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Snipers and howitzers pound Grozny suburbs00:00
24-hour Room Service - Grand Hyatt, Shanghai00:00
Court frees three over killing of newsagent00:00
New inspectorate offers Iraq a way out of sanctions00:00
The queen of comedy00:00
Cole question mirrors concern in global game00:00
League's Sky 'safeguards'00:00
Ex-PM throws down gauntlet to Yeltsin's anointed successor00:00
League's allure outshines the cups00:00
His cut up body was scattered across Scotland. Is the killer playing games?00:00
Smith finds 'nightmare' turns out for the best00:00
Prisoners 'ruled by culture of terror' says inspector00:00
Ferguson 'may leave United soon'00:00
Blair offers hand of peace to Sinn Fein00:00
Uefa issue warning on tickets to fans for Euro 200000:00
Danone offer wins backing from United Biscuits' directors00:00
Leeds sign £3m Wilcox to bolster injury-hit midfield00:00
Rail overtime ban to hit commuters00:00
Pontypridd's resistance broken by Walshe's try00:00
Gugliotta in serious condition after seizure00:00
Police talk to Archer aide about alleged bribes and lies00:00
NatWest to sell off Equity Partners00:00
£150,000 limit set in Hamilton case00:00
Ring revolution is a step closer00:00
Candidates play peace card in Sri Lankan poll00:00
Authorities arranging Carruth's return00:00
Radio's John Humphrys, 56, to be a father again00:00
Law Society hit by another 10 bullying claims00:00
Paperbacks00:00
Schifferer steals show00:00
Eye patients 'injured by private hospital'00:00
Smith the tactician to coach All Blacks00:00
The Good Family Hotel Guide: Hotel Victoria, Kandersteg, Switzerland00:00
Mowlam promises tougher GM rules00:00
Pacers snap Jazz's winning streak00:00
Charity workers jailed over drugs00:00
A-Z of Skiing: M is for Millennium00:00
Children to study wildlife of the nation's canals00:00
State of the art stadium proving beyond art of the state00:00
Gregory's 'shoot the ref' remarks go unpunished00:00
The tale of Petsy and the BBC chairman's wall00:00
O'Neill's talking is done on the pitch00:00
Isabel Peake suspect 'killed third woman'00:00
CJD death toll of 48 may be 'just the tip of the iceberg'00:00
Bure's hat-trick seals Panthers win00:00
Hospitals prepare for New Year's hangover00:00
Trade embargo 'doubled the death rate'00:00
Granada and Radio Rentals forge £1bn television link-up00:00
Wiberg masters downhill but may be hurt00:00
Parma set to provide form check on Roma00:00
John Major joins Mayflower as director00:00
Welcome to winter wonderland00:00
50 Labour MPs in air traffic sell-off warning00:00
Labour admits U-turn on its car use policy00:00
Minerva raises £71m to fund Piccadilly scheme00:00
Genocide stole their parents, so these families of children struggle to survive alone00:00
Tory accounts reveal increased reliance on Ashcroft00:00
Wadhwani warns growing pressure on wages may lead to MPC rate rise00:00
Dawson leads rout by Saints00:00
Johnson holds on for victory00:00
Hearts and Kilmarnock left cold by league's decision00:00
King proves stature of the small man00:00
Barrichello to undergo surgery00:00
West Ham could face expulsion over cup substitute00:00
Littlewoods targets 50 Bhs stores but rules out bid for Storehouse00:00
Telewest's Flextech merger puts back break even00:00
Surgeon expects to be exonerated in Bristol deaths00:00
Russian elections filled with slurs and rancor00:00
London's homeless offered council flats for £35 a week - in Yorkshire00:00
Brown moves to Bramall Lane in new position as Royle 'spy'00:00
Wigan offer early chance for Saints' new arrivals to shine00:00
"Wandsworth Way" condemned in damning prison report00:00
West tells Russia to declare a ceasefire00:00
Pension pay-out for judge facing fraud charges00:00
