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Letter: Why shutting Bart's would be a crime00:02
Letter: Equality makes sense00:02
Putting the fizz back in Perrier: Dominic Murphy sees an ad agency taking the plunge to find a new image00:02
US court asks for IRA papers00:02
View from City Road: Big is beautiful - at least for the executives00:02
County council polls: Tory own goals could cost party outright victory: Leicestershire00:02
Me, my best friend and her baby (2): I felt joy for Katja, but my own loss made me envious00:02
EC acts to end Gatt impasse00:02
THEATRE / A short tour of the waste land: Fringe: Sarah Hemming surveys the new writing talent at the National Theatre's Springboards season00:02
Operating profits double at 'Birmingham Post' group: Publisher acquires regional titles from Thomson00:02
Waldegrave to abolish science advice board: Minister responsible for open government to silence independent policy-making panel after history of conflict with government00:02
Mandela charms London with vision of future: A tour de force at the start of his European visit belies ANC leader's 74 years00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Sporting Digest: Olympic Games00:02
Chess contest 'unofficial'00:02
War clouds Eurovision contest: Urgent reforms will mean legislation operates 'as Home Office meant it to'00:02
TELEVISION / Spirit of the aged: Thomas Sutcliffe watches Tony Parsons go pop00:02
Fresh split crops up at Jolly Green Giant00:02
Court Circular00:02
Football: Blades closer to safety00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Leading Article: The right medicine for better doctors00:02
Competition: A slice of the action00:02
Sporting Digest: Rallying00:02
Mother and two children found dead00:02
German growth will decline by 1.5%, say six leading economic institutes: Bundesbank criticised for being too hesitant Failure to rein in public finances comes under fire00:02
Maastricht choice: retreat or defeat: Government likely to accept amendment on Social Chapter opt-out as Speaker agrees to allow Commons vote00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
CAA to await tests on new 747 'pins': British airlines will be told to replace part blamed for crashes once substitute gains approval in US00:02
Letter: No offence taken00:02
Texas execution00:02
Clarke agrees changes to unit-fines Act: Urgent reforms will mean legislation operates 'as Home Office meant it to'00:02
Sex and Sigmund; it's all in the family00:02
Veteran Loony foresees advance to fourth place: The Newbury By-Election: Screaming Lord Sutch is gaining. Patricia Wynn Davies finds the odds against him are only 100-100:02
After the IRA: a church lost and found: For St Ethelburga's there was no escape. Can it be replaced? David Whiting sees the opportunity for a new beginning00:02
LA police in new 'deadly force' row: Outcry after officers shoot dead black witness in brutality case brought against the force00:02
Baring finds the Midas touch: Fortune is finally smiling on the prophet of gold. Richard Lander reports00:02
Bulmer loses Perrier and Buxton to CCSB: OFT unconcerned that deal will reinforce dominant position in soft drinks market00:02
Wait - the news is not as bad as it looks00:02
Teachers 'swipe' at bar code game: Parents could face 'intolerable pressure' from children to buy goods linked to a computer game. Rhys Williams reports00:02
Cricket: Inzamam steadies Pakistan00:02
Bankrolled by Wall Street, read by the seriously rich00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Young Russian maverick aims to build capitalist paradise: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is offering his tiny republic of Kalmykia as a testing ground for sweeping reform, writes Andrew Higgins in Elista00:02
MUSIC / Sophisticates and primitives: Anthony Payne on the Berlin Philharmonic and Indianapolis Symphony in London.00:02
View from City Road: Uphill task for Kleinwort import00:02
Between the Lines / Let the meaning take care of itself: Kate Buffery recalls the humour of Vikram Seth00:02
Book buyers offered their money back00:02
Donald Trump sues over Indian casinos00:02
Malaria pay-out00:02
Media Types: Occasionally prone to work: The creative00:02
Football: Referee struck at Exeter00:02
This story is dead, it is no more, it has ceased to be . . .00:02
The Bluffer's Briefing on: Opera00:02
