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EU ministers debate the vision of grander future: Meetings expected to hammer out terms for enlargement of the Union, but obstacles remain over health and agriculture00:02
Why we pine for days of order00:02
Out of China: The season of Santa and Mao plc00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The ancient subtleties of Young Turks: 'The Ottomans' - Andrew Wheatcroft: Viking, 18.99 pounds00:02
Football: Venables must wait on England verdict: Armfield decision due00:02
Children and 'angel' land safely amid rows00:02
Opposition shaken as Milosevic takes lead: A surge in rural votes leads Serbia's ruling Socialists to claim electoral victory, strengthening their hand in Geneva peace talks00:02
Viacom and QVC submit new offers for Paramount00:02
ART REVIEW / Is there someone out there?: Video art can be repetitive, monotonous, pretentious too. And, as Tom Lubbock discovered, startling and disorienting00:02
Rugby Union: The First shall come last in cup00:02
Ad agency flags in the UK: Strong performance in US lifts Gold Greenlees Trott profit00:02
Eugenics plan00:02
Serial killer locked up for life: 'To take one human life is an outrage, to take five is carnage,' says judge00:02
'Outsider' returns to take the pulse of a people: Afif Safieh, left, found cause for 'immense joy and immense sadness' in his old homeland, writes Sarah Helm from Jerusalem00:02
Rome turns towards Jerusalem: The Vatican's imminent recognition of Israel purges an ancient enmity, says Chaim Bermant00:02
Cost of uninsured drivers soaring00:02
Sporting Digest: Bobsleigh00:02
Teenager guilty of '26p killing'00:02
Skiing: Slovenian proves quick enough on the piste to upstage Tomba00:02
Ice Hockey: Ruggles roars as Racers struggle00:02
Beirut bomb00:02
Letter: Unenlightened judge00:02
Tequila girls call the shots: Drink in their holsters, glasses in their bandoliers, they add fizz and fire to parties. Joseph Gallivan sees the Slammers knock out a tent full of bankers00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Pantheon seeks pounds 33m for growth00:02
Racing: Rain threatens racing00:02
RAF angry at exclusion from patients' rescue: Christopher Bellamy reports on a clash over the cost of providing a jet00:02
View from City Road: Abu Dhabi may protest too much00:02
ANC cuts deal with Afrikaner right wing00:02
Faster UK recovery forecast00:02
Creativity: Just telling the truth00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Obituary: Sir Desmond Lee00:02
A scene that mixes power, pain and trust: For some sado-masochists, the feeling of danger is a crucial part of the thrill. Mary Braid reports00:02
Bus protests00:02
North Korea visit00:02
Sweet Southern belle comes up trumps00:02
Rate cut hopes keep shares soaring: Current account deficit narrows to lowest for two years Surplus in trade on invisibles rises by 10%00:02
Murder charge00:02
Nurse training fears00:02
Medical staff meet Bosnian refugees: Celia Hall witnesses the arrival in Britain of seven casualties from the conflict00:02
Leading Article: How the sexes can reach equilibrium00:02
Birthdays00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Carey joins attack on bishop00:02
Britain tries to fight off the Spanish fishing fleets00:02
Airport drugs haul00:02
Letter: Egyptian treasures the British Museum forgot00:02
'Fortress Europe' fear over new visa proposals: Restrictions on 128 countries 'arbitrary and racist'00:02
Swedes are worried by Russian threat00:02
Pension fund will sell its Ivory stake00:02
Pembroke: Love's labours lost on Mr Blobby's PR man00:02
BALLET / Sweet Torture: Christmas Presence: Robert Maycock explores a seasonal love affair with The Nutcracker00:02
Leading Article: Major's puzzling signals to GCHQ00:02
View from City Road: When goodwill is not what it seems00:02
'Lucky' man tells of killing raider00:02
View from City Road: Company losers continue their winning form00:02
History: Hiding pagan places: David Keys reports on research which casts doubt on the authenticity of several Christian holy sites00:02
Reporters freed00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
'New man' image takes a battering00:02
