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Politicians suffer in television age00:02
Cricket: Middlesex in a rush to the top00:02
Music from beyond the grave: In search of divine inspiration, composer Jonathan Harvey sleeps on the job. Mark Pappenheim reports00:02
Egypt 'foiled Islamic plot'00:02
Departures: Cholera warning for Asia travellers00:02
Living in the shadow of Bobby Kennedy: America still feels the loss of RFK, writes Rupert Cornwell00:02
Cheaper holidays with a flexible friend: Commission and exchange rates may be better by plastic, says Neasa MacErlean00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Departures: Cholera warning for Asia travellers00:02
Second Thoughts / Single skulls contest: Ian Thomson on the bizarre voodoo cult that inspired Bonjour Blanc (Penguin, 6.99 pounds )00:02
Upbeat: Dublin secrets00:02
Bosnian buses attacked00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Dr Gonzo and a peacock expert: 'Hunter' - E Jean Carroll: Simon & Schuster, 16.9900:02
Guard for victim00:02
Recipe: Messing about with a pate00:02
Jury fall out over damages in case of 'reckless pen': Peter Pringle reports from New York on a writer found guilty of making up quotes in a 'New Yorker' article00:02
Fleming deal00:02
Smith keeps tax rise option open00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Ice-maiden stung by a spider: 'Change the Name' - Anna Kavan: Peter Owen, 15.5000:02
Leading Article: The limitations of leadership00:02
Departures: Romantic reading00:02
The Penny has dropped at last: William Donaldson's Week00:02
Don't drink that juice]: 'Mogadon muggers' are spiking the joys of European rail travel, warns Shaun Smith00:02
Letter: Citizenship is first step to halt racism00:02
Departures: World beater00:02
Maybe it's because they're not Londoners00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Wills00:02
Departures: Ferry crossing00:02
Cricket: England snared by Warne's web of deception: First Cornhill Test: Australia counter batting collapse as the spinners continue to discover that pitch conditions are conducive to trickery00:02
It's Italian, but it's definitely not Italy: Stephen Wood visits Lampedusa, an island beyond the map's edge, where North Africa meets Rome and even the sharks are poets00:02
Court Circular00:02
Abbey charge00:02
Soldier gets life term for joyrider murder: RUC constable provided key evidence of west Belfast shooting00:02
Sihanouk's deal falls apart: Prince withdraws plan for coalition rule00:02
Departures: Romantic reading00:02
How fast can you get to Paris?00:02
Silver palate, golden touch: Sheila Lukins tells Emily Green how she accidentally became a best-selling cookery writer00:02
Hartstone in crisis after irregularities found00:02
Devro chairman receives 200,000 pounds flotation bonus: Payout follows compensation to unsuccessful job candidate00:02
Two lungs made from one: Pioneering surgery may help donor shortage, writes Liz Hunt00:02
Wine box00:02
Travel link-up00:02
Tennis: Bruguera is quick to cross final frontier: Courier keeps a firm grip on power and will meet Spaniard in final while Graf prepares to test an unknown commodity00:02
Tennis: Fernandez facing a battle with her self-belief: John Roberts looks at the prospects of an American baseliner causing an upset in today's women's final of the French Open00:02
Cycling: Banana slip from lead: The Milk Race riders gather momentum during yesterday's record run to Milton Keynes00:02
Hopes rise for upturn in Germany00:02
Girl's death 'could have been avoided': Care agencies criticised over murder of child aged three00:02
Taking the Chinese takeaway back to Peking: Introducing a short series based on a period of travel around the mainland in search of the country's authentic cuisine00:02
Timeshare owners in protest00:02
Spare me the unsympathetic noises: Do barking dogs have you barking mad? Do car alarms make you want to shriek? Peace is at hand, says David Lawson00:02
Belgrade heads for dictatorship: Repression is nothing new in Serbia, writes Marcus Tanner, but now it is closer to home00:02
