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BOOK REVIEW / Photojournalism00:02
PUBLISHING / Virtual libraries00:02
Uncertain future for fifth channel: The new land-based TV service was doomed by recession. Michael Leapman reports00:02
University appointments00:02
Territorial Army promotions00:02
Style: Saturday Night: Only snog the secretary if you brought her00:02
Sport in Short: Baseball00:02
100,000 pounds garden sculpture stolen00:02
Letter: BBC navety in glorifying a Serbian 'war criminal' as a national poet00:02
Sport in Short: Basketball00:02
Churches aim to lift attendances by advertising00:02
Major postpones Cabinet reshuffle00:02
Racing: Miinnehoma on trail of Gold00:02
Germany ratifies Maastricht00:02
Ken Jones injured00:02
UK and US near agreement over Bosnia00:02
Armed gang jailed for post office van raids00:02
Sport in Short: Swimming00:02
Food and Drink: Gastropod00:02
Travel: Skiing: Go high, go west and go now00:02
Service appointments00:02
Football: Team News00:02
Anniddigrwydd ynglyn a Mesur 'hanesyddol'00:02
Rowing: Trials on the Thames00:02
Sport in Short: Hockey00:02
THEATRE / A fan with a big club: Paul Taylor toughs it out at the stage adaptation of Misery00:02
Money Briefly: Inland Revenue reduces rate00:02
Thieves abandon baby by roadside after stealing car00:02
William Donaldson's Week: The professor's right, I'm white00:02
Wills00:02
UN moves to investigate mass rape in camps00:02
Destroyer's radar blamed for shelling00:02
Column Eight: Painting over an open sore00:02
'Independent Book of Anniversaries'00:02
Appointments00:02
Hamas builds support for destruction of Israel: Sarah Helm visits occupied Gaza City and speaks to a Palestinian leader whose quiet tones belie his religious zeal and deadly purpose in the cause of Islam00:02
Motor Racing: French move to salvage GP00:02
Just the word00:02
Buy-and-fly deals take off in face of recession: Correction00:02
Tesco in 150m pounds foray into France00:02
Sport in Short: Motorcycling00:02
Carer jailed for indecent assaults on handicapped00:02
Britain tries to keep other European lotteries at bay00:02
UN set to condemn Palestinian expulsions00:02
Controlled explosion on police station car00:02
Hoover moves to bolster free flights promotion00:02
Birthdays00:02
McDonald's 'bomb' attack man is jailed00:02
Premium saves 12,000 pounds outlay00:02
Memories of war prompt pounds 31m gift: Charles Oulton examines the life of George Soros, who made almost pounds 1bn from speculating on Black Wednesday00:02
Trapped in no man's land: UN acts as Lebanon refuses to accept Palestinians00:02
Letter: Telephone peep-holes00:02
After the ecstasy, the cold light of day: In Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia, the end of the last decade brought joy unconfined. Now is there even any room left for hope? Matthew Symonds went back to find out00:02
Letter: Potential hazards of an unsafe coal face00:02
Fixed-rate deals being withdrawn00:02
Obituary: Sir Sidney Nolan00:02
Prosecutor appointed to lead Clinton files inquiry00:02
Food and Drink: Winter draughts that keep out the cold: Many breweries offer seasonal ales, and some of the best are from Fuller's, says Michael Jackson00:02
Miners march into London00:02
The Week in Review: Home News00:02
Sport: Quotes of the Week00:02
Market Report: Shares taken to record by new indices00:02
Driver who killed friend 'cries and cannot sleep'00:02
Football: Harford the minder and mentor: Joe Lovejoy talks to Chelsea's battle-scarred leader of the line who is helping to nurture the young brood at Stamford Bridge00:02
Travel: Departures: On your bike00:02
PUBLISHING / The book that ate itself: You won't find William Gibson's latest novel in the bookshops. Adrian Dannatt reports on a self-destructive publication00:02
Sport in Short: Football00:02
Syndicate springs new shock on Lloyd's00:02
MUSIC / Upbeat: Coda00:02
Kleen-e-ze returns to profit00:02
Money Briefly: Four Fimbra members cited00:02
