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Letter: Haitians pay the price of sanctions-busting00:02
Pakistan grieves for its sepoys: Ahmed Rashid explains why Islamabad cannot afford to cut its losses and pull out of Somalia00:02
Cricket / First Test: England are handed a lesson in determination: The touring team begin their defence of the Ashes with an emphatic victory as Gooch's men succumb to their sixth successive defeat00:02
Health: Veterans of the consulting room share their traumas: An internal examination can seem like a violation, says Eileen Fursland00:02
Motor Racing: Patience still the key for Mansell: IndyCar future favourable for Formula One world champion00:02
System that offers life of isolation: Heather Mills reports on a special hospital inmate who suffered abuse and harassment00:02
EC should learn from Spanish lessons00:02
Law Report: No right of access to health records: Regina v Mid Glamorgan Family Health Services Authority and another, Ex parte Martin - Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Popplewell), 14 May 199300:02
Letter: Graduate tax: unfair penalty or key to university growth?00:02
Girl 'was abused in churchyard'00:02
Teachers claim success in government tests boycott: Patten tries to enlist parents' support by publishing first English exam for 14-year-olds. Judith Judd reports00:02
Labour in 'crisis' over party democracy: Three big unions throw out Smith's proposals as Edmonds gets ovation00:02
Rugby Union: Princely icon who leads with common touch: As the first Test approaches the Lions need galvanising, and Gavin Hastings is the man to do it. Steve Bale reports from Invercargill00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Letter: Why we shouldn't speak ill of Italy00:02
When the rot set in: A new compost heap provided salutary lessons for Jane Green00:02
Royal Geographical Society00:02
Chess: White to play and lose00:02
Cricket: Injuries hit Derbyshire hopes00:02
Leading Article: Time to put a stop to the 'safe areas' sham00:02
Racing: Alarm as Prairie joins the prime-time fatalities: The death of the favourite in the Belmont Stakes is conspicuous evidence of American racing's high rate of attrition00:02
Sporting Digest: Motorcycling00:02
Health Update: Cold comfort00:02
View from City Road: SIB should be able to let off real fireworks00:02
UN troops died 'trying to take Somali radio station': Security Council gropes for a response to peace-keepers' deaths00:02
Obituary: James Bridges00:02
BOOK REVIEW / And Juliet is the sun worshipper: 'A Spanish Lover' - Joanna Trollope: Bloomsbury, 15.99 pounds00:02
Turning swords into legal paperweights00:02
Inland Revenue investigates football clubs: Three-year inquiry into alleged tax evasion and financial irregularities among leading sides00:02
Football: Rix moves to Chelsea00:02
Leading Article: While the law is an ass squatters are sitting pretty00:02
Resolute band of followers gather in the Lords to hear Tory leader-in-exile's Maastricht rallying cry00:02
OPERA / Unjust desserts: Jan Smaczny discovers that a little Pimlico Opera goes a very long way00:02
People: PhD for bank's man of marble00:02
Health: Murder by manipulation: when a doctor doesn't see: A new theory could explain why women torture children with unnecessary drugs. Cases may not be as rare as experts think, says Jerome Burne00:02
Detectives mystified by shooting of accountant: Trainee murdered while watching television had 'unblemished character'00:02
PowerGen urges sell-off: Board wants Government to discuss disposal of remaining 40%00:02
TELEVISION / Critical Eye00:02
Italy enjoys first fruit of its revolt against Rome: Patricia Clough sums up the mood after new forces sweep the municipal polls00:02
Doctor's 1m pounds damages claim00:02
Smith wins compromise on voting rights: Labour leader's plan to increase membership is likely to bring a cut in qualification periods for new members. Patricia Wynn Davies reports00:02
Hancock's comic spirit lives on in Scandinavia: Exhibition highlights comedian's enduring appeal. Chris Arnot reports00:02
Profits fall, but Leigh scents recovery00:02
City of Angels sinks under tide of vitriol: Los Angeles votes today in a divisive mayoral contest00:02
New-style nurse00:02
View from City Road: Generating a lot of bafflement00:02
Gonzalez will attempt to go it alone: Spain's Socialists confound the polls to emerge as the biggest party, but they need friends and a 'new look'00:02
