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Legal fight planned to halt scorpion toxin test00:02
China scorns Clinton trade threat00:02
Bank investigates inflation report leak00:02
Entertainment: Opera00:02
And What's More ..00:02
Stolen car tragedy00:02
River spillage kills thousands of fish: Caustic soda pollutes half the length of Cumbrian waterway00:02
Sussex site yields oldest human find in Britain00:02
Allied-Lyons ahead at pounds 606m: 'Baptism of fire' for Carlsberg-Tetley joint venture holds advance to 20%00:02
Uncle Sam goes green over a goldmine00:02
The Daily Poem00:02
Thatcher 'arranged aid and arms link in secret': PM came to understanding after meeting00:02
Murder hunt00:02
More children are massacred as US backs Rwanda mission00:02
Good idea, but don't bother telling Major: Can the Tories rediscover the free thinking that helped them seize power, asks Richard Cockett00:02
Obituary: Awtar Singh00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
Haiti's military regime splits under US pressure00:02
MUSIC / Gold comes in small quantities: Robert Maycock on Music Theatre London's La Traviata at the Donmar00:02
Bombing claim00:02
Football: Cruyff set on showing an act worth following: Dutch technician in plea for skills00:02
BNP chiefs in 'racial attack'00:02
Sporting Digest: Gymnastics00:02
Charity praise00:02
Musical memories00:02
True Gripes: Graffiti gangsters: The mess makes people feel unsafe00:02
Pembroke: Man from the AA is relayed to the Midland00:02
Out of America: Spartan Senate wages war on the free lunch00:02
BOC maintains interim as recovery gathers pace00:02
By-elections set for 9 June00:02
Walking: Crossing the dividing line: Tony Kelly spends a day visiting two countries, taking in the Wye Valley and Offa's Dyke00:02
Nuclear inquiry00:02
Football: Revitalised England win nothing but respect: Venables' team scores comprehensive victory over Greek side preparing to travel to the United States for World Cup finals00:02
Bottom Line: Allied's in good spirits00:02
Media: Auntie embarks on a lucrative relationship00:02
Business & City Summary00:02
Letter: Distinguishing between 'ethnicity' and 'national identity' in Greece00:02
France draws up Chernobyl plan00:02
Offenders to face tougher community sentences: Howard to ban character-building foreign trips for criminals, writes Jason Bennetto00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Diary00:02
Leading Article: Australian rules worth following00:02
THEATRE ROUND UP / Passion plays00:02
Letter: Christian message of John Smith's life00:02
REVIEW / Will the real Mrs Antrobus step forward?00:02
Blackjack: Lucky seven - for some00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Letter: Black is chic, but colour has its place00:02
Girl aged 11 stole pounds 2,500 from bank 'for sweets'00:02
Football: European Cup Final: Desailly a formidable first line of defence: Henry Winter on the French international who holds the key to an Italian fortress00:02
Lecturers may boycott college over sackings00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
THEATRE / A hotel from Hell: Richard Loup-Nolan on new productions in Glasgow and Edinburgh00:02
Murder trial jury moved to hotel00:02
View from City Road: Gloomy forecasts for life companies00:02
Bottom Line: World player stresses growth prospects00:02
When the smoke clears at Orly: BA won the fight, but has Britain learnt the lesson of deregulation in Europe, asks Andrew Marshall00:02
View from City Road: Lloyd's overdue for an overhaul00:02
Football: Robson poised to manage Boro00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Not cricket00:02
Caning quashed00:02
Lasmo attacks Enterprise Oil's 'dismal' record00:02
Letter: Distinguishing between 'ethnicity' and 'national identity' in Greece00:02
Architecture: And now for a softly-softly revolution: Prague, classic city of Baroque and Gothic, must not be too radical as it modernises itself, says Kenneth Powell00:02
Letter: Protests can put lid on Pandora's box00:02
The breakfast club: Some people just won't go to bed after a night out raving. James Robertson investigates the twilight world of the insatiable clubber00:02
Dominican poll row00:02
View from City Road: Eurotunnel needs plenty of luck00:02
Smith to be buried alongside Scotland's kings00:02
Market Report: Fed rate rise sets scene for lively day of trading00:02
Oftel to curb unfair cross-subsidies by mobile networks00:02
Generator predicts return to profit00:02
Amey Group seeks pounds 10m to expand construction00:02
Ivory Towers: Chunks, not pieces, of eight00:02
Obituary: Gilbert Roland00:02
Smith New Court takes 30% stake in S African broker00:02
Yeltsin loses another reformist minister00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
