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Letter: The Heseltine touch00:02
Talks due on Israeli pull-out00:02
FBI cleared over Waco raid00:02
In Brief: Endowment policy sale00:02
The Week in Review: Sport00:02
Arts campaign finds platform for presentation of punk literary spectacular00:02
Upbeat: CODA00:02
Serbs trade abuse in power struggle: Ultra-nationalist MPs launch no-confidence vote against Socialist government00:02
Shareholders throw out Greycoat rescue: Rejection of Postel's pounds 120m package throws future of troubled property developer into confusion00:02
Toxic fumes alert00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
Confidence in economy rises: Output forecast moves into line with Treasury's summer prediction00:02
Quadramatic keeps word00:02
Message to ET: don't call us, we're off the air00:02
Heart Searching: Investing in the high-risk market of love: The Agencies. Continuing our series, Lynne Curry reports on different approaches to the business and asks if there is a blueprint for success00:02
Recommended Books00:02
Gardening: Tool Box00:02
The Way I Was: Now I know what fun is: Mike Oldfield tells Nicholas Roe how he learnt to relax with his fame00:02
Mafia kingpin jailed for life00:02
Travel: Home alone cats00:02
Birthdays00:02
Travel: A swan through clotted cream country: Jane Austen meets the Jurassic period on the rigorous but rewarding West Dorset Coastal path. Tony Kelly explores00:02
Leader of Strasbourg Tories warns of 'suicide'00:02
Major pulls party back to basics: Prime Minister emphasises need for unity and says any infighting must be kept behind closed doors00:02
Night flights to be cut after court action: Anti-noise campaigners welcome reduction but still seek ban00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Wisps of wistful romance: 'A Summer Tide' - Tony Peake: Abacus, 8.99 pounds00:02
Letter: John Patten's bad example00:02
Travel: Seatless down in Alicante: Last week Simon Calder got lucky. This week the bucket-shop bogey took revenge00:02
Letter: Repatriation and racism00:02
Letter: Judicial conspiracy?00:02
Ex-KGB chief's new role as nation's 'father': Geidar Aliyev, back in power in Azerbaijan, was in Moscow for yesterday's summit on the troubled Caucasus region. Hugh Pope in Baku assesses the problems facing him00:02
Today's Number: 2900:02
View from Tokyo: Going from bad to worse - and beyond00:02
Off the Shelf: A terrible eye for evil: Kenneth Baxter on an exotic tale from an 18th-century eccentric00:02
Cricket: DeFreitas in demand00:02
Cuttings: Cactus complete00:02
Tiphook warning has shares on slide00:02
Travel: Top 20 Resorts: Saas-Fee00:02
Graystone buys Syphon00:02
In Brief: Advice for the fifties00:02
Falkland islanders go to polls00:02
Peking bans satellite dishes00:02
Baseball: Atlanta's attack atones00:02
Upbeat: Mystic choice00:02
Stone Age footprints found on beach00:02
Recipe: Corn off the cob00:02
Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
Departures: House-swap plan00:02
MUSIC / The whole world on six strings: Why would anyone take up the classical guitar? John Williams puts the case for an 'underprivileged' instrument to Nick Kimberley00:02
William Donaldson's Week: I've fallen for Classy Cressida00:02
First Night: Wagner's 'hymn to art' a riot of fun: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg00:02
Court Circular00:02
Still dreaming of his homeland: Robert Fisk in Damascus hears George Habash, orator, fighter and refugee, spell out his terms for a settlement with Israel00:02
Clinton pushes for Syria deal00:02
Rugby Union: Bath content to all Catt as stand-in for Guscott: Ryan at lock is key for Wasps as they face a crucial confrontation with their 100 per cent league rivals00:02
German minister stays put00:02
Leipzig marchers look back with anger and pride: Life as 'Germans' has been difficult for the citizens of the eastern city that led the march to change, writes Steve Crawshaw00:02
US surge kicks Hi-Tec into black: Turnover soars at sports shoe group00:02
Rugby League: Tamati depends on home produce for Kiwis' fruition00:02
In Brief: Cash-back offer00:02
Motor Racing: Irvine signs up for Jordan00:02
Market Report: Schroders' astonishing profits progress00:02
