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Most 15-year-olds drink regularly00:02
Athletics: Lewis cashes in00:02
Sell-offs 'could break' the railways: BR chairman's damning interview adds to pressure on ministers to rethink rail privatisation plans00:02
Marine landing in Kismayu goes smoothly00:02
THEATRE / Long, sad tale of a great Dane: Paul Taylor reviews Kenneth Branagh in the RSC's Hamlet00:02
Hockey: Hill on target to provide a platform00:02
UN staff freed00:02
The last thing Santa needs: Rudolph has no antlers, no red nose and can't pull a sleigh. Malcolm Smith explodes a Christmas myth00:02
Jim Peet on his ostrich farm near Penrith, Cumbria.00:02
Letter: Deportations breach international law00:02
The best and worst of Christmas: No tree, no cake, just ice in the loo00:02
Skiing: Girardelli picks up an edge00:02
Pilot whisks family out of Cuba00:02
New Delhi does battle with Hindu nationalists00:02
Rugby League: Wigan struggle to show their class00:02
Obituary: Professor J-P. Mayer00:02
DSS pays interest on 832,000 pounds mortgage: Former business executive is paid an estimated pounds 1,833 a week in income support00:02
Football: Palace's gratitude to Thorn of plenty00:02
Stalin and Lenin lookalikes, judges in a 'Miss Sexy Russia' pageant, meet contestants at the Moscow Cultural Centre00:02
Football: Miklosko able to save a point00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
BR pension fund 'could be used to aid buy-out'00:02
Letter: Your numbers are up00:02
Letter: Mandatory life sentence is cruel and absurd00:02
Scottish Football: Harrison heads for home00:02
Appeal transforms HTV's fortunes00:02
Letter: The national lottery: charitable uses for the money00:02
Banks warm to GEC over Jubilee Line00:02
Letter: HIV testing for pregnant women00:02
Quake rocks north Australia00:02
Switch on and take over the world: Superior power allows your office PC to double as the ultimate games machine, leaving the top-selling consoles trailing, says Steve Homer00:02
Serb poll rivals neck and neck00:02
Vote of allies crucial to Belgrade00:02
US and Russia make 'real progress'00:02
Birthdays00:02
Law Report: Case Summaries00:02
Rabin's hard line plays well at home00:02
Mines group wants threatened pits00:02
Letter: The national lottery: charitable uses for the money00:02
THEATRE / Long, sad tale of a great Dane: Paul Taylor reviews Kenneth Branagh in the RSC's Hamlet00:02
Obituary: Lord Leatherland00:02
Contemporary Art Market: Dark and affordable visions of new Russia00:02
A vandalised crucifix outside St Saviour's Church in Pimlico00:02
Racing: Edberg dead00:02
Send Doris a message she cannot ignore: John Emsley sniffs out the secrets of androstenone, and the fragrant attractions on which we spend pounds 400m a year00:02
American Football: Montana on call as 49ers win in West00:02
Fishermen give mixed reception to EC deal00:02
Letter: Cold world outside the parental home00:02
Recession takes its toll as pay awards shrink00:02
Is this the end of life as I know it?00:02
Racing: A weekly list of horses to follow00:02
Court circular00:02
Rugby Union: Richards draws telling picture00:02
US troops help stem Somalia's hunger00:02
Unita to leave captured towns00:02
Football: Kelly's spot of luck00:02
Major urged to tighten rules on ministers00:02
The best and worst of Christmas: Hughie and Ralph on the 68 bus00:02
The best and worst of Christmas: Ordeal by mud in the Boxing Day scramble00:02
Obituary: Col Sir Richard Martin-Bird00:02
Sport in Short: Boxing00:02
Top civil servants told it is better to give than receive00:02
A tuba player celebrating Christmas yesterday at the old Spitalfields market, in east London, where tuba and euphonium players held their annual carol concert00:02
Football: Real problems after an off day: European round-up00:02
Commodities & Futures: Banana drama draws to a close00:02
Letter: The national lottery: charitable uses for the money00:02
Rugby Union: Richards draws telling picture00:02
1 million packs of gum stolen00:02
Golf: Faldo's extra dimension denies Norman00:02
A dog's life as Alan Worsley (No 66), of Cumbria, leads Maidstone's Trevor Fagg in the D class race of the Labatt's Husky Rally Championship at Brandon Park, Norfolk yesterday00:02
Football: Derby prosper in seventh heaven00:02
Football: Clarke checks Forest00:02
Car thieves beat remote central locking systems: New anti-theft coding devices could cost up to pounds 200 per vehicle. Susan Watts reports00:02
Christmas is early on Wall Street: High-fliers are stuffing their stockings to sidestep higher taxes under Bill Clinton.00:02
Obituary: Pundlik Gaitonde00:02