Mental health regime 'abuses human rights': Government 'failing to protect patients'00:02
Obituary: Tahar Djaout00:02
Letter: West has aided cruelty of Milosevic00:02
Outcry over dockyard's future00:02
Bottom Line: Oriflame's attractions00:02
RADIO / Cracking tales: Robert Hanks contemplates a life of crime and an unsuitable companion piece00:02
President of Uruguay comes to London in search of British investors00:02
Hunt for suspect hindered00:02
Rugby Union: Kicking against tradition00:02
Inside Parliament: Thatcher falls short of the old fury: Former Prime Minister says she would never have signed treaty: Howe says that to repudiate it would be gross breach of faith00:02
Health: Whatever happened to that other pill?: The abortion drug RU486 offered an alternative to surgery. Adam Legge looks at why it is still so little used00:02
Crew identified00:02
Minister out00:02
Swim to jail00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Accountancy & Management: Andersen climbs up fee league: Roger Trapp reports on how a big rise in insolvency work has boosted income00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Muslims rout Croats after accepting 'safe areas'00:02
Market welcomes Cullens expansion00:02
Letter: Graduate tax: unfair penalty or key to university growth?00:02
SFO director says task justifies special powers: Peter Rodgers reports on accusations that the Serious Fraud Office has become a modern Star Chamber00:02
Warning from Jeyes sends shares diving: Interim profits will be 'substantially below market expectations'00:02
Athletics: Livingston's appeal is thrown out00:02
Interview: Shirley's message from Monaco: She knows that if women want power over their lives, they must earn and hold on to their own money. She learnt the hard way00:02
Health Update: Hypnotic self-help00:02
BIS urges banks to take care over futures00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
How to get our hands on Mr Nadir: John Torode looks at three ways Turkish Cyprus could be made to return the fugitive00:02
Tennis: Bates rallies to success: Britain's No 1 stoops to conquer in a dramatic comeback at Queen's00:02
The Daily Poem: John Agard writes about Caroline Lee's photograph, Earthwalk, Going To Return: Earthwalk00:02
Workshop brings the Bard to life: Rhys Williams goes to a west London school which did not take the tests00:02
Letter: West has aided cruelty of Milosevic00:02
Buyout of Lotus runs into a snag00:02
BIS warning on futures and options00:02
Bosnia's 'Safe areas': Chequered pedigree of a compromise00:02
Brussels upgrades forecast for growth in Britain: Clarke warns European slump could threaten recovery here Credit figures point to modest upswing in spending00:02
Sporting Digest: Speedway00:02
Sporting Digest: American Football00:02
Menchu calls for a purge00:02
Court Circular00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Equestrianism: Munro-Kerr dies after fall00:02
Creativity: The ideas roll in for a used Lamont00:02
Heron bondholders urge 'yes' vote00:02
Anniversaries00:02
New clue to treatment of arthritis00:02
Yeltsin wins over hardliners who walked out of congress: Boycott fizzles out as key delegates pledge support for 'presidential' rule00:02
Cricket / First Test: Captain's defiance ended by act of indiscretion00:02
Obituary: Stuart Marshall00:02
Export scam robs Kenya of millions: Richard Dowden reports that government officials approved bonuses for bogus sales of gold and jewellery00:02
Smith 'posed as delegate in vote': Book alleges Labour leader represented defunct union branch in selection contest00:02
Germans become inured to violence against foreigners: Racial attacks leave politicians paralysed and the media indifferent00:02
Lib Dems choose woman candidate: The Christchurch by-election00:02
Birthdays00:02
ART / Something out of nothing: 'Paris post-War', sponsored by The Independent, opens on Wednesday. Andrew Graham-Dixon argues that existentialism is not so much a philosophy of life as a school of art00:02
TELEVISION / BRIEFING: Animated discussions00:02
Farm stripped00:02
Football: Slick England open with an easy victory over holders00:02
Train builder does away with 900 jobs: Rail privatisation plans blamed by unions for ABB Transportation's lack of orders00:02
Market Report: BAe soars through rights price barrier00:02
