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Cricket: Frogs not ducks as England wait: Bourda Oval wash-out but good news on Malcolm00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Small sparks set off the explosions: 'Backing Into the Future' - Bernard Knox: Norton, 19.95 pounds00:02
Trade gap with EU doubles: Whole-world deficit climbs City fears 'black hole'00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
660 pounds lock of hair00:02
Appointments: Service appointments00:02
Travel: Spain makes a spectacle of itself: The Fallas, in Valencia, is an orgy of effigy-burning and boozing. But Simon Calder's girlfriend's mother had a thoroughly nice time00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Union missing-cash inquiry00:02
The Week in Review: Sport00:02
Court Circular00:02
Bordeaux nights00:02
Russian coup plotters face new trial00:02
Letter: Happy, healthy eggs00:02
Drink: Good wine needs no bush: Australia's wines need no longer masquerade as French, they are quite robust enough to sell on their own merits, argues Anthony Rose00:02
New Channel tunnel delay hits shares00:02
Six winners with designs on Speakers' Corner00:02
New business boost for Abbott Mead Vickers: Big improvement expected this year after flat 1993 result00:02
Motoring: Beaten to the punch: Roger Bell finds the new Toyota Celica is still a classy performer, but lacks the smooth power of some rivals00:02
Letter: Does he mean well?00:02
Victim of rape beats a tactical retreat: Woman who spoke out in public about her ordeal is moving before her attacker is freed. John Arlidge reports00:02
Money Nous: Avon pays up smartly00:02
Rugby Union: Richards seeks credit as tail wags dog: Welsh take a league break but today some of England's finest battle on00:02
Frei becomes Chilean president00:02
Hundreds hit as mail order firm goes bust: Ordering goods from a catalogue can be a risky business, warns Sue Fieldman00:02
Card battle hots up00:02
Russia's Mid-East 'mission'00:02
Schindler helps new generation to understand: Out of Germany00:02
DANCE / Death angels00:02
Leakey's 'dazzling' victory00:02
Racing: McManus seeking a sting in the tale: Richard Edmondson has his card marked for Cheltenham by the legendary Irish gambler00:02
Hammerson pays 25m pounds for bombed building: Insurer will finance restoration of property damaged by IRA attack00:02
Golf: Ballesteros exits under a cloud: Lane stays in the clear as defending champion edges closer00:02
Food & Drink: Owners and baby doing well: It was born in a barn three months ago and seems sure to thrive. Emily Green visits a Newcastle bistro with few teething troubles00:02
Romance stripped bare: Heart Searching: Fed up with being alone, Mike Gerrard replied to a lonely hearts advertisement, and found a partner who left him dancing on air00:02
Obituary: Abdallah Sallal00:02
Judgment deferred00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
British Coal pit in 9m pounds comeback00:02
TELEVISION / The mother of all trouble and strife00:02
Football: FA Cup sixth round00:02
'Taped confession' defended by police: Law Society says judge right not to allow evidence00:02
Hungary looks to both East and West: Adrian Bridge in Budapest finds Socialists may exploit doubts on Europe in the election campaign00:02
BOOK REIVEW / Camel-trains and mandarins: 'A History of Civilizations' - Fernand Braudel: Allen Lane, 25 pounds QBY: JAN MORRIS00:02
Subsidy limited to 20 wind farms: Minister attempts to calm fears that rash of applications will result in dozens of alternative-energy sites. Nicholas Schoon reports00:02
Rugby League: Creative Powell uplifts Eagles00:02
De Klerk ousts rebel gunmen: White extremists expelled by South African troops in Bophuthatswana crisis00:02
Clinton calls Americas summit00:02
Venture capital incentive offer00:02
Letter: Speedy way to reduce deaths on the road00:02
Thatcher 'had role in Laker collapse'00:02
Russian crowd cheers on a cool swimmer00:02
Float puts 48m pounds price tag on Wellington00:02
Paris riot raises spectre of May '6800:02
Keep an eye on PEP deadlines: Two-week difference may catch the unwary, report Caroline Merrell and Vivien Goldsmith00:02
Deloitte close to dollars 300m S&L settlement00:02
Israeli settlers prepare to resist eviction: Hebron Jews react to suggestions that the government may force hardliners to quit occupied territories00:02
Wills00:02
Tour victory00:02
Rapist jailed00:02
Look Who's Talking: A life of disorganised calm: Hates arguing, loves talking. Gaby Roslin wants to be a TV presenter for ever00:02
Braving Albania00:02
Theatre: Private war: Paul Taylor reviews Alex Ferguson's The Flag at Bridge Lane00:02