Rugby Union: Chapman leads the army on a boot march00:02
Papergirl raped by masked man00:02
Sport in Short: Football00:02
OPERA / Marital difficulties: Edward Seckerson reviews Alcina at the Royal Opera House00:02
The best and worst of Christmas: Obsessed by the rituals of an exotic tribe00:02
All the troubles of the world on its shoulders: Stubborn regional conflicts are posing unfamiliar challenges for the UN, says Adam Roberts00:02
Football: Flatts offers faith for the future00:02
Racing: Fellow now odds-on00:02
Out of Korea: Writing off the 'Red Threat'00:02
SA generals under fire in army purge00:02
Bosses told to raffle 'freebies'00:02
Women set their sights on top job in California00:02
Football: McMahon guards open secret00:02
BOOK REVIEW / An uphill struggle: 'Martin Pipe' - Martin Pipe with Richard Pitman: Headline, 16.9900:02
Smile please, you're on electronic camera: No winding on, no waste, no mess . . . Christine Hewitt glimpses the future of photography00:02
Snow follies: how to have a white Christmas in the middle of August00:02
Sir Bernard's four-year battle with the builder next door00:02
Coale's Notes: Decline and fall: A resigned Gordon Coales ponders his last few days at the Wormwood Arts Centre00:02
Economic Commentary: Why a tax increase is inevitable00:02
Boxing: Briton's second chance00:02
China sacks culture minister00:02
Banks warm to GEC over Jubilee Line00:02
Obituary: E. J. Oliver00:02
Rugby Union: Stark provides hope for subdued Scots00:02
The best and worst of Christmas: Hughie and Ralph on the 68 bus00:02
Letter: HIV testing for pregnant women00:02
Bosnia no-fly zone to be enforced00:02
Leading Article: Labour faces a new divide00:02
Bush cautious on Start-2 deal00:02
Money launderers threaten City00:02
Equestrianism: Whitaker's Midnight express00:02
Technology ends lonely watch over treacherous Atlantic: Automated systems are replacing the lighthouse keepers at Bishop Rock.00:02
Anger blossoms in Lebanese field of flowers: Robert Fisk visits Marj Zohour, whose cold, bare hillsides are now home to 418 Palestinians deported from Israel00:02
Ravers return to underground: Councils can face big problems during the nights of the party season as they try to ensure safe raves and happy neighbours00:02
Polish miners out on strike00:02
A night on the beat with party patrol00:02
Football: Liverpool's spirit weak00:02
Border deal00:02
Squash: Marshall's law00:02
Cricket: Smith breaks toe in training00:02
Leading Article: De Klerk's belated purge00:02
Football: Swindon betrayed by style00:02
The best and worst of Christmas: Just another Havana morning00:02
Basketball: Penny drops winner00:02
Rugby Union: Mighty Morris stoops to conquer00:02
Housing cash gives new hope to homeless: Mary Braid finds families benefit from Norman Lamont's pounds 577m plan to stimulate the property market00:02
Bosnia no-fly zone to be enforced00:02
Mottik seeks risk-takers in battle for children00:02
West ponders symbolic gesture to Bosnia: Europe and its allies feel compelled to 'do something' but admit that enforcing the proposed no-fly zone will do little to stop the war, writes Annika Savill00:02
UK students fail in EC intelligence contest00:02
1 million packs of gum stolen00:02
Letter: Regional variation in electric shock therapy00:02
TELEVISION / Ain't no Santa Claus00:02
Loyalist gunmen kill Catholic man at home00:02
FILM / All white on the night: In the first of a short series on seasonal themes, Sheila Johnston considers snow in the movies, and offers a how-to guide00:02
MPs move to put Fabius on trial00:02
Scheme 'serfdom' attacked by MP00:02
Yeltsin's dash home 'saves' reformers00:02
Neck and neck in Serbia election, poll says00:02
Men discover scent's appeal00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Union calls for boycott of tests for 11-year-olds00:02
Letter: Deportations breach international law00:02
In search of that dratted boy00:02
Racing: Progress for a Pipe disciple: Captain Dibble provides the evidence that Nigel Twiston-Davies is a growing force and a rival for the champion trainer00:02
Letter: Right royal relations00:02
Rugby Union: Heavyweight tie light on punch00:02
Letter: Your numbers are up00:02
No room at the inn for Neil00:02
Letter: The national lottery: charitable uses for the money00:02
Opposition gains in Taiwan elections00:02
Santa's calling card00:02
German arsonists attack refugee shelter00:02
Football: Chelsea drawing promise from youth00:02
GPA's debt ratings are downgraded by Moody's00:02
Obituary: Ivan Svetlichny00:02
US and Russia make 'real progress'00:02
Out of Korea: Writing off the 'Red Threat'