Health Update: Relative risks00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Sporting Digest: Rowing00:02
Latvia to tackle citizens' rights: Ethnic Russians may eventually gain full rights in their adopted country, but not all at once00:02
Letter: Blood centres for all make giving simple00:02
Obituary: Viscount Rochdale00:02
Defection hits Green splinter group00:02
Cycling: Henry eyes the yellow00:02
England and Wales find a place in the sun: Cool work at the Walls factory as heat is on for hay fever victims and rhinos00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Letter: High time for a rhyme00:02
Where are they now?: Bert Williams00:02
Value of 'health foods' questioned: Survey reveals high fat and sugar levels00:02
Pembroke: Anger at air leak00:02
A fishy coincidence of principle and revenge00:02
BAA seeks to raise charges at Heathrow: Certain aircraft may be restricted Capacity could run out by 199700:02
Three-tier system for testing: Yesterday's paper set out to explore comprehension and word skills, writes Judith Judd00:02
View from City Road: Profits from BAA's monopoly keep rolling in00:02
Cricket / Round-Up: Morris shows the way as Glamorgan go top00:02
'In control'00:02
Cricket / First Test: Technique has Smith in a flat spin00:02
Postman jailed for thefts00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Why the people should have a vote on Maastricht: The House of Lords must uphold democracy and insist on a referendum, says Vernon Bogdanor00:02
Judge rules Woody Allen hopelessly unsuited for parenthood00:02
THEATRE / Star of David: Paul Taylor on the RSC's Venetian double offering at Stratford00:02
Motorcycling: Dunlop overtakes Hailwood00:02
Anti-terror strategy planned for City00:02
Diary: Live shoot in the Old Kent Road00:02
Parliamentary Questions: Written Replies: Voluntary Work00:02
Udal turns on the style to tie Notts up in knots: Happy Hampshire relish their first Championship triumph in 17 matches00:02
Clydesdale halts float as profits miss target00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Full turn-out of pupils for exam: Julia Hagedorn reports from a school where all the tests will be taken00:02
Letter: Graduate tax: unfair penalty or key to university growth?00:02
Virgin and BA peace talks fail00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Fowler to be questioned on Nadir funds for Tories: Labour to exploit link with fugitive head of Polly Peck00:02
Fresh evidence in Bridgewater case: Ambulanceman 'bought shotgun before killing'00:02
Racing: Maktoums prepare Dubai team for Royal Ascot00:02
Leading Article: Tests are worth getting right00:02
Briton shot dead00:02
TELEVISION / Palm-top wizardry: Thomas Sutcliffe glimpsed the future, and found geeks00:02
Heseltine defends 'Nadir lunch'00:02
Letter: Maternity care at the Royal London00:02
Israel 'a pen-stroke' from peace with Jordanians: Amman says bilateral peace agreement is 'premature'00:02
Henderson raises final dividend: Touche Remnant contributes 1.5m pounds in first three months after acquisition00:02
Racing: Stud refreshes St Ninian00:02
Carbon tax failure00:02
Parliamentary Questions: Written Replies: Skin Cancer00:02
Murder remand00:02
Health Update: Sun-loving doll attacked00:02
Golf: Woosnam flies alone as Baker has a rest00:02
Football: Taylor appoints Ince to 'lead by example': United's powerhouse carries on in the footsteps of Robson as he prepares to captain his country against the US00:02
Attali fends off critics with shake-up plan00:02
Reprisal threat after Liberia massacre00:02
Aids cases 'could be fewer than predicted'00:02
Slavery crime00:02
Sailing: Ketch the new wave00:02
Today's Number: 1000:02
Why say goodbye when you can say, 'Right, Abyssinia'?00:02
Letter: Foreign air that takes your breath away00:02
The man who decided to fight: Felipe Gonzalez won the Spanish election, but it was hardly a triumph, argues Phil Davison00:02
Cricket: Wasim pumps up the power to outwit Waqar: Surrey struggle in the face of pace and precision in a Pakistan duel00:02
Teacher union outlines alternative English papers00:02
Heseltine intervention may help Mates survive00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Packaging group will raise 85m pounds for acquisitions00:02
Bottom Line: Acquisitions add strength to Emap's advance00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Tennis: Injury doubt hangs over Graf: Wimbledon may be deprived of both its singles champions