Sporting Digest: Equestrianism00:02
Co-op divi makes a comeback00:02
Departures: Disney Noel00:02
Jew wins pounds 8,000 over abuse00:02
Adopting a costly problem: Paul Gosling warns of the potential pitfalls of having responsibility for your road00:02
Letter: John Patten's bad example00:02
In Brief: Growing age of children00:02
Ulster arms find00:02
Leading Article: Mr Yelstin in search of allies00:02
Football: Teams News00:02
Europe reluctant to open door to Russia00:02
Letter: John Patten's bad example00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Gastropod: Correction00:02
Flu warning00:02
Racing: Scudamore rides in pursuit of the squire: Sue Montgomery on the enduring ability of a former champion00:02
Quake victim rescued on pyre00:02
Letter: A fine tradition of English organ building00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Letter: Northern Ireland: self-determination in a divided society00:02
Threat to deselect rebellious MPs00:02
Thatcher wins ban00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Windswept combination of hi-tech and romance00:02
GP to refuse 'costly' patients: Leading fund-holder says more money needed to take on mentally handicapped people. Nicholas Timmins reports00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Misfits in a tyranny of goodness: 'The Grisly Wife' - Rodney Hall: Faber, 14.99 pounds00:02
Slimming tea strains belief00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Low-key leader is right on target00:02
SA troops kill children in Transkei raid00:02
Greeks unite to draw a hard line on Macedonia: On the eve of voting in Athens, Leonard Doyle sees no change in policy towards Skopje00:02
Gone for a song, you sucker: Arrests at a London auction house have made sellers nervous, but it is outside the capital that trickery is commonplace, says John Windsor00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The Botany Bay factor: Jan Morris on Tom Keneally's insights into the forthcoming Australian republic; 'Memoirs from a Young Republic' - Tom Keneally: Heinemann, 16.99 pounds00:02
Departures: Cholera menace00:02
Football: Dutchman for whom winning is losing: If Dick Advocaat's team beat England in Wednesday's World Cup tie he will still lose his job. Joe Lovejoy met him00:02
Zambia home affairs trouble00:02
THEATRE / Family plot: Paul Taylor on The Piano Lesson and Famine00:02
Departures: Beatle tracking00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Football: Liverpool showing interest in Steven00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Saturday Night: Where has the future gone?00:02
Former Army officer 'admitted killing parents'00:02
Cell mates00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Gardening: A maverick in the nursery: Michael Loftus used to run a wholefood store. Now, self-taught, he grows wholly wonderful plants. Anna Pavord met him00:02
Property: Homes with a degree of excellence: When a Cambridge college decided to build houses, the result was first class. Anne Spackman reports00:02
Celltech float boost for B&C administrators00:02
Scrubbed elbows in Wapping00:02
Crafty work down at the Chelsea fair: Early Christmas shoppers could do worse than take a look at the work of a couple of craftswomen, reports Julie Aschkenasy00:02
Service appointments00:02
Grand plan that keeps on running: From Dimmock to Rider, telephones to teleprinters, Grandstand is 35 years old today. Jim White wishes it happy birthday00:02
BZW resigns over ASH dividend scheme00:02
Rugby League: Bishop feasts at top table00:02
Food and Drink: Wine with a northern accent: There is a celebration in store all the way to the Scottish border, says Anthony Rose00:02
Irish people who live abroad to get vote00:02
Gastropod00:02
Departures: Mozambique tour00:02
Country Matters: Fat, white, big as dinner-plates00:02
Obituary: William Henderson00:02
Letter: A fine tradition of English organ building00:02
Food and Drink: A feast justifies the joint effort: We have lost the habit of Sunday lunch, so now it can become a special treat00:02
Minister plans compliance test for red tape00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