The Police Federation's Annual Conference: Hive-off fears over secret work review00:02
BBC unions' strikes will disrupt shows: Viewers and listeners face weeks of chaos due to pay dispute00:02
Hanson defies City forecasts by raising dividend00:02
Shannon storms the male Citadel00:02
Tennis: Sampras tunes up for Paris: American outclasses Russian as he aoms to extend Grand Slam run00:02
Where shall we meet?: The Slug and Lettuce, Islington00:02
Mugabe gets a truncated tourist route to the palace00:02
Crime gangs branch out into sales of bootleg beer: Customs staff are trailing criminals attracted by high profits and low penalties from selling imported alcohol. Steve Boggan reports00:02
Best-Sellers00:02
Lloyd's names face pounds 1.7bn bill for 1991 losses: Chairman announces fourth year of problems, but says latest shortfall 'more widely spread than in previous years'00:02
The fall of Lord Hardship: After fleeing to Britain as a refugee from Idi Amin, Nazmul Virani became a very rich man. But now he is in jail. Mihir Bose looks at a history of success that collapsed with BCCI00:02
Cricket: England make languid start: Build-up to Texaco Trophy00:02
Racing: Opera Score fails to hit a high note: Yesterday's final trial for the Derby leaves the cast list for the Blue Riband complete but lacking in either substance or charisma00:02
INTERVIEW / Ms Bakewell gets to the heart of the matter: The BBC's award-winning presenter of the old school tells Sue Summers what's gone wrong in the corporation (CORRECTED)00:02
This time it really is curtains: First-night rituals - the flowers, the flounces, the tears and the catch-phrases - are well-known. But what happens on the last night? Christine Eccles puts her ear to the dressing-room door00:02
Dear Bono: From Bob Dylan to Mick Jagger to David Bowie, rock stars and films don't mix. So why is the U2 megastar acting in a film about Rob Roy, of all people? Give us a break, says a tired Bono-watcher00:02
Management: The process of getting more from less00:02
Iran climbdown00:02
Redgrave broke00:02
Yemen base attack00:02
Motor Racing: 'Encouraging' for Wendlinger00:02
Obituary: Gilbert Roland00:02
Cabinet plans response to Sinn Fein: Clarification to Downing Street declaration ruled out in favour of 'dead-pan' reply. Colin Brown and David McKittrick report00:02
Letter: Christian message of John Smith's life00:02
Letter: Black is chic, but colour has its place00:02
Cricket: From Stichcombe to Lord's: Dawe opens the way again: A season of village cricket00:02
Entertainment: Theatre00:02
Liqueur is hot stuff at working men's club00:02
Schneider creditors could lose pounds 1.6bn, liquidator warns00:02
Don't blame the UN for an American mess: Richard Dowden accuses the United States of the worst sort of cynicism over Rwanda00:02
Letter: Armed police for London00:02
Paris hints at reducing Bosnia force00:02
Bottom Line: Higgs moves house00:02
Law Report: Widow can remain in house for life as possession appeal fails: Matharu v Matharu. Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Dillon, Lord Justice Hirst and Lord Justice Roch) - 6 May 199400:02
Malawi set to reject Banda in election00:02
Today's Number: 10,89000:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Child agency 'has put more families in poverty': Action group recommends more than 30 changes to policy and operation to make law function fairly00:02
German opposition may ease drug laws00:02
Sussex site yields oldest human find in Britain00:02
The world's melting pot: London has always been a multicultural metropolis00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Chess: Ivanchuk and Kasparov share Amsterdam lead00:02
Cricket: Tourists take charge00:02
Joyful Gaza turns its back on Hebron's fear and anger00:02
Pedestrian killed00:02
Break-in shock00:02
THEATRE / Finding the right gesture: Richard III - Manchester00:02
America hampers dispatch of UN troops for Rwanda: The Boutros-Ghali plan for a 5,500-strong rescue mission runs into strong opposition from the US00:02
No smoke without fire in California00:02
Pregnancy award00:02
Stinker of a joke00:02
Athletics: Reynolds loses dollars 27m award00:02
Royal Mail sell-off to go ahead00:02
11 tube stations are listed00:02
Media: You name it, they've got it taped: Sales of talking books are booming. But not everyone is pleased, says Nicholas Faith00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Rugby Union: Welsh smash way into record books: Portugal concede a century of points in World Cup qualifier00:02
Minister under fire over poll00:02
Dorling resolves 'lost sales' dispute00:02
Football: Oldies show the beauty of having brains on your side: Henry Winter on the thirtysomethings whose pool of experience proved to be invaluable00:02
Minister blames media for campaign of threats00:02
Gonzalez deputy faces grilling00:02
