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Travel: True stories00:02
Guide to work at ski resorts00:02
Property: Tudor, dating back to Christmas 199200:02
Cubans to own dollars00:02
Hundreds phone hotline after child migrant film00:02
Country Matters: Abruptly, a deer's life comes full cycle00:02
Rothschild name change00:02
Golf: Quotes of the day00:02
I can get it for you wholesale . . .: You're delighted because you bought a quartz watch for pounds 1 at a car-boot sale? It cost 35p. John Windsor looks at the lucrative world of market trading00:02
Paris Post War00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Acid explosion00:02
Books: Independent Foreign Fiction Award: Comfortable at sea in syntax: Sabine Durrant talks to Helen Lane, translator of Makbara by Juan Goytisolo (Serpent's Tail, 9.99)00:02
Football: Brazil recalls its European exiles00:02
Defences crumble as mighty rivers merge: Homes abandoned to the flood amid torrential rains as waters of the Mississippi and Missouri defeat efforts to contain them00:02
Azeri 'assassination attempt'00:02
Tour de France: Roscioli takes long and shining road to victory00:02
Cricket: Carr helps leaders pass test00:02
Books: Independent Foreign Fiction Award: Adventures in humility: Robert Winder talks to Giovanni Pontiero, who translated The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by Jose Saramago (Harvill 14.99)00:02
Major sets the press agenda before lunch in Lincolnshire00:02
New faces join travel insurance market: Paul Gosling finds increasing competition among people offering cover for motoring holidays in Europe00:02
Letter: You can't get blood from a stone into a weevil00:02
Everest award00:02
Pyongyang talks with US hit snag: Neighbours remain wary of N Korea's nuclear intentions00:02
Property: Cemented into the poverty trap of the Nineties00:02
Books: Independent Foreign Fiction Award: Translation: The Grand International00:02
Lloyds woos graduates00:02
Today's Number: 1400:02
Table Tennis: England may come unstuck over glue ban00:02
Drink: Selection from the shelves00:02
Obituary: Antun Soljan00:02
35m pounds fraud charge00:02
Birthdays00:02
Appointments: Church appointments00:02
Legal challenge may stall Maastricht: Rees-Mogg seeks judicial review on ratification00:02
Italian businessmen arrested00:02
Recipe / Last orders of summer pasta00:02
Counselling in Leeds00:02
Clarke threatens to widen VAT: Indirect taxes favoured to cut budget deficit00:02
Police lead fight for pensions sex equality: Men are claiming discrimination over lump-sum rights00:02
Prototypes from the perimeters: He ran away from home; had no training; makes clothes for Madonna but shuns the limelight. Roger Tredre meets Koji Tatsuno00:02
Property: Beams ancient and modern - David Lawson meets a man who rebuilds the past - and two of his satisfied customers00:02
Limit on mortgage assistance00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Done for hopping out of season00:02
Faith and Reason: Claim to authority divides a church: Our series on Catholicism without Rome returns to the Church of England: Elizabeth Mills, of Forward in Faith, argues that women priests are incompatible with catholicism.00:02
Spotting the difference in the big banks' student packages: The clearers have spelt out their offers. Neasa MacErlean looks at the small print00:02
German prosecutor wants to see Lopez over documents00:02
Profile: How to turn a warmonger into a hero: General Aideed, top bad-guy on America's hit list00:02
Blackmailer gets 10 years00:02
Obituary: Jo France00:02
Central banks pile in to help Danish krone: Massive intervention operation 'hasn't worked'00:02
Food and Drink: Chill out with a cool soup: The traditional winter warmer can be just as satisfying if delivered cold on a summer's day - and there's no need even to switch on the stove00:02
Obituary: Douglas Bell00:02
Spending plea00:02
Golf: Langer graduates at course management00:02
Recommended books00:02
Motoring: Never mind the price; look at the history: James Ruppert hails the return to fashion of the estate car - and tests some models on the second-hand market00:02
Freedom of King's consigned to the past by pressures of tourism00:02
Hospital court00:02
Off the Shelf: Malicious gossip after Mass: Derek Severn on The Postman, a neglected work by the Nobel laureate Roger Martin du Gard00:02
Letter: UN has the authority to relieve Sarajevo00:02
Man jailed for taking baby00:02
Expulsion ruling threatens family00:02