Football Diary: In the name of Darren00:02
Ice Hockey: Gretzky stumbles on his way to coronation: Any day now the 'Great One' will break the NHL goalscoring record. Phil Reeves reports from Los Angeles00:02
MI6 chief 'ran' Matrix Churchill executive: Annika Savill traces the rise of David Spedding, the new 'C'00:02
Farm issues brickbat over lost bouquets as blooms go to waste in the Fenland sunshine00:02
Sailing: Smith on his way towards a second trophy: Stuart Alexander reports from Punta del Este, Uruguay, on the Whitbread Race00:02
Sainsbury cuts 650 jobs00:02
Rugby League: Lydon at home wearing a variety of hats: With 'Slow Joe' fast on the uptake, Wigan are looking to head down a familiar road to Wembley. Dave Hadfield reports00:02
Obituary: Melina Mercouri00:02
Rugby League: Castleford poised to end era00:02
Fatal blaze father arrested after TV plea00:02
Food & Drink: Salting away the treasures of the sea: It is prized in Portugal, beloved of the Basques and the traditional standby for Catholic fast-days, but salt cod is no longer a Mediterranean preserve00:02
Obituary: George Gibson00:02
Tomkins buys rival lawnmower maker00:02
Former Japanese minister arrested00:02
Racing: The outsider returns with a point to prove: Cheltenham focus: Next week's meeting gives David Elsworth the perfect opportunity to reclaim the limelight. Richard Edmondson reports00:02
Travel: If hot, stick with the ice pack00:02
Sporting digest: Football00:02
Leading Article: A lesson for the new bitter-enders00:02
Sporting digest: Ice Skating00:02
Obituary: Guelfo Zamboni (CORRECTED)00:02
Football: No age concern for the oldest swinger00:02
Dealing with the gay man's special financial problems00:02
Hungary looks to both East and West: Adrian Bridge in Budapest finds Socialists may exploit doubts on Europe in the election campaign00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The pink plastic dummy award: 'Roald Dahl' - Jeremy Treglown: Faber, 17.5000:02
Collections win back jobs for life for priests: Bishop reinstates patronage terms00:02
Auctions00:02
Toytown image hid apartheid tyranny: As white right-wingers die at the hands of Bophuthatswana forces, Richard Dowden examines the racial purpose of the 'homeland'00:02
M11 protesters are evicted00:02
Doctors let patient end his life00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Murder on the Oriental Excess: 'The Arabian Nights: A Companion' - Robert Irwin: Allen Lane, 20 pounds00:02
Hunger protest00:02
Squash: Marshall flies flag for Britain00:02
Boxing: Cuts a crucial factor00:02
Birthdays00:02
Profile: Will Oskar win him the Oscar?: Liam Neeson, dogged hunky Irish actor00:02
Cuttings: Quack troops00:02
MPs back disabled rights00:02
Racing: Arcot looks equal to Olympian task: On a day to keep the powder dry, Imperial Cup punters can avoid getting their fingers burnt00:02
Vivat restructuring results in 76% profit leap00:02
Clinton friend next in Whitewater firing-line00:02
Big game hunt ends with a small catch00:02
Tory manifesto to critcise Delors00:02
Football: Clash of dates for Gascoigne00:02
Motoring: Bentley's big surprise among the small cars: Gavin Green reports on a new baby boom at this week's Geneva show00:02
Music: Honour bound: Anthony Payne on Verdi's Ernani, in concert performance at the Barbican00:02
One penny worth 20 in phones00:02
Upbeat: Coda00:02
Travel (The Location Hunter): Lost in America's embrace: Paris, the setting for Jean-Luc Godard's early films, has kept its looks but not its character, says Stephen Wood00:02
Gastropod00:02
Police investigate 'abuse' at care home00:02
Double Play: Short ride, high flight, long face: DISCS: Stephen Johnson and Edward Seckerson take a collision course with John Adams and Henry Purcell00:02
Tennis: Buchholz brothers create a haven after the hurricane: Players can expect to be pampered all the way at the Lipton Championships this year. John Roberts reports from Key Biscayne00:02
Stew of corruption oozes from Neapolitan riviera: Patricia Clough examines a wave of scandals miring eminent Naples citizens00:02
Market Report: Bass close to selling its Britvic drinks business00:02
Landmarks: The Brunswick Centre00:02
Back to Ireland with a pension on board: Nic Cicutti looks at a scheme that makes it easier for people to return home00:02
Hockey: England face an Indian mystery: Women's World Cup run-in begins00:02
Why Mrs Briscoe's voice didn't fit00:02
Upbeat: Travel agents00:02
Scottish Football: Airdrie home in on the end of a cup era00:02
Wizard claims winning streak against footballers00:02
Forte in talks on Air France hotel chain00:02