English trio striving for Heineken Cup impact00:00
Shaken, stirred and in your house00:00
Dashing speed to deliver on road to rematch00:00
The A to Z of Britain, via Frolic Street and Sober Hill00:00
Byers to ban home loans link with insurance00:00
What is the truth about the Tories' young pretender?00:00
All I want for Christmas is to make a small fortune00:00
China's soldiers in suits march back to Macau00:00
The crackers that failed to go pop00:00
Bank's secret £20bn store for New Year spree spending spree00:00
Few turkeys in the rush for seasonal cheer00:02
Racing: Boom time on the Rock as punters roll up00:02
PARLIAMENT: Kennedy calls lobby system `untenable'00:02
Daily Mail warns Internet outlay may curb profits00:02
Film: THE IRON GIANT: Hey kids, get a little iron in your soul00:02
HOCKEY: Garcia banned after positive cocaine test00:02
Wogan's road tirade angers Scots village00:02
Letter: Praise for Silcott00:02
NON-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK: Conference calls for stronger voice00:02
Rugby: Australians poised to complete another tour unbeaten00:02
Obituary: Sven Berlin00:02
Court delays tobacco ad ban - even though Milburn wins case00:02
Right of Reply00:02
Obituary: Joseph Ewan00:02
Racing: Frost threat to Ascot card00:02
Pop: Riffs00:02
Jazz Albums Round-Up00:02
Pop: Now that's what I call trad music00:02
Banks launch race study00:02
Letter: Millennium children00:02
The Information: The Independent Recommends00:02
CRICKET; Maddy century hastens chance of Test call-up00:02
European Times Diyarbakir: Hope blooms in Kurds' scarred city of refugees00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Government holds out for fishing quotas deal00:02
Hours worked by junior doctors are `out of control'00:02
Letter: All in a spin00:02
Around the World's Markets: HONG KONG00:02
Law society leader will face inquiry into `bully' complaints00:02
British troops in Bosnia will be cut by one-third00:02
Freed IRA leader may be crucial to peace process00:02
The Investment Column: Harveys00:02
Political rivals unite to fight donations `plague'00:02
Market Report: Legal and General tops bid hunters' new year wish list00:02
Letter: Millennium children00:02
PARLIAMENT: Anti-poverty plan to include IT tuition00:02
Letter: Antisocial cats00:02
Angry Moscow denies accounts of Grozny defeat00:02
SWIMMING: Sinclair powers in for Sheffield title00:02
The Knack: How To Survive Winter Streets By Adrian Bradley00:02
West vents anger and threatens to impose sanctions00:02
Ulster is a battleground no longer. It is a land of hope and progress00:02
The Investment Column: Smash and grab the chance to take some Securicor profits00:02
Around the World's Markets: NEW YORK00:02
Candidates to protest at Dobson `stitch-up'00:02
Quote of the Day00:02
Bulger killers set to gain earlier release00:02
The Information On: `Singin' in the Rain'00:02
Police study Net bomb-making sites in hunt for killer of `kind and loving father'00:02
Arsenal are the top team of the century00:02
Israel and Syria agree to bilateral peace talks00:02
Benefits earned from university `justify fees rise'00:02
Letter: Antisocial cats00:02
Progress `hard going' at Middle East talks00:02
Families try to get on with life amid carnage00:02
Obituary: John Dawson00:02
Letter: Mayoral deceit00:02
Science: update00:02
Podium: Hunger and poverty can be conquered00:02
Friday Law Report: Sentencing for racially aggravated offences00:02
Let's get some quality clowns into politics00:02
Leading article: This circus of the absurd should end immediately00:02
Arts: Pantomime: Mother Goose stays fresh, but Peter Pan shows his age00:02
Television Review00:02
Mining shares hit new peak for year00:02
On a black night in Chechnya, the Russian army is dealt a fatal blow00:02