Halifax starts dealing service with ShareLink00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Midshires' 7.6% gross00:02
Court Circular00:02
Balladur recalls 'shame' of Vichy00:02
Buthelezi threatens split00:02
Sarajevo may be left to its fate: Sadako Ogata, the UN refugees commissioner, predicts catastrophe for the 'safe areas' in another winter of war00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The day-to-day pain of hated stains: 'Marble Skin' - Slavenka Drakulic, Tr. Greg Mosse: Hutchinson, 13.9900:02
Children's progress 'stunted by traffic'00:02
REVIEW / Stringing them out: Robert Maycock at London recitals for traditional sitar and modern piano00:02
Obituary: Professor Herbert Spencer00:02
Galleries miss out on blockbuster shows: Senior figures in the art world warn that Britain may no longer be able to attract internationally important exhibitions00:02
Boy's transplant00:02
Travel: Corfu reply00:02
Tool Box: Hardy way to air a lawn00:02
Baghdad signals hard line in dealing with UN00:02
I knew we were right for each other00:02
Obituary: Mircho Spassov00:02
Letter: UN has the authority to relieve Sarajevo00:02
Robinson removes nine in rout: Cricket round-up00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Saturday Night: Where you can eat your art out00:02
THEATRE / Acts of rough magic: Paul Taylor reviews The Mountain Giants, Pirandello's final, unfinished play at the National's Cottesloe00:02
Travel: Invaders from the Planet Overdress: Rose Rouse casts off her inhibitions (and her clothes) to enjoy a naturist holiday in the South of France00:02
Costain Homes is sold00:02
MI5 allows chink of light to infiltrate world of espionage: Terry Kirby assesses the value of a booklet designed to lift the veil on one half of the security services00:02
Books: Independent Foreign Fiction Award: Messages transmitted by facts: Peter Guttridge talks to Paul Wilson, translator of My Golden Trades by Ivan Klima (Granta, 13.99)00:02
Equestrianism: The withdrawal of Milton irks British manager00:02
Motoring: The Independent Road Test: A marriage of style, space and power: Estate cars used to mean barn-like styling and barge-like performance, but the Ford Mondeo epitomises how things have changed, says Phil Llewellin00:02
Gardening Update: Weekend work00:02
Travel: Holiday reading - what goes where00:02
Attali makes sudden exit after audit report: EBRD president and board criticised over spending - Question of golden handshake still uncertain00:02
Drink: A taste of the new world wine order: Sainsbury's has 94 new wines on its books. Anthony Rose charts the company's return to form00:02
Colourful language of European democracy: Out of Strasbourg00:02
One man's emergency is an insurer's 'wear and tear': A policy to pay for domestic crises turned out to have some expensive exclusion clauses. Maria Scott reports00:02
Guides' dismay00:02
Golf: Farr falls prey to malicious monster: Guy Hodgson reports from Royal St George's, Sandwich, on the man who failed a sadistic test00:02
I told him I was busy for the next three weeks and made my escape: Heart Searching: Sometimes there are hearts and flowers, sometimes non-starts and glowers. Two readers describe their very different experiences00:02
How to bargain00:02
Golf: Faldo forges course record with scintillating 63: The Open Championship: Defending champion lies a stroke ahead of Langer as Couples, Norman and Pavin prepare to pounce from two adrift00:02
Obituary: Peretz Miransky00:02
Books: Independent Foreign Fiction Award: Sorcerer in the national night: Nick Caistor talks to Barbara Bray, translator of The Palace of Dreams by Ismail Kadare (Harvill, 7.99)00:02
Upbeat: United we fall00:02
Correction: Quote Unquote00:02
Letter: So much for the market price of my house00:02
Scuffles in court after sex charges dropped00:02
Travel: Swat Spot: Definitely not the pits: In the first of a series on educational trips, Frank Barrett takes a group of children down a mine00:02
Obituary: Roderick Anthony00:02
Books: Independent Foreign Fiction Award: Symbol machine on full throttle: Natasha Walter talks to Hillel Halkin, translator of Mr Mani by A B Yehoshua (Peter Halban 15.99)00:02
Fonzi in disgrace00:02
Football: United's 3.75m pounds deal for Keane00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Telling tales in Greek and other larks: 'A Different Sea' - Claudio Magris Tr. M S Spurr: Harvill, 12.99 pounds00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Elusive answers to Darwin's riddle: Is a homosexual born or made? Theories abound over possibility of genetic link00:02
