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Zaire takes heart from daily ritual: Structures may have collapsed, but Richard Dowden in Kisangani finds the state still exists in the minds of the people00:02
Letter: Commons vote continues to make criminals out of young homosexuals00:02
Carreras named in fraud allegation00:02
Blaze deaths00:02
US and Europe in struggle for control of OECD00:02
25 arrested for killing Jordan envoy00:02
Racing: Breisner's school excels with the drop outs: Skills of an expert equestrian are in demand for horses who blunder away winning chances. Greg Wood reports00:02
English 'virus' threatens languages: The American Association for the Advancement of Science00:02
Climbers killed00:02
Letter: The perfect cure00:02
Graham sale to raise less than forecast00:02
Letter: Swiss breath of fresh air00:02
OFF WEST END / Hanging by a thread00:02
Obituary: Mary Moorman00:02
Architecture Update: Journey to the centre of Baird's brain00:02
Ice Skating: Torvill and Dean's 'illegal' lift penalised: Winter Olympics: Judging inconsistencies revealed in British pair's ice dancing bronze. Mike Rowbottom reports from Hamar00:02
Sporting Digest: Bowls00:02
Architecture Update: Quality quest00:02
Letter: Fine weather for Napoleon's army00:02
Court Circular00:02
Sailing: Another record day for Smith00:02
Grisly find00:02
Bottom Line: Tough job at GRE00:02
Rifkind defends 'gag' on Matrix papers00:02
OPERA / In the bag: Nick Kimberley on Covent Garden's Rigoletto and ETO's Boheme00:02
High gold price fails to kill demand00:02
Letter: Swiss breath of fresh air00:02
Prisoners to face random drugs tests00:02
The do-it-yourself answer to the interviewer's dilemma00:02
Commercial radio tunes in for new starring role: Gail Counsell on how a Cinderella medium has won millions of fans and the backing of advertisers keen to cash in on bargain prices00:02
The Daily Poem: The World in the Evening00:02
Obituary: Randy Shilts00:02
Mackay in retreat again on courts Bill00:02
Torvill and Dean won TV gold00:02
Inequality at 18 is no answer: The campaign to lower the gay age of consent will go on until equal rights are won, says Chris Smith00:02
Letter: Commons vote continues to make criminals out of young homosexuals00:02
Out of America: New World imperialists stand firm00:02
Obituary: Marija Gimbutas00:02
THEATRE / Grey matter: Paul Taylor reviews The Atheist's Tragedy at the Birmingham Rep00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Today's number: 105,00000:02
Imro carpets firms over share dealing00:02
15 die in Yemen ambush00:02
Saddam opens dykes to drown marsh resistance00:02
Burmese 'atrocities' criticised00:02
Badgerline acquires PMT for 23m pounds00:02
TELEVISION / Filling our coffers with death and decay00:02
City puts transport future on the line: Sheffield hopes that its new transit system will cement the second coming of the tram following Manchester's success, but doubts remain. Christian Wolmar reports00:02
Letter: Western failure as Mostar burns00:02
Dear Courtney Walsh00:02
Badminton: England's desperate situation00:02
Naval verdict00:02
Manders sells centre for 82m pounds00:02
Planned flotation will value MDIS at 250m pounds00:02
BOOK REVIEW / And will there be gnashing of teeth?: 'The Formation of Hell' - Alan Bernstein; UCL Press, 25 pounds00:02
Underrated: No success like failure00:02
Obituary: Graham Fraser00:02
9 charged over Nasa corruption00:02
Wise men say tax rises will not upset reovery00:02
Officers jailed for campus killings00:02
Letter: Commons vote continues to make criminals out of young homosexuals00:02
Greenspan warns next interest rate move likely to be up: Recent increase a form of low-cost insurance against inflation before pressures begin to emerg, Fed chairman testifies00:02
Football: Snow slows Charlton00:02
Kitchenware devoured at auction: Steve Boggan finds high prices being paid for relics of Elizabeth David, who revolutionised British cooking00:02
Obituary: Graham Fraser00:02
Cricket: West Indies smell blood of Englishmen: Atherton reeling from headbangers' ball. Martin Johnson reports from Kingston as the tourists try to regroup00:02
Estate agent complaints up by 45%: Watchdog calls for an end to gazumping00:02
Ivory Towers: Turning stingers into cringers00:02
Thorn EMI results hit a high note00:02