Rugby League: Unspeakable machinations vie with outspoken players00:02
The INFORMATION: Box Office00:02
Prices of pub soft drinks get all-clear00:02
BULGER RULING: After six years, psychiatrists have little more insight into the killers' motives00:02
PARLIAMENT: Cities bid for cash to set up congestion-charging schemes00:02
This care worker tried to stop drugs being sold in a homeless day centre. Now she faces prison00:02
John Updike's Christmas in New York00:02
The last unwired man on earth00:02
Digital, Cable and Satellite Television: Pick of the Day00:02
RUGBY UNION: Andrew's survival plan can revitalise the English game00:02
Come Rain or Shine...00:02
Cricket: Campbell and Griffith's record start00:02
Film: Also Showing00:02
Football: Ehiogu urges `ribbing' to ease Southgate pain00:02
CLASSICAL: Estonian rhapsody00:02
FOOTBALL: Strupar ready to join Smith's Derby struggle00:02
Letter: Engineers of change?00:02
My mates have gone - and I take it personally00:02
Cricket: Academy given go-ahead00:02
HOCKEY: Garcia banned after positive cocaine test00:02
Outlook: Even the City is tiring of these banking bids00:02
Children were held as slave labourers, report says00:02
Johnston bids for Newscom00:02
Pop: It may be cold inside, but there's nowt so warm as folk00:02
CJD hits second French person00:02
Thought for the Day00:02
Letter: Mayoral deceit00:02
Men over 60 win pounds 100 in winter fuel sex-bias case00:02
Chess00:02
Euro strengthens on data from US and Germany00:02
Sex in tube reveals the `secrets' of genitals00:02
Venezuela votes on president's reforms00:02
Science: Nature's codes: a year of discovery00:02
Specialist sixth form centres set for big expansion00:02
Natwest battle reopens as Byers gives green light to pounds 23bn RBS bid00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Marconi's high-speed technology secures pounds 600m Internet tie-up with BellSouth00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Music: The best classical CDs of 199900:02
EQUESTRIANISM: Opening events go to Whitakers as family keep up the pressure00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Serb pressure on Montenegro00:02
Around the World's Markets: JAKARTA00:02
Hitch-hikers' Net guide to life, the universe and everything00:02
`Safe corridor' killings prompt ceasefire calls00:02
Letter: Problems addressed00:02
Obituary: Ranjabati Sircar00:02
FIRST NIGHT: The lump that dare not quack its name00:02
The Investment Column: Protherics00:02
Letter: Millennium children00:02
Pop: New name, new songs, but the voice remains the same00:02
Ex-Disney man guilty of child porn00:02
BULGER RULING: THE LONG ROAD TO JUSTICE FOR THE CHILD KILLERS OF A LITTLE BOY LOST00:02
BNFL fighting for survival after fuel fiasco00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Beckham licenced to speed away from paparazzi00:02
Compensation for Nato bombing00:02
Words00:02
Danone consortium in pounds 1.26bn bid to swallow United Biscuits00:02
Around the World's Markets: New York00:02
Outlook: Cyclical stocks00:02
Football: Ehiogu urges `ribbing' to ease Southgate pain00:02
Around the World's Markets: FRANKFURT00:02
Around the World's Markets: LONDON00:02
Arts: Theatre: Tour de farce00:02
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November figures show `recovery is shifting up a gear'00:02
Obituary: George Elrick00:02
The full winter experience is something to be cherished00:02
Mandelson: `I will implement the Patten proposals for RUC reform'00:02
Monitor: Comment in the US on developments in the Presidential campaign as McCain, Bush, Bradley and Gore race for the White House00:02
Column One: Yes, 007: a Martini should be shaken, not stirred00:02
Shop to sing in the new year00:02
Navy ratings arrested over death00:02