First night of the Proms: Harpist Louise Martin of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal00:02
Gardening: The danger of obsessive love affairs: Stephen Anderton argues that gardens need a creative approach rather than the compulsive collection of rare species00:02
Hundreds call child migrant phoneline00:02
Turmoil over 'pay now, die later': Attempts to reassure the public about pre-paid funeral plans have divided the professionals. Vivien Goldsmith reports00:02
Universities to decide on new ways of funding: Report will offer vice-chancellors range of options on charging for higher education00:02
1.7m Britons apply for BT shares00:02
Appeals00:02
Credit unions run into a snag because of registrar's ruling00:02
Appointments00:02
Departures: Oz race00:02
Cycling: Obree misses world hour record00:02
TSB fixes until 199800:02
Upbeat: Coda00:02
Travel: A literary companion to take on your travels00:02
Letter: Arts cuts will impoverish our spiritual life00:02
Twelfth Man: New class of Rhodes scholars00:02
Cash problem wasn't in the stars00:02
Tennis: Normal service resumed as Foster leads British exodus00:02
Letter: A controversial chromosome00:02
Atmosphere of fear does exist, BBC staff poll finds: Employees have low opinion of management but are proud of programmes00:02
Crowe heads list for London post: Raymond Seitz to serve out his full term00:02
German prosecutor wants to see Lopez over documents00:02
Man charged over explosives find00:02
Wills00:02
Food and Drink: Grist of anarchy from the organic mills: Emily Green, one of the judges in the Organic Food Awards, is disappointed in general, but delighted by the best foods on offer00:02
Motorcycling: Rainey has basis to make recovery00:02
Japan's voters set to endorse political change00:02
Leading Article: Time for Japan to face up to its responsibilities00:02
Auctions00:02
Letter: Not just a pretty phrase: the Latin in your pocket00:02
Letter: 'Performance' fits the single classic play bill00:02
Latin summit stirred but not shaken by Fidel: Cuba accepts a watered-down resolution backing its stand against US embargo00:02
BES repossessions offer00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
'My fear is having straight children': Martin Whitfield met a family with reason to believe in the gay gene00:02
US-UK Fulbright Commission00:02
Motoring Racing: Results to stand as fuel dispute burns out00:02
Gardening Update: Cut above the rest00:02
Cricket: Brown adds dash of colour00:02
MI5 edges out of the shadows: 42% of elite Security Service officers are women - Terrorists are main target - Bugging of Royal Family denied - Booklet outlines organisation00:02
Crowe heads list for London post: Raymond Seitz to serve out his full term00:02
Money Grouse: Would-be buyer put off BT3 shares00:02
Letter: Shipped out to drudgery00:02
Iraqi dissidents ponder move to Kurdish refuge: 30,000 Shias hope to leave Saudi camp00:02
World Student Games: Jefferson's drug claim00:02
Sailing: Conner chased home: American sets transatlantic record00:02
Letter: A controversial chromosome00:02
Schizophrenic killer given probation: Grandfather, 83, pushed over wall by man being cared for in the community00:02
Athletics: Grindley tries to maximise chances of success in Stuttgart: Mike Rowbottom on the strategy adopted by a British 400 metres runner with World Championship ambitions00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
MUSIC / If it's baroque, don't mend it: For 30 years the English Bach Festival has been sailing under false colours. Lina Lalandi admits all to Mark Pappenheim00:02
The bare facts for tax-saving parents00:02
Departures: Turkey troubles00:02
Travel: Titles to pick and pack from your local bookshop00:02
Letter: A controversial chromosome00:02
View from New York: Widespread abuses show Chapter 11 is bankrupt00:02
Letter: A controversial chromosome00:02
Racing: Risky the reliable solution to Sprint: Hannon can extend his hegemony in a race where the rules aim to establish a spirit of equality00:02
Exchange intervenes to stem Apple slide: Poor third-quarter results spark sell-off by investors00:02
Market Report: Trading set to break free from stifling BT300:02
Traders discount Clarke meeting: Christchurch Campaign: List of demands presented to Chancellor00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
The Week in Review: Sport00:02
Scientists at odds in 'gay gene' debate00:02
Upbeat: Dead male00:02