Motoring: Hop in and take your prejudices for a drive: Would you choose a Ford Escort over a Porsche 968? Gavin Green sets out to puncture some vehicle reputations and establish others00:02
Candid caller00:02
Travel: Departures: Transatlantic deals00:02
Zairean protest00:02
MUSIC / Upbeat: Radio times00:02
China attacks HK conglomerate00:02
Jones & Shipman shake-up cuts half-time loss to 1m pounds00:02
Travel: Departures: Egypt bargain00:02
Sport in Short: Ice Hockey00:02
Letter: Battle for Kendals00:02
Taiwan vote marks watershed for democracy: The island's first full parliamentary elections being held today are dominated by electoral corruption and relations with China, writes Teresa Poole00:02
Vicar rocks the flocks with Queen00:02
Basketball: Giants stocking up00:02
Driver locks on to a crash00:02
Paul Getty's son files for bankruptcy in San Juan00:02
Off the wall or on the floor, it's a knotty problem: With the advantage of expert guidance, John Windsor starts to unravel some of the muddles and mysteries of the Oriental rug market00:02
Sport in Short: Squash00:02
Property: A price on the head of the valuer00:02
Safeway gives Sunday pledge00:02
Letter: Israel's treatment of Palestinians00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Grime and punishment in Glasgow: 'Swing Hammer Swing]' - Jeff Torrington: Secker & Warburg, 7.99 pounds00:02
Artists lament decline of album sleeve: Correction00:02
Accountants fall down on random audit tests00:02
Another 600 jobs go at BAe00:02
Unusual museums to muse on00:02
Asda makes a triumphant return to profit00:02
MUSIC / Upbeat: Growth area00:02
MEPs balk at cost of 'musical chairs'00:02
Food and Drink: Memories to make the mouth water: It's the time of the year when awards are dished out; Emily Green tickles her taste buds to recall some of her favourite pubs, restaurants, bistros and brasseries of 199200:02
Style: The Way I Was: Jesus Christ, crucified by the press: Paul Nicholas tells Nicholas Roe how he discovered what it meant to play the Messiah00:02
Obituary: Archbishop Timothy Olufosoye00:02
Obituary: Dominique Bagouet00:02
Motoring: Independent Road Test: Sleek style in the slow lane: Audi's convertible will be coveted for its looks but will disappoint drivers wanting to leave those saloons behind, says Phil Llewellin00:02
Travel: Departures: Florida offer00:02
Minorities make up 5.5% of UK population00:02
BSkyB lures programme director from Thames00:02
Sport in Short: Golf00:02
Nitric oxide is 'molecule of the year'00:02
Sport in Short: Badminton00:02
Money Briefly: Barclays leads the PEPs field00:02
Vatican set to propagate 'natural' family planning00:02
Inquiries into SA guerrillas00:02
Letter: Rugged and flat00:02
Seoul ruling party claims win00:02
Laurentian in the lead00:02
Church appointments00:02
Letter: Artistic devolution00:02
Letter: Once and future king00:02
Money Briefly: Reader's guides to investments00:02
Gardening: Give your weeds what they deserve00:02
Glaziers' Company00:02
'Grave injustice' being caused by lack of judges00:02
Polish pit strike00:02
Athletics / Books for Christmas: Reading between the lines: Mike Rowbottom on the latest selections on offer in the world of track and field00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Stripped and ready for action: Roger Sabin reflects on the high hopes for the graphic novel this year00:02
View fron Seoul: Deregulation has a long way to go00:02
Freighters feel the shunt00:02
MTM drops director of fine division00:02
Shipwreck off south Devon coast00:02
Travel: Skiing: We've enough snow to last the winter: The omens are good: Chris Gill reports from Val d'Isere00:02
EC set for single banking passport00:02
Khmer Rouge free captives00:02
Sport in Short: Cricket00:02
OPERA / If it ain't Baroque, don't mend it: Handel's operas have been dwarfed by the popularity of his Messiah. Stephen Wadsworth, Patrick Garland and David Alden intend to return them to their full stature. reports00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bucking up the aristocracy with delicate needles: 'Dope-Girls' - Marek Kohn: Lawrence & Wishart, 11.99 pounds00:02