Outside, with time's whips and scorns: Peter Guttridge meets the unusual, prolific and provocative author00:02
Toll of civilians and terrorists shot in controversial incidents: David McKittrick reviews some suspicious deaths involving members of the security forces00:02
Latvians plan to act against their Russian 'colonists': Election set to confirm drift towards more nationalistic policies00:02
Gardai take broadcaster to court for contempt00:02
Venezuela stand-in00:02
May's price drop was just a hiccup00:02
Goalkeeper held00:02
Yeltsin imposes his will with constitution draft: Special assembly of 700 Russians opens today to consider a 133-article document which is the sole basis for discussion00:02
Cap at 4.99%00:02
Dunhill gives warning after profits fall: Shares drop on 70m pounds result but final dividend is increased00:02
Hockey: Hill helps to deny Dutch early triumph00:02
Government urged to help Swan Hunter win order: 20m pounds contract lost unless down payment is underwritten00:02
Life in the wheel world has hills and thrills for everyone: Keith Elliott at large00:02
Football: Welsh are kept up in the air00:02
Twelth Man: Roulette win earns a crust00:02
Your invitation to our garden party00:02
Obituary: Sir Austin Robinson00:02
Tennis: Bailey gets a lift on his way to victory00:02
Strike by BA staff grounds 400 flights: Settlement comes too late to prevent major disruption for airline passengers00:02
Golf: Gallacher seeking warriors for a crusade: Ryder Cup: Europe's captain faces the one about the Scotsman, the Welshman and the Spaniard. Tim Glover reports on the battle for The Belfry00:02
Upbeat: Raised stakes00:02
Assets freeze on Haiti military00:02
Mikhail Baryshnikov at Sadler's Wells in London, where he is dancing tonight with the White Oak Dance Project, an American company he co-founded in 199000:02
France by rail: Half the fun is not driving there00:02
Firstdirect fees00:02
Badminton: England fight to secure an overdue medal00:02
Army backs off00:02
How to get the best out of Paphos: Leisure, pleasure, Homeric treasure: A Cyprus holiday is relatively expensive, but it's worth every extra penny, says Frank Barrett00:02
Guinness discount00:02
Police swoop00:02
Booby trap blast00:02
Chemical alert00:02
All a question of keeping faith: A thief, a viola, and a hard choice: the composer Sally Beamish talks to Annette Morreau about paths to a vocation00:02
Letter: Tories past and present assess John Major's 'guilt'00:02
Football: Hoddle leaves Town for the bright lights of Chelsea: Swindon lose the man who brought them promotion while Souness begins rebuilding at Liverpool by spending pounds 2m on Nigel Clough00:02
Letter: Broadening the bounds of horticulture00:02
Marquess's quick escape: Marlborough heir follows in family footsteps - out of window00:02
The week in review: Sport00:02
Protest blocked00:02
Blistering barnacles]: Exclusive] Jasper Rees reveals that Tintin is alive and well and has a new story to tell00:02
Spaniards reflect on how to vote: As campaigning draws to a close, don't-knows could hold the key to00:02
Quicker than you can say Train a Grande Vitesse: France by rail: clutching his three-day Euro-Domino ticket, Simon Calder sets out to see as much as time and bureaucracy will allow00:02
Letter: Civilian aid workers at risk in Bosnia00:02
Bigger bills00:02
Rugby Union: Nationalism sacrificed for party unity: The Lions have a gameplan to combat isolationism and keep spirits high. Steve Bale reports from Dunedin00:02
Sad coda to a long City career00:02
Sharelink expands00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Travel: A walk along the wall and back in time: Angela Lambert finds a wealth of unspoilt beauty and history on a tour through Northumberland00:02
The sound of universal time itself: Records: Edward Seckerson and Stephen Johnson on excellent Birtwistle and disappointing Schumann00:02
Cuttings: Chalk gardens00:02
Full of flavour, but not for the faint-hearted: You have to put aside any squeamishness to make the most of fresh squid, but the meltingly tender results are well worth the effort00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Trial and error over Nuremberg: 'The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials' - Telford Taylor: Bloomsbury, 25 pounds00:02