Child murderer is found strangled in prison cell: Police investigate death of paedophile who killed three boys. Graham Moorby reports00:02
Football: Rangers receive a boost00:02
Obituary: Professor Lorie Tarshis00:02
DISCS / DOUBLE PLAY: Pick 'n' mix with Mozart: Edward Seckerson and Stephen Johnson on new classical releases00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
'Semi' fetches pounds 9m00:02
Bogota bombings kill two00:02
Departures: Monkey puzzle00:02
BMW's boxer bounces back: An engine born with BMW itself 70 years ago has been revamped for a futuristic new bike. Roland Brown reports00:02
Wills00:02
Books: Toni Morrison: beloved and all that jazz: Margaret Busby on the new Nobel laureate, whose wisdom can nourish us all00:02
Rebels could face treason charges: Moscow prosecutors push for leaders of parliamentary revolt to be charged under law which carries death penalty00:02
Anniversaries00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Lemon peel and dragons: Michele Roberts on Iris Murdoch's ornate, cunning and impressive new novel; 'The Green Knight' - Iris Murdoch: Cape, 15.99 pounds00:02
Travel: Calling travel writers00:02
Letter: Repatriation and racism00:02
Appointments00:02
Barn blaze remand00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Travel: The chalet goes up in the world: Crystal shattered a few myths to bring cheaper ski lodge holidays to market, says Chris Gill00:02
Appeals00:02
Nuclear threat from beyond the grave: US military expert says Russia has 'Doomsday machine' for the ultimate reprisal00:02
PLO purges internal security service00:02
Travel: Alone in a city of passion and roses: Alix Sharkey goes 'window-licking' in Lille - Flemish-flavoured capital of the North and home to fine football, funky folk and flower-sellers00:02
Prisoner jailed00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Tennis: Seles starts on way back00:02
Refusal to treat smoker 'unethical': BMA criticises consultant over surgery ban00:02
Money Grouse: Consolidation problem00:02
A dividend dilemma: Banks' attitudes to post-dated cheques can vary, Vincent Duggleby reports00:02
Changes to the Independent and the IoS00:02
Obituary: Sir David Sells00:02
Midshires cuts postal rates00:02
Cuttings: Slugging it out00:02
The Independent Road Test: Raise the roof: the ultimate Mini has arrived: It's the smoothest, chunkiest, most cuddly and best. John Simister meets a soft-top to cherish . . .00:02
South Korean army goes with the flow00:02
Cuttings: Frost wars00:02
Sellafield families lose cancer damages fight: High Court rejects genetic link between disease and nuclear plant. Heather Mills and Ian MacKinnon report on a landmark judgment00:02
50 die in Sri Lanka mudslide00:02
Basketball: Kings of nearly all they survey: Inspired in Europe, Guildford have bounced back to life00:02
Hockey: Hounslow rely on Knapp to counter Osborn: Double champions aim to close down record-breaking scorer as the League season opens00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
OPERA / Something rich and strange: Jan Smaczny on a forgotten form of opera-without-singing that foreshadowed today's music for TV and film00:02
Devonport dockyard to shed 500: Trident submarine order of pounds 5bn fails to prevent redundancies00:02
Series of explosions rocks Mogadishu: As American reinforcements arrive, uneasy quiet in Somali capital is broken by blasts and volleys of small-arms fire at patrolling helicopters00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Little acorns have to contend with mighty oaks as the Faldos of the future swing into action00:02
Tennis: Pullin's poise brings spoils back to Britain: The American dream ends before time00:02
Football Diary: Banner headline for Owls00:02
One-stage rise in VAT on fuel urged: Colin Brown reports on the Chancellor's options, as spending plans come to a head00:02
Gardening: Who is Richard North?00:02
11,000 Seat jobs under threat: VW expected to close Barcelona factory00:02
Inquiry urged into UN deaths00:02
Probability stacked against radiation victims: Tom Wilkie looks at how quantum physics affects leukaemia clusters00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
Sailing: Conner closes on Dalton00:02