Profits rise to 280m pounds at Allied Irish Banks00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Spanish duke denies child corruption charges00:02
Architecture Update: Indian summons00:02
Business and City In Brief00:02
Chess: Time starts now00:02
Gay MPs blamed for loss of 16 vote: OutRage plans civil disobedience to win equal age of consent but resists call for 'outing'00:02
Leading Article: Against gays and all reason00:02
Diary00:02
Stories close to home: Short Cuts, the latest film from Robert Altman, is drawn from nine stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. Here Altman the director talks about Carver the writer00:02
GRE shakes insurance shares: Stocks slide as composite says the days of large premium rises are over00:02
Media: A Blind Date with destiny: Michael Leapman and Maggie Brown examine the implications if Granada takes control of LWT00:02
Mercedes thinks time is right for Swatch car00:02
Racing: Spinning back on track00:02
Macedonia hopes for EU curb on Greece00:02
Unity move in Sudan00:02
Football: Doubts persist over Francis' future00:02
Fan's Eye View: Seeking beauty of Plainmoor00:02
In 1965 fifteen of the thirty best-selling US singles were British. In 1993 .two: The sound of an export business biting the dust?00:02
Letter: Commons vote continues to make criminals out of young homosexuals00:02
Apple growers lobby MPs to save the Cox: Cheap imports are taking an increasing bite out of the market for orange pippins. Oliver Gillie reports00:02
View from City Road: Greenspan deserves the trust of the markets00:02
Media Viewpoint: Why BSkyB is no friend to the British film industry00:02
Walking: Saving the memories for a rainy day: Paul Gosling savours the sights of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire - or Rutland to the romantic00:02
Two models waiting for Sue Rowe's debut catwalk show launching British Fashion Week at the Cafe de Paris, Piccadilly, central London. Venues ranging from the Polish Club, in Kensington, to the Natural History Museum, will stage 21 shows00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Market Report: Hanson refuels takeover talk with dollars 1bn injection00:02
Soldiers smash Gabon radio station00:02
Pembroke: Hard cell for Van der Valk. Gerrit?00:02
Obituary: Donald Judd00:02
View from City Road: LWT makes a weak case for loyalty00:02
Consent to injury in sex 'should be legal'00:02
Metallgesellschaft to quit US oil trade: Conglomerate still suffers from disastrous futures portfolio00:02
Muslim and Croats make peace: US brokers ceasefire to end brutal fighting in central and southern Bosnia00:02
Serbian retreat spurs Russia to bold advances: Success over Sarajevo means a new attitude towards the old Soviet 'sphere of influence', writes Helen Womack in Moscow00:02
Football: Armstrong takes giant leap for leaders00:02
Sporting Digest: Equestrianism00:02
Geneticist to fight against blood test for homosexuality: The American Association for the Advancement of Science00:02
Guinness record reprimand00:02
London 'cleanest capital in Europe': Minister defends result of a survey by the Tidy Britain Group that will surprise some, reports Helen Nowicka00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
OPERA / Off the wall00:02
Tribal warfare fear in Rwanda00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
Gay Age of Consent: MPs who swung vote against lower limit00:02
Labour ready to end schools' tax privileges: Judith Judd looks at a plan to review how education endowments work00:02
Critical drug report 'watered down'00:02
Football: Birmingham speed downhill00:02
Media: After the Mirror, a window of opportunity: Just over a year ago Richard Stott was sacked from the Mirror. Now at Today, he has landed the title Editor of the Year. He told Maggie Brown how he gave the paper direction00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Poor prospects take shine off Yorkshire00:02
Hedging bets lifts Sedgwick to 70m pounds00:02
Bottom Line: SKB finds the elixir00:02
View from City Road: Unilever hits a brands barrier00:02
Football: Sutton keeps Rovers in check: Canaries able to cope after dismissal of Polston at Carrow Road00:02
Talbott confirmed00:02
Sinn Fein president's visit re-evaluated: Adams likely to be refused new request to enter US00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Ministers plan curbs on jury trial00:02