The Way I Was: Smitten by a magical Margot: Fiona Chadwick tells Nicholas Roe of her first experience of a 'proper ballet'00:02
Shares suspended at Resort: Hotel group calls in accountants to investigate 'financing issues'00:02
Figures hint at US recovery slowing: Trade improves but confidence low00:02
Music: Down on the farm: What made a festival in rural Schleswig-Holstein into one of Europe's biggest? Andrew Green explores the dream and the reality00:02
UN military forces dig in for Bosnia stay00:02
Gardening: Angels can wear suits as well as sandals00:02
Hanging the lizards on the washing line: Julie Aschkenasy meets Richard Pell, whose skill at turning cold metal into dinosaurs, dragons or daffodils is earning him a large following - and amusing the neighbours00:02
Departures: Rail guide00:02
'My fear is having straight children': Martin Whitfield met a family with reason to believe in the gay gene00:02
TELEVISION / Taking leave of the senses: Thomas Sutcliffe on The Leaving of Liverpool00:02
UN tries to clear up Somalia mess: The row with Italy over operations in Mogadishu is casting a shadow across the future of peace-keeping00:02
Mobutu guard enters fray00:02
Books: Independent Foreign Fiction Award: Outrages along the new wall: Ralph Manheim, who translated The Call of the Toad by Gunter Grass (Secker & Warburg, 14.99), died last year. The following is an extract from the novel00:02
Woman shot dead00:02
Cricket: Cork can enter Headingley horses-for-courses stakes: England's selectors must take local conditions into consideration before choosing team to face Australia in fourth Test starting on Thursday00:02
Ukraine gets nuclear warning00:02
Gardening: Perfect symmetry: Audley End House00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Cricket: Atherton's barricade keeps out the dragon00:02
Fortress stake boosts Arlen00:02
Books: A man-reader in Malgudi: The Indian writer R K Narayan tells Tim McGirk about his many misadventures00:02
Memento of Byron's most innocent love to be sold: A locket of hair the poet sent to his childhood sweetheart was a romantic token of a unique friendship. Dalya Alberge reports00:02
Letter: Bizarre but common00:02
Correction: Squeeze the fruit until the pith squeeks00:02
Football: Powell's embarrassment of attacking riches: England manager relishes the opportunity to build confidence and develop gifted players for full national squad. Phil Shaw reports00:02
Christians focus on question of abortion00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
Biggest unions stand firm against Smith: Conference motions oppose one member, one vote00:02
The menacing of Margaret Anne00:02
Diamond raiders had door key and inside knowledge: Police question staff at jeweller's after studying video evidence of 7m pounds robbery00:02
RECORDS / Bent to the will of the master: Robert Cowan and Edward Seckerson collide over Bach and Prokofiev00:02
Director resigns00:02
Russia to limit foreign churches00:02
Columbus offers UK travel cover00:02
Motor Racing: Mansell off track and off the qualifying pace: Crash mars IndyCar qualifying in Canada as Fisa makes petrol peace with leading Formula One teams00:02
Nigeria sets poll date00:02
Athletics: Slick Christie confirms his superiority: Britain's golden sprinter makes his mark again to eclipse rivals at the combined AAA Championships and world championship trials00:02
Travel: From Hippiedom to Legoland via 'Legoverland': Pusher Street, the Erotic Museum, Hans Christian Andersen and the biggest toy box in the world. Simon Calder experiences contrasting aspects of Denmark00:02
Books: Of steak and sin ..: Here's what T Coraghessan Boyle serves up to start his new novel, The Road to Wellville,. Brilliant, pungent American stuff. Great flavour, full of amoral fibre, from a book so fresh it's not out till October00:02
Yorkshire Food buys 80% of US dried fruit business00:02
Lebanese are won over by the Shamrock: Sarah Helm talks to the UN's Irish force near Israel's 'security zone'00:02
Government borrowing below forecasts in June00:02
Cricket: Sussex subside in the damp00:02
British Rail's pension fund could be pulled into deficit: Another setback for government privatisation plans00:02
Obituary: Robert Campbell Jnr00:02
Food and Drink: A cheap guide to China00:02
AA's Chubb discount00:02
Gastropod00:02
Government targets South in revised 'assisted areas' map: Anger as leaks reveal that Scotland, Wales and the North will lose out in policy switch00:02
BA plan for new runway at Heathrow: Secret report seeks to boost capacity with new option to south of airport