PARLIAMENT: If only they could admit to this mildly uncomfortable fact ...00:02
Pandora00:02
Flextech aims to bring pay-TV content to the Telewest party00:02
Property market is going to stay lively00:02
Channel 4's record pounds 125m bid for `Friends' and `ER' sees off Sky00:02
Rugby League: Monie puts defence top of Broncos' priority list00:02
Farmer drops the French in it00:02
Cure for baldness will not be available on NHS00:02
New Labour ladies lunch at a bastion of male chauvinism00:02
SNOOKER: Woeful Williams leaves top spot open00:02
Assassins of youth in a land racked by conflict without end00:02
Film: In the name of the mother00:02
Letter: Ireland's neutrality00:02
Atlee is century's leading statesman as Blair gets demoted to agriculture00:02
Chemical linked to cancer00:02
Arts: Panto? Artistic? Oh yes it is00:02
Racing: Boom time on the Rock as punters roll up00:02
Cricket: Resolute Irani has field day with bat and ball00:02
French police hopeful in hunt for train killer00:02
Parliament: New Deal: Blair: Literacy is key to war on poverty00:02
Passengers stranded in tunnel after train is derailed00:02
Diabetic cleared of murder00:02
Leading article: Sorry, Mr Straw, but politics and law don't mix very well00:02
Goldfish survives chimney fall00:02
BOXING: Tyson's UK fight sells out within two days00:02
CLASSICAL: On The Air00:02
Most economic forecasters were wide of the mark. Where did we go wrong?00:02
Hamilton downfall `caused by his bid to help Fayed' says QC00:02
Cell research offers `dazzling medical applications'00:02
50p Harry Potter fetches pounds 4,83000:02
Hampshire girls set to become the butt of bad jokes00:02
McLaren's bid to run capital `dead serious'00:02
TODAY'S NUMBER00:02
Football: How consistency and caution made Arsenal England's greatest team of the 20th century00:02
FOOTBALL: Strupar ready to join Smith's Derby struggle00:02
Friday Book: A dizzying world of whimsical memory00:02
Another round of changes planned at M&S00:02
Film: The liar king of Zaire00:02
Science: Stars and Planets: January00:02
GKN buys Opel plant in drive to work closer with GM00:02
MILLENNIUM CORNER00:02
I'm foxed by the priorities of our `modern' government00:02
Letter: Whitehall on the Web00:02
It would be so nice to have dear old Malcolm as mayor00:02
BULGER RULING: End in sight for minister's right to set sentence00:02
Societe Generale pays US fund $457m for Credit Lyonnais stake00:02
Letter: Antisocial cats00:02
Bridge00:02
BULGER RULING: Worst fear of Jamie's mother comes true00:02
BULGER RULING: If the defendants could not talk about their crime, how could they conduct a defence?00:02
Leading article: Reformed clubs00:02
Letter: Whitehall on the Web00:02
We're guilty of failing young offenders00:02
`This really is our darkest hour...It is unworkable'00:02
Literary Notes: `People go to the theatre to see themselves'00:02
PARLIAMENT: Ministers rally to defend Labour's record on taxes00:02
Pop: Lyric Sheets00:02
Labour loses control of Islington for first time in 25 years00:02
Outlook: Telewest Flextech00:02
Invensys' aerospace arm sold for pounds 109m00:02
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Japan to resume secret hangings, says Amnesty00:02
The House In Brief: Today's agenda00:02
UN pilloried for failure over Rwanda genocide00:00
Men over 60 win £100 in winter bills sex bias case00:00
Passengers stranded in tunnel after train is derailed00:00
Freed IRA leader may be crucial to peace process00:00
Bulger Ruling: The Long Road To Justice For The Child Killers Of A Little Boy Lost00:00
Australians poised to complete another tour unbeaten00:00
Marconi's high-speed technology secures £600m Internet tie-up with BellSouth00:00
'Safe corridor' killings prompt ceasefire calls00:00
Rover aid package angers unions00:00