Drug sales lift SKB profits00:02
CIA 'traitor' could be worst ever: If guilty, Aldrich Ames could have done as much damage as Kim Philby, writes Rupert Cornwell in Washington00:02
CIA spycatcher 'took pounds 1m to work for KGB': Washington protests to Moscow over potentially devastating espionage after couple are charged with betraying secrets since 198500:02
Letter: Don't mention the war00:02
Letter: Commons vote continues to make criminals out of young homosexuals00:02
Brand wars cost 7,500 Unilever jobs worldwide: Restructuring charge of pounds 490m over three years: British share of shake-up likely to be 15%00:02
Clubs: Night fever: Discotheques are entertainment dinosaurs making more money than ever before. breaches the disco inferno00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The dilemma of not being where we hoped: 'The Empty Raincoat' - Charles Handy: Hutchinson, 12.9900:02
Curator's Choice: The Stained Glass Museum00:02
Fanatical enough to make Granny proud: As Sinn Fein prepares for its weekend conference, Ruth Dudley Edwards looks at its historical mandate00:02
Football: Villa's chance squandered by Saunders00:02
Capital & Regional makes 33m buy pounds: Property group returns to acquisition trail00:02
Letter: Swiss breath of fresh air00:02
A hefty bill for protection: Hugh Stephenson argues against laws that would benefit the rich and muzzle the media00:02
Speed-skating: Gooch has silver snatched away by judges: Winter Olympics: Briton's brave medal bid ends in disqualification for pushing Canadian rival as overtaking gamble backfires00:02
Gay Age of Consent: Currie needed just 14 Labour supporters: 'Noes' from opposition parties that were natural supporters of equality amendment are focus of recriminations00:02
Mosaic buries board rows to rehire director: Shares rise as David Williams returns00:02
Radstone raises 7m pounds00:02
Estate agent's deceit uncovered00:02
UK sold 260m pounds arms to government accused of atrocities00:02
Squash: Nicol produces finest moment against Jansher00:02
THEATRE / Notices00:02
Leading Article: Curing Londoners of their dirty habits00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Ice-skating: Dean announces engagement00:02
Insurers told to pay out pounds 7m00:02
Sarajevans walk tall as UN silences guns00:02
Architecture: The rise, fall and rise of the tower block: Peter Dormer explains why multi-storey homes, once cursed, may not be so bad after all00:02
Rugby Union: England's selectors choose to rely on known quantities: Hunter, Redman, Clarke and reluctant Richards returned to squad for Five Nations' Championship match against France at Parc des Princes00:02
Norweb passes on lower prices00:02
Peace talks begin in San Cristobal after Mexican uprising00:02
O'Reilly raises stake00:02
Inside Parliament: Hurd tours vale of secrecy: House told how agents foiled death plot - MP attacks limited intelligence scrutiny - Bill bans use of eggs from aborted foetuses00:02
Football: Slater opens his Ipswich account00:02
Birthdays00:02
Architecture Update: An eye to 200100:02
And What's More ..00:02
Leading Article: Europe's heart in America's hands00:02
Bottom Line: Graham plays a cautious game00:02
Finelist to float at 28m pounds next month00:02
Redirected to the nearest supermarket00:02
Ice skating: Harding suffers in practice00:02
Pretoria looks to cast off economic shackles: Businessmen believe a boom beckons despite threats of right-wing electoral sabotage00:02
Church paves way for women priests00:02
Letter: Egypt will follow its own path to the future00:02
Heseltine shrugs off Honda row00:02
Saboteur sued00:02
Price on Rushdie's head raised00:02
Algeria releases FIS leaders00:02
Card that carries a coded image: A system that can squeeze a picture on to a data strip may be used to tackle fraud00:02
In bed With: Death came in, and I said: 'Go away': Nabil Shaban00:02
Export Sales: Sorry, no speak the language: Britain is still being held back by an insular approach, reports Martin Whitfield00:02
Best-sellers00:02
Canberra spy link to MI6 alleged00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Gay Age of Consent: The vote on legality at 1800:02
The Prime Minister, his wife and her lover: Dorothy Macmillan had an affair that lasted 30 years. Everyone knew but nobody talked. How times have changed, says Angela Lambert