Food and Drink: This place is a gem, OK?: Chain restaurants can sparkle, while haute cuisine need not come at a high price. Emily Green enjoys herself twice00:02
Widow's battle of the paid electric bill: Elderly lady threatened with disconnection after Sweb loses payment00:02
Two explosions rock north London00:02
West End theatre casts its vote for Sunday opening: David Lister reports on a move that could herald a new trend in London theatregoing00:02
Cuttings: DIY orchards00:02
Newspaper is criticised over Aids articles: Claims over disease in Africa denounced00:02
No cheer in tales of mice and men in the Gulag: For Chris Booth, mistakenly detained during Monday's fighting, a day in Moscow's maximum-security prison was enough00:02
Men jailed for plot to kill Ulster Tory00:02
US cable firms to get back together00:02
Arts: Putting yourself in the picture: Fancy seeing your husband as the Laughing Cavalier or your mother-in-law as Venus? Peter Dunn investigates the world of Studio d'Arte00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Dreaming of Manderley again: 'Mrs de Winter', Susan Hill's sequel to 'Rebecca' was published this week, but Natasha Walter found it timid; 'Mrs de Winter' - Susan Hill: Sinclair-Stevenson, 12.99 pounds00:02
Food and Drink: Nine things more pleasurable than sex00:02
TELEVISION / Party time: Thomas Sutcliffe on past politics in There Now Follows . . .00:02
The Daily Poem: In defence of making nothing happen00:02
The Conservative Party in Blackpool: Stamp of authority fails to dispel long-term doubts: Colin Brown samples the reaction from the audience at Blackpool00:02
Letter: Northern Ireland: self-determination in a divided society00:02
Sixty escape caravan park after flood00:02
The Conservative Party in Blackpool: Major calls for defence of values: Patricia Wynn Davies and Stephen Goodwin report on the Prime Minister's speech at the close of the Tory conference00:02
Brussels to investigate mortgage APR figures00:02
Iraq gives UN list of foreign arms suppliers00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Irish churches urged to bless mixed marriages: Report says couples meet hostility00:02
Auctions00:02
Women recalled for smear tests00:02
Racing: Quinn best man for Silver Groom: BBC Severn may save punters from going to the dogs, but could break the banks00:02
Two held after raid00:02
Rugby League: Bell determined to silence the doubters: Wigan's once-notorious captain has rejected club and country. Dave Hadfield assesses a decision-maker00:02
Boy hanged himself 'because of bullying'00:02
In Brief: Equity-linked income bond00:02
In Brief: Furniture and fire00:02
Fashion fuels a chain reaction: Some of Britain's biggest names have produced collections to sell through the high street, reports Tamsin Blanchard00:02
Pay as you err, Mrs Smith: Neelah was a fine nurse but her accounts were in a mess. Did she deserve to go to jail? Jim White hears the protests00:02
Property: From tennis court to High Court00:02
Tube peace plea00:02
BoS offers 100% mortgage00:02
Letter: Repatriation and racism00:02
Habash plans Palestinian poll boycott00:02
Football: Macari is linked to Celtic vacancy00:02
Storybook queen without a crown tries for happy ending: Fate of Pakistan depends on whether Bhutto has learnt from past mistakes00:02
Boxing: Eubank has edge in grudge match: Challenger Benn must take it on the chin in tonight's world super-middleweight title fight00:02
On the Front00:02
Profile: How Ratboy made his name: A 14-year-old becomes a byword for trouble00:02
Lloyd's looks to the small investor: Alison Eadie looks at the prospects and risks involved in the reformed insurance market00:02
Travel: Things can get hairy off-piste: In the high Himalayas above Kashmir, a mysterious trail of non-human footprints had been spotted by a daredevil Swiss heli-skier. Tim McGirk strapped on his skis and went off in search of the yeti00:02
Church appointments00:02
Golf: Ballesteros a class apart: Langer sets course record in Belgian Open but trails by four shots00:02
Equestrianism: Fast-moving Coupe enjoys encouraging run: Youth has its head as clock-watching pays dividends in a time and motion study for Suntory and Endeavour00:02
Lightning victims00:02
Banned driver hit woman, 83