Letter: Black is chic, but colour has its place00:02
Appeals plan threatens CSA rulings00:02
Man jailed for sex attacks on girls, 14: Teenagers plied with drink and drugs then assaulted, court told00:02
BBC prepares pounds 1m D-Day operation: Live TV to cover 13 hours of Normandy events. Maggie Brown reports00:02
Cairo police turn tear-gas on lawyers' demonstration00:02
Rugby Union: Back to basics: Bill Leith sets the scene for Scotland's tour of Argentina00:02
Architecture: History comes and goes on wheels: After 200 years, Abingdon Museum is still a model of flexibility, writes Peter Dormer00:02
Sporting Digest: Motor Racing00:02
Rugby League: Davies wins two awards00:02
Football: Uefa abandons play-off plans00:02
Palestinian gunmen kill Israeli settlers00:02
Leading Article: Clinton can't win on China trade00:02
Centrefold: A shot in the park: Animal antics caught on film. But what's the big idea?00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
DSS saves pounds 654m in fraud blitz00:02
Father remanded00:02
Bike lanes hearing is adjourned00:02
Rugby Union: England step into the unknown: Ryan's midweekers are expecting a tough opening to South African tour against Orange Free State00:02
Sporting Digest: Sumo00:02
Aggressive Fed lifts rates half-point: US shares soar in welcome for determined attack on inflation First discount rise for five years00:02
British brewers go on the march in protest at cross-Channel 'bootleggers'00:02
The Police Federation's annual conference: Arming officers 'is popular with public'00:02
Letter: Distinguishing between 'ethnicity' and 'national identity' in Greece00:02
Architecture: Where only Eagles dare to dream: A group of radical young architects are rescuing a Czech industrial town. Michael Horsham reports00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Strong roots under the razed mosques: Islam in the Balkans - HT Norris Hurst, pounds 27.5000:02
Anarchic artists face eviction00:02
Three drop into the Atlantic: This season's hot spot is big and beautiful and open till three. Helen Nowicka descends00:02
Lloyd's names lose pounds 2bn more00:02
Think-tanks can benefit politicians, if politicians are willing to do some hard thinking, says Alfred Sherman00:02
Flight calls on-line00:02
Sex claim case told of petting after staff party: Boss 'touched my breasts after party'00:02
Curator's Choice: Exhibition of monastic life00:02
Fed raises interest rates to ward off inflation00:02
Obituary: Lucebert00:02
Mark-up that attracts Mr Big00:02
Swan rescued00:02
Liffe pulls out of Globex talks: Exchange favours own agreements00:02
Entertainment: Cinema00:02
Massive shake-up in maritime safety urged: Lord Donaldson's report after 'Braer' oil spill disaster contains 103 recommendations to reduce threat of sea pollution00:02
Birthdays00:02
Cargo vessels 'are accidents waiting to happen'00:02
Tecs to be given economic role00:02
Heart aid courses00:02
Dreams turn to mud for children of the diaspora: 'Home' is a rude awakening for 25 million citizens stranded in foreign lands by Moscow's retreat from empire, writes Andrew Higgins in Novosyol00:02
Campaign urges better care in the community00:02
Letter: How high is the sea?00:02
Firefighter's hoax00:02
Kirk warns ministers of pay cut00:02
VW 'spy' case turns into car chase: GM admits to employing detectives to trail Jose Lopez00:02
In bed with Susan de Muth: Life is a waking psychedelic dream: Terence McKenna00:02
Europe plans to curb late payment of debts: Governments warned to take voluntary action00:02
Libyan minister defied sanctions00:02
Football: European Cup Final: Romario excels at the romance of scoring goals: Phil Davison on the Spanish champions' problematic but prolific Brazilian00:02
Games: Snooker for itchy fingers00:02
Prisoner's writ00:02
Celltech seeks partner to finance development of new asthma drug00:02
Nobody hears the single parent's voice: Irate fathers condemn the CSA, but Sue Slipman says it is important and must be made to work00:02
Medicine cabinets opened to scrutiny00:02
Japan banks set to join pounds 700m Eurotunnel loan00:02
Treatment: Clarins Paris Method Body Treatment Place00:02
'Ministers must order more checks and tugs'00:02
Leading Article: The rights and wrongs of treating anorexia00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Writing a novel, part II: not such a lot of fun now, is it?00:02
View from City Road: Electric companies facing a shock00:02
Fears over commodities upswing: Peter Torday reports growing concern over inflation as prices increase across the board00:02
Chancellor moves to quell new fears of interest rate rise00:02
Tennis: Drug charge puts Capriati's career in doubt: More problems for American prodigy who won Olympic gold medal but now craves a normal teenage life. John Roberts reports