Cricket: Such classical moments00:02
Fishing protest00:02
Cuttings: Rare fare00:02
Phone banking for students: NatWest experiments at universities00:02
Appointments: Service appointments00:02
Cuttings: Alpine show00:02
A good night out: Leo Burley talks to Joe White, currently serving life for murder, about his brief escape on to the London stage00:02
White Australia feels land shift under its feet: The ruling that Aborigines own Murray Island has prompted more claims, writes Robert Milliken00:02
Letter: When resignation is the honourable course00:02
Today's number: 9,00000:02
Birthday death00:02
Appointments00:02
Sporting digest: Rugby League00:02
Royal College of Pathologists00:02
Cricket: Patient Prichard keeps the pretenders at bay00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Greece is the word: 'Shame and Necessity' - Bernard Williams: University of California, 18.5000:02
Disarming rethink00:02
Car sales back on course for recovery00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Monks, minstrels, and a river runs through it00:02
Farmer's fallow loan field: Money Grouse00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Cricket: Dazzling Johnson goes plundering in paradise00:02
Saturday Night: Strike while the suntan is hot, my mother told me00:02
Coventry fix00:02
Hawtal Whiting wants borrowing rules changed00:02
Judge lifts ban on Hindus00:02
A mountain climber takes on Fiat's problem child: A British motor industry veteran hopes to put brio back into the Italian family's UK sales. Phil Llewellin met him00:02
High flyer00:02
Racing: Abundant stamina gives Abury an edge: Domestic durability can prevail in the Oaks while the Prix du Jockey Club may go to a son of the Brave00:02
Appeals00:02
Nothing to lose but their chains: The Americans are selling up their surplus military hardware. John Windsor, Essex man, went to auction, clutching his copy of Catch-2200:02
School tests are 'a disgraceful waste of money': Spending on national curriculum bureaucracy draining education budget, conference told00:02
Headteachers divided over jeering of Patten: Plans for league tables and testing will be strongly resisted. Diana Hinds reports00:02
BM director resigns00:02
Market Report: Takeover speculation pushes up insurers00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Traffic ban to beat IRA00:02
Au pair jailed00:02
Letter: Tories past and present assess John Major's 'guilt'00:02
View from Paris: Friends fight a duel as gloom crosses the Channel00:02
Co-op referred to OFT: Maria Scott reports concern over a rule change that reduces the time in which cardholders are allowed to pay their bills00:02
Departures: Ferry crossing00:02
Chrysalis new look to prove costly: Media group says amusements arm is exception to improved performances00:02
Power for president00:02
Italy's revolution looks to Milan for a lead: Rome braces for local elections backlash from city where magistrates smashed Craxi power base00:02
Letter: Maternity provision00:02
Three arrested in fatal arson attack00:02
Obituary: Bernard Simons00:02
Macedonia refuses deal to keep US out of area: Skopje steps up its UN campaign for international recognition00:02
Upbeat: Coda00:02
Holiday's unhappy ending00:02
Sporting digest: Football00:02
Fighting talk from embattled Major: Prime Minister seeks to counter poor poll ratings but his unpopularity is shared by today's world leaders00:02
Birmingham tracker00:02
He's putting the bee back into his beer: Michael Jackson finds a tradition of brewing with honey undergoing a revival in the Black Country. The results may soon be available at a pub near you00:02
Cupid is alive and well . . . and hanging out in a wine bar: Heart Searching: Adele Gautier describes how she organised her own singles night00:02
Obituary: Marv Johnson00:02
Letter: A Renaissance man to restore the Uffizi00:02
