02
Review: Savour a crisp plot; gag on a half-baked one00:02
Sporting Digest: Sumo00:02
Power & Influence in the Arts / Classical Music: Changing Tastes: Michael Bukht, controller of Classic FM, has radically altered perceptions of classical music. Robert Maycock studies his recipe for success00:02
Sporting Digest: Fencing00:02
Family sues murder trial man00:02
Central Europe lines up to board the Brussels bandwagon00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
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