Hours worked by junior doctors are 'out of control'00:00
Flextech aims to bring pay-TV content to the Telewest party00:00
Israel and Syria agree to bilateral peace talks00:00
Mowlam promises action on GM labelling00:00
Sinclair powers in for Sheffield title00:00
Specialist sixth form centres set for big expansion00:00
BNFL fighting for survival after fuel fiasco00:00
Channel 4's record £125m bid for 'Friends' and 'ER' sees off Sky00:00
Daily Mail warns Internet outlay may curb profits00:00
Now that's what I call trad music00:00
Ghedina storms to victory00:00
Pensions: who's sorry now?00:00
Buick gets a Tiger in the tank - for up to $25 million00:00
UN pilloried for failure over Rwanda genocide00:00
Hampshire girls set to become the butt of bad jokes00:00
GKN buys Opel plant in drive to work closer with GM00:00
It may be cold inside, but there's nowt so warm as folk00:00
Skins aim to ease pressure on Turner00:00
Plastic purchases offer extra protection00:00
Societe Generale pays US fund $457m for Credit Lyonnais stake00:00
Schumacher: I'd quit to avoid new pretender00:00
Assassins of youth in a land racked by conflict without end00:00
IOC visits to Salt Lake hit Olympic budget00:00
Prosecutors intend to seek death penalty against footballer00:00
November figures show 'recovery is shifting up a gear'00:00
The best classical CDs of 199900:00
Benefits earned from university 'justify fees rise'00:00
Arcadia soars on rumour of Philip Green stakebuilding00:00
On a black night in Chechnya, the Russian army is dealt a fatal blow00:00
Mining shares hit new peak for year00:00
Bulger killers set to gain earlier release00:00
Mandelson: 'I will implement the Patten proposals for RUC reform'00:00
Garcia banned after positive cocaine test00:00
Kostner wins women's downhill00:00
Budge alert but still in critical condition00:00
Labour loses control of Islington for first time in 25 years00:00
Monie puts defence top of Broncos' priority list00:00
End in sight for minister's right to set sentence00:00
Arsenal are the top team of the century00:00
Angry Moscow denies accounts of Grozny defeat00:00
Nature's codes: a year of discovery00:00
Cure for baldness will not be available on NHS00:00
Bulger ruling: If the defendants could not talk about their crime, how could they conduct a defence?00:00
Another round of changes planned at M&S00:00
Andrew's survival plan can revitalise the English game00:00
Opening events go to Whitakers as family keep up the pressure00:00
The best pop albums of 199900:00
Cities bid for cash to set up congestion-charging schemes00:00
Bryant secures Lakers victory00:00
New name, new songs, but the voice remains the same00:00
Jazz Albums Round-Up00:00
Agassi and Sampras lead US Davis Cup squad00:00
Prices of pub soft drinks get all-clear00:00
Never too late to cover up00:00
Ehiogu urges 'ribbing' to ease Southgate pain00:00
Candidates to protest at Dobson 'stitch-up'00:00
Euro strengthens on data from US and Germany00:00
Law society leader will face inquiry into 'bully' complaints00:00
Natwest battle reopens as Byers gives green light to £23bn RBS bid00:00
Channel 4's record £125m bid for 'Friends' and 'ER' sees off Sky00:00
Danone consortium in £1.26bn bid to swallow United Biscuits00:00
Yes, 007: a Martini should be shaken, not stirred00:00
Andre Agassi and Serena Williams are entertained in the White House00:00
Woeful Williams leaves top spot open00:00
In the name of the mother00:00
Tyson's UK fight sells out within two days00:00
FBI agents find Carruth hiding in trunk of car00:00
Riffs00:00
Hot Spot: Norwich00:00
Court delays tobacco ad ban - even though Milburn wins case00:00
Finley moves to Cleveland00:00
West vents anger and threatens to impose sanctions00:00
The last unwired man on earth