Market Report: European worries mean giants miss the party00:02
Letter: Truth of the Christmas story and the reality of Hell00:02
Where are they now?: Tostao00:02
Egypt hangs Muslim militants00:02
Norway's whalers rattle their harpoons00:02
Images of legendary rock guitarist sold to help charity for the disabled00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Saatchi brothers split stake00:02
Away in a manger: the birth of confusion: The children's nativity play may be cute, but this is no way to teach religion, says Kenneth Wolfe00:02
Calculating murderer who preyed on gays: Terry Kirby builds up a picture of a man with a lethal wish to prove he was someone of consequence00:02
Letter: Change of address00:02
Adams bargains for IRA jail amnesty: Sinn Fein leader tries to drive wedge between Dublin and London over terrorists' release00:02
US lifts legal barriers to telecoms mergers00:02
The Daily Poem: Our Land Cries00:02
Red Arrows may be axed00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
World jobless unlikely to fall for two years, says OECD00:02
Inman pays back-taxes00:02
BEST-SELLERS / Top 10 Videos00:02
ART / I know about art and I know what I like: It was the year of American Art in the 20th Century and Whiteread's House. Here artists, dealers and critics nominate the shows of '9300:02
Poker: A rock that goes on tilt00:02
Health Update: Big-bellied babies00:02
Human rights post00:02
Reform of council rejected by review00:02
Failed robbery00:02
The last post00:02
Detective jailed over fatal crash00:02
Football / Books for Christmas: For football fans, Saturday night's alright for writing: Henry Winter notes the literary rise of fanzine authors and reviews the pick of their offerings00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Letter: Death sentence plea00:02
Hungarian PM00:02
Interview: Sara Keays, she doesn't give up: It is ten years since 'l'affaire Parkinson', the birth of Flora and the arrival of Sara Keays as harridan/victim/heroine. Which is the true her?00:02
Fishing / Books for Christmas: The parson who fished not wisely but perhaps too well: Keith Elliott regrets the fact that 1993's angling angles failed to match Shakespeare's best lines00:02
Too young to pay00:02
Deficit is no problem00:02
Rugby Union: At odds with the bookies00:02
Proudfoot sheds 200 in cost-cutting drive00:02
SPEECH MARKS / The things they say about Aspects of Love . . .00:02
Letter: Truth of the Christmas story and the reality of Hell00:02
RADIO / An act of surrender: Robert Hanks on the BBC 2/ Radio 4 collaboration, Arena's Radio Night, and how History Now and Then was made00:02
Accountancy: Scrapping audit rules could send companies to the wall: The Chancellor may be taking risks with essential safeguards, argues Kenneth Duncan, president of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants00:02
Savoy puddings00:02
Obituary: Garry Moore00:02
Law Report: Welsh school 'suitable' for Anglophone pupils: R v Dyfed County Council, ex parte S (minors) - Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice May), 17 December 1993.00:02
Football / World Cup 1994: World Cup 1994 fixtures00:02
Letter: Drink drivers00:02
Leading Article: Hanging is not a long-term solution00:02
Direct Line executives treble their earnings: Burton Group pays pounds 846,000 in compensation to two former board members00:02
Obituary: Charlie Smirke00:02
Diary: Some balm for Lib-Dem bruises00:02
ART / Current Shows: Iain Gale's choice00:02
Cricket: Revived McCague a foil for Croft craft: Kent fast bowler enhances his prospects of replacing his county colleague Igglesden on Caribbean tour00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Mercury will oppose ruling on BT link-up: Operator threatens to take legal action over interconnection payments00:02
Preservation tutorial00:02
Rugby League: St Helens draw up short-list of three British coaches: Larder, Fairbairn and Griffiths placed in the frame for McClennan's job although internal appointment still possible00:02
Football / World Cup 1994: Republic miss comfort zone: Germany's easy group ride makes them clear favourites00:02