The Independent Road Test: Comfortable leader in the mini marathon: Phil Llewellin is pleasantly surprised when he takes the Fiat Cinquecento on his own 24-hour 'Le Mans' road race to find out just what it is made of00:02
Cricket: Bicknell's resolution frustrates Lancashire00:02
Letter: Transported back in time by a photograph00:02
Invesco heaps blame on old management: Company admits that remaining big problem is pounds 11.3m lawsuit from trustees of Mirror Group pension scheme00:02
Invesco seeks to reassure investors: Maria Scott and Vivien Goldsmith look at changes at the fund manager00:02
A new watch could be in your future00:02
Athletics: Business for Akabusi: Fun relays provide curtain-raiser00:02
Motor Racing: More unique challenges face Mansell: Change for IndyCars00:02
UN gives green light for Nato air strikes: Security Council plan should increase protection for Muslims in 'safe areas' - Skopje steps up campaign for recognition00:02
When gilts lose their shine: Christine Stopp explains the risks and advantages of government stock00:02
Universities cut classes: Students lose places because of government funding change00:02
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan, 29 pounds .00:02
Quotes of the week00:02
Obituary: Ian Thomas00:02
Letter: Transported back in time by a photograph00:02
Gastropod00:02
Fall in US unemployment brings unexpected cheer00:02
Auctions (CORRECTED)00:02
Guinier shockwaves buffet Clinton: Another blow for President's prestige as he withdraws his nomination of a controversial lawyer for civil rights chief00:02
Classic Thoughts: Iron fist in iron glove: Frederic Raphael on Arthur Koestler's bleak masterpiece, Darkness at Noon (1940)00:02
Retail Therapy00:02
Fall of a tarnished grandee: Steve Boggan and Michael Prestage trace the career of Sir Edward Du Cann, the Tory haunted by debt00:02
Burford seeks 42m pounds to finance deal00:02
Saucerer's apprentice makes good: After nine years spent learning her craft, Cathy Gradwell, the new head chef at Launceston Place, has made an impressive debut, says Emily Green00:02
Golf: Faldo gets hooked at the last00:02
Cricket: Surfie riding the crest of a wave00:02
Spice and variety from young designers: Roger Tredre reports on the stylistic diversity of Graduate Fashion Week00:02
Birthdays00:02
Motorcycling / Manx men are compelled to flirt with a fatal attraction: Aficionados keen to play down the perils of competing in the Isle of Man TT Race fortnight. Mike Rowbottom reports00:02
Racing: Henderson signs jockey00:02
Barclays backs gold project: Bank provides dollars 90m loan for joint venture in Uzbekistan00:02
Putting on the Ritts (at 90,000 pounds a day): When a superphotographer shoots a lager ad on a Californian beach, no one's talking small beer00:02
Obituary: Bernard Simons00:02
Cargo ship 'did not respond to warnings'00:02
Despairing search for an education: Karen Gold talks to three people hit by the cancellation of degree courses00:02
Departures: World beater00:02
THEATRE / Painting by numbers: Paul Taylor finds sanitation and fabrication in John Kane's musical biography Leonardo - A Portrait of Love at the Strand Theatre00:02
Texas reprieve shows up penal flaws: Gary Graham's case highlights the dangers of a state deeply attached to the death penalty00:02
Police chief's speech provokes race letters: Condon says objections to his comments on police combating racism shows depth of prejudice in society. Terry Kirby reports00:02
The wild sheep chase: Letter from Moniack00:02
Man shoots lover dead in car park and kills himself: Daughter and grandchildren see woman killed00:02
Friends' free advice00:02
Legal cover is no panacea: Insurance is often inadequate protection, writes Maria Scott00:02
Profile: Virago was the only name to pick: Carmen Callil, no ordinary feminist publisher00:02
Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Country Matters: Happiness is a big bundle of pea-sticks00:02
Hotel totters on the edge as cliff drops into sea: Scarborough guests evacuated as landslip damages building and leaves it hanging 200ft above shore00:02
Traditional healers fight Aids: Millions of lives in Africa depend on the success of a campaign to teach preventative measures