Second day of India clashes00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Sailing: Admiral's Cup team beset by dithering: British challengers in doldrums00:02
Brent Walker break-up likely as Ward resigns00:02
THEATRE / The only way to keep a straight face: 'It is a play about erections,' says Peter Hall. Which is where the masks come in. Georgina Brown reports00:02
Man who dressed Cher admits his links to the Mob: When Bob Mackie hit financial trouble he turned to the Mafia for help. Marion Hume reports00:02
US recovery losing steam: Clinton stands his ground on economic programme00:02
Hospitals lose 15m pounds on water00:02
Robert Hughes versus the PCs: The pugnacious cultural critic is taking on America's illiberal extremists. He may be on dodgy ground00:02
Letter: West must keep the pressure on Serbs00:02
Letter: Breaking a vicious circle of aid00:02
Me, my best friend and her baby (3): The bombshell, the break-up, the repair00:02
Boxing: Tucker fights back from the lost years: Lennox Lewis defends his world heavyweight title on Saturday against a proven hard man. Ken Jones reports from Las Vegas00:02
Football: United revel in their new theatre of themes: Ferguson reacts to the title with a call for continued hunger as Cantona, Giggs and Robson reveal appetite for more00:02
Out of America: Buffaloes muddy the waters of political correctness00:02
Out of America: Buffaloes muddy the waters of political correctness00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A future with no wars, no crime - and no men: 'Nomansland' - D G Compton: Gollancz, 14.99 pounds00:02
Letter: News takes a holiday00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Diary (CORRECTED)00:02
Line to close00:02
Rallying: Spectator killed in marathon00:02
BAe and Matra set to create missiles giant: Talks on details of merger could last for months00:02
Iraq weapons guidelines 'kept secret' from MPs: Scott inquiry told crucial policy changes withheld for nine months.00:02
Management: Don't count, measure00:02
Sri Lanka mourns and fears for future: Ethnic tension mounts in Colombo as thousands pay their last respects to assassinated president00:02
Mosaic doubles shares in issue to meet debt: Hutchings to quit company he founded six years ago as an acquisition vehicle00:02
Letter: Cervical screening00:02
Division heads for market00:02
Thomas Cook buys Canadian company00:02
Hospitals jobs blow to be softened: Clearing house to help find new posts00:02
Football: Doubts mount over Souness' future at Anfield: Liverpool manager 'continuing normal duties' as directors meet again while a former favourite and potential replacement criticises board00:02
Scuffles as Powell berates EC00:02
Muslims call for Western intervention as enclave burns: UN Protection Force to investigate Zepa attack - Bosnian Serbs claim self-defence00:02
Football: Cole's goal achieves title for Newcastle00:02
Achtung] Strikers offer shops satirical prices: People want 48 per cent off everything to bring them into line with Western wages, writes Steve Crawshaw in Rostock00:02
Football: Final throws00:02
Kuwait ruling00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Lasmo chief in 785,000 pounds pay-off00:02
Naples goes bankrupt: Patron saint makes manifest his disgust00:02
The new law may be sloppy, but it is not an ass00:02
Racing: Armiger hands Cecil a Derby dilemma: The Chester Vase falls to a leading Epsom contender but the colt may be redirected to Chantilly00:02
The answers are all around us: Westminster should look to local communities to solve Britain's problems, says Paddy Ashdown00:02
Snooker: World in grip of Hendry's hegemony: White's return to darkness is induced by a Scottish potter on the brink of perfection00:02
Rugby Union: Jones throws switch to shine: International honours beckon Llanelli flanker who has profited from a change of scene and is raring to face his old club in Saturday's Welsh Cup final. Steve Bale reports00:02
Sporting Digest: Gymnastics00:02
Football: Darby lifts Bolton to second place00:02
Europe or bust: a tale of two newspapers: When Robert Maxwell died, few thought the newspaper he founded would survive. Thanks to its editor's faith, it has, says Martin Wroe00:02
Milosevic calls tune as Bosnian Serbs ponder deal: Local leaders may not want the Vance-Owen peace deal but they dare not defy the one-man show in Belgrade00:02