Letter: Documented effects of shock therapy00:02
Sport in Short: Boxing00:02
A harvest of kisses in the apple orchard00:02
Travel: Departures: Motorail programme00:02
Doubts over Lonrho issue00:02
Swimming: England teenager in squad00:02
Fall in lending hits recovery hopes00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The other side of Millionsville: He writes bestsellers and is very rich. Peter Guttridge meets Sidney Sheldon00:02
MUSIC / Saint's misbehaving: Edward Seckerson and Stephen Johnson on Debussy and Bach00:02
Travel: Departures: Iceland break00:02
Artists lament decline of album sleeve: Correction00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Pet subjects: Jan Morris on dogs and dolphins00:02
Gardening: Cuttings00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
TELEVISION / Morley means less00:02
MUSIC / Mix well, brew for 50 years: What makes a great recording? Stephen Johnson weighs up the ingredients00:02
Fighting upsets secret Karabakh talks00:02
Sailing: Blake's quest to conquer the world: Stuart Alexander on an Anglo-New Zealand attempt to enter sailing's history books00:02
Squash: Players intensify attack00:02
Money Grouse: Give and take of income support00:02
'Independent' backs training fair00:02
Unwrap those male fantasies: Avoid loud lingerie, cheap chocolates and heavy metal albums when buying for the woman in your life, suggests Jonathan Glancey00:02
Sensible savings from Santa: An investment is a lasting gift, and lucrative if you find the best rate of interest. Maria Scott reports00:02
Rugby Union: Hastings' Italian job00:02
Money Briefly: Cover against child injury00:02
Touche trust benefits from UK equities00:02
Letter: BBC navety in glorifying a Serbian 'war criminal' as a national poet00:02
Oxbridge men still dominate top jobs: Two-thirds of the people in Britain's most senior posts are the products of public schools. Kathy Marks reports00:02
MUSIC / Choices from 1992: What makes a great recording? Musicians pick their favourite discs00:02
Food and Drink: Gifts good enough to eat: Emily Green profiles a selection of specialist food shops and suggests tempting additions for the cheeseboard, sideboard and stocking00:02
Britain set to loosen EC passport controls00:02
Food and Drink: You can learn a lot from an educated cabbage00:02
Music: Ticket & CD offer00:02
Racing: Pipe unearths a gem in Relic00:02
Six to be charged with killing girl00:02
Cleanliness is next to doggiemess00:02
Letter: Dryden's lesson00:02
Letter: Birth rights00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Recommended00:02
Court Circular00:02
Aid convoys for Kurds 'halted by Iraqi bombs'00:02
Sailing: Competitors help British Steel00:02
Channel 5 on hold as Thames bid fails00:02
Appeals: Scultpor's charity00:02
Travel: Awards for dubious achievement, 199200:02
Skiing is all downhill - except for the insurance: Neasa MacErlean finds the cost of cover rising sharply for winter sports00:02
Travel: MERIBEL: best resort for piste-bashing00:02
Appeals00:02
Serbia tense on eve of elections00:02
Country Matters: One final battle at Aston Down00:02
US radio fined for 'indecency'00:02
Property: I saw Santa blowing bubbles: Adam Wide's Christmas is a 120-hour performance. Jim White joined him on the splendid set of his mansion flat00:02
Full steam ahead for share issue00:02
Sport in Short: Tennis00:02
Scottish Football: Harrison joins Saints00:02
Rugby League: Hanley in hurry to harry Halifax00:02
Flood warnings issued as high winds hit West00:02
MUSIC / Dawn Upshaw - Wigmore Hall, London00:02
Company news in Brief00:02
Football: Elite plan transfer freeze: Premier managers favour new proposals to allow them more time on the training field00:02
Faith & Reason: Playing around with a date for Christmas: Symbolic calculation, seasons and solstices, have all been used to explain the choice of 25 December. The Rev Dr Kenneth Stevenson assesses the competing theories.00:02