Scandals resurface to plague Clinton: Saga of alleged financial irregularities threatens more trouble for the President than new accounts of extramarital sex00:02
People: Drugs dilemma for Elders00:02
Health Update: Cheers] Let's have another vitamin00:02
Trust ports stuck in a dry dock: John Murray explains why the Government is stalling over its plans for privatisation00:02
Ministers accused of cover-up on Lockerbie bomb: 'Vital evidence' disputes Libyan involvement00:02
Dear Andrew Large: Confessions of a former pension salesman: Please, please rid the nation of incompetent, badly trained people like me, he implores the head of the City's watchdog00:02
Letter: Expulsion of racists00:02
Ecstasy gang supergrass escapes 20-year sentence00:02
Racing: Daydreams and night mares take the field: Wolverhampton's plans for meetings after dark will soon be seen in the cold light of night. Greg Wood reports00:02
Hard labour00:02
Racing: Deluge of support for Hustler00:02
Letter: Truth of the Christmas story and the reality of Hell00:02
Today's Number: 11900:02
Bombs, Julian, are less risky than gays00:02
Golf: Return of the august master of Augusta: Mize was as happy as Larry but the Johnnie Walker World Championship was low on spirit. Tim Glover reports00:02
Basketball: Americans go home00:02
Big vote for constitution00:02
Health Update: Better deal for elderly00:02
Millions saved from measles00:02
On Tour00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Obituary: Anna Sten00:02
Hockey: Two-club Day made to pay00:02
Arafat hopes for progress in new talks with Israel: Border controls and size of Jericho area remain in dispute as Israel allows more Palestinian deportees to go home00:02
Letter: Japanese aphrodisiac00:02
Unilever buy licks the opposition: 220m pounds stake in French firm gives food group the lead in ice-cream market00:02
Vatican agreement with Israel00:02
American Football: Oilers rolling towards final fulfilment: Houston display touch of steel to clinch Central Division despite tragedy of lineman's suicide00:02
Cricket: Pakistan pair in share of nine00:02
The three wise ones were the only men good at gifts00:02
Failure of industry reforms takes toll on ICI shares00:02
Savings outflow at seven-year high00:02
Military-style camps put the boot in for America's young offenders: Square-bashing for drug pushers and burglars is not an effective alternative to prison, Peter Pringle writes from New York00:02
Bosnia Appeal: Life goes on despite the war00:02
Letter: Truth of the Christmas story and the reality of Hell00:02
Chess: The battle continues00:02
Footsteps to heaven for naked holy men in southern India00:02
Health: The mother and father of all gifts: A sperm donor and an egg donor tell David J Cohen and Lisa Jeune why they are prepared to risk embarrassment and discomfort to become the anonymous givers of life00:02
Major stands firm over GCHQ ban: Barrie Clement assesses the likely response to the union failure to restore rights00:02
OPERA / A right royal progress: Julian Rushton on a timely revival of Benjamin Britten's long-neglected Coronation opera, Gloriana00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Russians accused of breaking diamond agreement00:02
View from City Road: Why Britain has to concentrate harder00:02
Health Update: Tropical warning00:02
Thorp start date00:02
Bombs in Belfast and London00:02
Rent rise backed00:02
Obituary: Alexandre Trauner00:02
Thou shalt steal00:02
Leagues apart: Two new football video games put you in complete control. Total football or long-ball hoofing? Rupert Goodwins takes the field of play00:02
Review / Big guns lined up for Christmas assault00:02
ARTS / And what's more . . .00:02
Court Circular00:02
Scandal spotlight turns on to Bossi00:02
Music chief quits over U-turn on orchestras: Move confirms Arts Council split00:02
Equestrianism: Charles crowns night on Impulse: Irishman defeats classy field of international riders to bring down curtain on Olympia Show Jumping Championships00:02
'Soldier' sale00:02
Dance hall deaths00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Attempts to kill two men 'a gangland reprisal': Shootings followed kidnap, court told00:02
Auditors criticise NHS fraud guidelines