Football: Leeds punished by Hirst's goal00:02
East German spymaster goes on trial: The man said to have provided the model for Le Carre's Karla treats proceedings with studied contempt00:02
MUSIC / Puppets, zombies and battering-rams00:02
Birthdays00:02
Glaxo sues California: Zantac dropped from Medicaid drug list00:02
Bombings? We're off to the bunker: When the IRA hit Bishopsgate, windows smashed; papers flew. But City financiers are acting to minimise terrorists' impact, says Amanda Baillieu00:02
Sporting Digest: Water Polo00:02
Yeltsin vow00:02
Former Tory ministers linked to wasted 63m pounds: Government accused of misleading Parliament over Wessex health authority's computer contracts00:02
US 'expulsion'00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Leading Article: Principles for a public hearing00:02
Cricketer's Diary: Keeping the spirit intact00:02
Anniversaries00:02
BT 'bargain'00:02
Tory peer quits exams council: Ministers' test review 'lacks independence'00:02
Letter: Truth in warfare00:02
Top civil servant seen as 'threat to Whitehall': Ousted permanent secretary says minister wanted replacement 'from old school'00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Georgia black-out00:02
Star's arrest worries the film industry: Indian cinema is no longer popular with politicians, writes Tim00:02
Inside Parliament: MPs fixated by prospect of a Maastricht defeat00:02
Cocaine party00:02
Obituary: Michael Gordon00:02
GPA considers debt moratorium: Board meets as aircraft leasing group fights for life00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Obituary: Professor Christopher Cornford00:02
Body of Thames Water chairman found in river00:02
Sturge to close eight syndicates: Five top underwriters made redundant00:02
Football: Gunners keep their powder dry00:02
View from City Road: Open skies and closed minds00:02
Shares dive on Campari warning00:02
Race bias PC wins 25,000 pounds00:02
Racing: Eddery and Armiger accelerate on Derby trail00:02
Pound slips despite healthy signs00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Funeral lament for death of ex-PM: Mitterrand salutes 'man of integrity'00:02
Pembroke: Pru loses on flat00:02
Storehouse pulls out of joint venture with LET00:02
Rugby League: Lindsay's blueprint for future00:02
Hunters foiled00:02
East German spymaster goes on trial: The man said to have provided the model for Le Carre's Karla treats proceedings with studied contempt00:02
Leading Article: First, South Africa's violence must stop00:02
Soprano robbed00:02
Bottom Line: RTZ wins over the waverers00:02
Obituary: Alexei Adzhubei00:02
Mass funeral00:02
'Give them their own state,' say Israeli employers: The decision to keep out Palestinian workers has had a big impact on local attitudes00:02
Patten meets a stone wall on China00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
TELEVISION / BRIEFING: A lean, mean act revisited00:02
Open to the sky, with a light burning bright: Architects Adam Zombory-Moldovan and Rowan Moore on St Ethelburga's future00:02
TELEVISION / Statistics00:02
Newspapers plan to strengthen self-regulation: Measures aim to make Press more accountable and forestall proposals for statutory controls00:02
Obituary: Julio Gallo00:02
Opera house to launch cut-price performances: Subsidised tickets to be sold to students, unemployed and young for first time00:02
Shorter training period for junior doctors urged: Proposals for overhaul of career structure00:02
Letter: Money the stumbling block to reform for doctors00:02
Saatchi's bricks fail to find a buyer: Geraldine Norman reports from New York on Sotheby's most unsuccessful sale since 199000:02
Market Report: Gestetner bid rumour enlivens quiet day00:02
Bottom Line: Bidder may lurk under bed maker00:02
FO presses Pakistan over kidnapped diplomats: Efforts are being stepped up to free three Europeans held in Afghanistan00:02
Today's Number: 27000:02
Letter: The grim reality of yesterday's villages00:02
Cricket: Dexter attempts to smooth over Botham blunder: England's chairman of selectors apologises for interview that 'somehow went wrong'. Martin Johnson reports00:02
Clinton gets tough with White House team: As problems mount over the budget, health care and Bosnia, the President seeks a disciplinarian for staff shake-up00:02
Letter: Blinded by the light00:02
Torture pair jailed