Gardening: Feast your eyes on gold, fire and ice: From traditional holly and ivy to candles, glitter and bowls of melting magnificence, Anna Pavord explains a few simple ways to create luxurious Christmas tables00:02
BOOKS / The prize winners of 199200:02
BOOK REVIEW / Grime and punishment in Glasgow: 'Swing Hammer Swing]' - Jeff Torrington: Secker & Warburg, 7.99 pounds00:02
Negotiators given Gatt deadline00:02
Simpson's rebels still defy Baldwin00:02
Football: Porterfield of quirky dreams: Phil Shaw on the weekend's Premier League action00:02
Stitched up in a surgical corset00:02
US radio fined for 'indecency'00:02
US stunned by Yeltsin's nuclear present00:02
Rugby Union: Back buoyed by tribulation00:02
Sport: The week in review00:02
DRINK / Glad tidings for discerning tipplers: The choice is wider and the battle for supremacy on the supermarket wine shelves tougher than ever. Anthony Rose uncorks the best bottles00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The singing flight of the frump: 'Tsvetaeva' - Viktoria Schweitzer, Tr. Robert Chandler & H T Willetts: Harvill 20 pounds00:02
Equestrianism: Whitaker's precision prevails00:02
PROFILE: After the courses, the Horses: David Jason - if he's in it, we'll watch it00:02
Style: Climbing the high peaks of fashion technology: Sport is leading the hunt for ever warmer, lighter, more sophisticated fibres. Roger Tredre reports on developments behind the seams00:02
Clan fighters to leave Mogadishu00:02
Letter: Israel's treatment of Palestinians00:02
Leading Article: Too early to settle00:02
Travel: Skiing: Meribel - best resort for piste-bashing00:02
Hockey: St Albans go indoors00:02
Football Diary: Stairway to the stars00:02
Commodities: Coffee00:02
Obituary: Dana Andrews00:02
Generators accused over pool pricing00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Obituary: Ewan Cameron00:02
Maharajas do battle to restore their honour: India's noblemen hope to regain some of the wealth and privilege stripped from them 20 years ago, writes Tim McGirk in Jodhpur00:02
Private jail is criticised after attack on inmate00:02
Submarine alert system faces axe00:02
Doctors learn a hard lesson on SA frontline: John Carlin meets medical staff in Sebokeng, where murder has become the routine method of resolving neighbourhood disputes00:02
Obituary: Dusan Plenicar00:02
Taxis lead the campaign against a traffic ban in Oxford Street: There is scant support for pedestrianising the busiest shopping road in London, despite congestion which cost six lives last year. Christian Wolmar reports00:02
Travel: Departures: Ferry Boom00:02
RECIPE / Round the world on a stir-fry00:02
Travel: Awards for dubious achievement, 199200:02
Obituary: Kenneth Bourne00:02
Auctions: Toys for older girls and boys00:02
Money Briefly: Holiday bookings bring refunds00:02
Travel: He's sorry, I'm sorry, we're all sorry: Susanna Frayn is bemused by the chain of events set in motion by her mugging in Thailand00:02
Cricket: Fletcher the guru seeks a fine balance: Martin Johnson finds the new England cricket team manager approaching a tough task with a level head00:02
Travel: Warriors and chickens and lethal rice wine: There's magic behind the paddy fields and potholes of Sarawak, Malaysia. Ian Robinson is entranced as he traverses the country by bicycle, boat and rickshaw00:02
Kidnap woman breaks down during interview00:02
Football: Keegan's Dutch target00:02
Golf: Parry's slump benefits Faldo00:02
Rugby League: Wigan's mirror image00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Home thoughts on the taste of rowanberries: Correction00:02
Money Briefly: Cheap loans have strings attached00:02
Money Briefly: Leeds offers share service00:02
Travel: Li'l Angels ski Heavenly: Ann Fraser does California from Disneyland to the sea via the snow trails of the Sierra Nevada00:02
Sport in Short: Skiing00:02
Ashdown says Sarajevo needs peace before aid