Upwardly mobile00:02
Appeals: Victorian Society00:02
BOOK REIVEW / Bringing home the body: 'Desperadoes' - Joseph O'Connor: Flamingo, 14.9900:02
Obituary: Anita Morris00:02
Berlusconi turns on investigators00:02
Police comb airport for more mortars: Major and Reynolds vow that men of violence will not hamper peace process00:02
Upbeat: Early bath00:02
Low pay deal boosts German inflation hopes00:02
Saturday Night: Phil Dirtbox and his nice little yearner00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Lost in karma water: 'What's Wrong with America?' - Scott Bradfield: Picador, 14.9900:02
Athletics: Jackson extends his empire: World high hurdles champion succeeds on the flat as Britain take gold and bronze00:02
Letter: Single-parent family matters00:02
Money Grouse: 'Unfair' protest at new car tax00:02
Sporting digest: Athletics00:02
Money in Brief00:02
William Donaldson's Week: How to tell if you've been had00:02
Sporting digest: Snooker00:02
Letter: Fraud in the European Union: who is to blame?00:02
Badgerline lowers its sights after Bath plan is refused permission00:02
Letter: Give donors a say over sale of blood00:02
Funds for school buildings frozen00:02
Privacy provision blocked: JOHN MAJOR has intervened to block a hasty commitment to new privacy laws he believes could be too Draconian and damaging to freedom of the press00:02
Fresh DBS provision00:02
Gardening: A wind to blow your mind00:02
Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
Stepfather jailed00:02
Property: Fortunes for a chosen few: House prices may be rising, but buyers are so fussy that only owners of prime properties can expect to benefit, says Anne Spackman00:02
Right-wing whites on ballot for all-race elections00:02
Arts: On the one hand, but on the other . . .: Juliet Wilson-Bareau selected 87 paintings by Goya for the Royal Academy. That she rejected many more may alarm a number of museums and private collectors. Dalya Alberge reports00:02
Where will it end?00:02
Football: Pitcher aiming to strike out United: Henry Winter assesses the FA Cup quarter-finals00:02
Appeals: Reading Youth Orchestra00:02
US visit begins on sour note00:02
Talking cars00:02
Country Matters: False start for a hound of spring00:02
Classic Music: Pride against the odds: When Moscow snubbed her cosmopolitan group, Lygia O'Riordan went on hunger strike. Andrew Green reports00:02
Chips down for Beirut00:02
Football: No sex please, we're Swiss00:02
Bosnian Serbs step up their attacks00:02
Racing: Pipe pair attract Cup cash00:02
Appointments: University appointments00:02
Reader Recipe: Eastern oil and spice00:02
Sporting digest: Skiing00:02
Cricket: Hughes handed suspended fine00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Joe Leaphorn aims for China: 'Sacred Clowns' - Tony Hillerman: Michael Joseph, 14.9900:02
Abuse acquittals00:02
Style & Spending: Designed for the bottom line: The chair of the Nineties may be simplicity itself, but it was not ever thus, says John Windsor00:02
Tajik deputy PM shot dead00:02
Iraq case 'tailor-made to cope with policy shifts'00:02
Peking seeks cash from the masses: China will popularise the sale of bonds to fund its soaring deficit as the budget describes a 'still grim' financial situation00:02
Letter: Give donors a say over sale of blood00:02
Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Appointments00:02
Veterans battle with bureaucrats to liberate wartime cafe: D-Day 'shrine' faces closure weeks before 50th anniversary celebrations. Frank Barrett reports00:02
Make the most of tax allowances: Caroline Merrell passes on some advice to offset the effect of the impending Budget increases00:02
Obituary: Robert Bayne-Powell00:02
Travel: White-knuckles on the big clipper: Michael Bayfield found and lost his sea legs when he sailed on the clipper Albatros from Norfolk to the Netherlands00:02
Liberia rebels agree to disarm00:02
Choice of fix or cap00:02
Stadium go-ahead00:02
Ex-Bolivian dictator arrested00:02
Adams sells new line in war and peace: Bombs at Heathrow: Sinn Fein credibility damaged but governments pledge to continue talks00:02
Slovak leader ousted00:02
Letter: Fraud in the European Union: who is to blame?00:02
Evangelist offers route to debt salvation00:02
Gardening: Something crafty in the woodshed: Anna Pavord admires brand-new classic designs that fill gaps in the gardener's armoury00:02
Arts: And what's more ..00:02
Born again00:02
Letter: Fraud in the European Union: who is to blame?00:02
When it makes sense to opt into a state pension: Decisions to leave Serps may need to be reversed as people grow older. Andrew Bibby reports00:02
Golf: Careless Lyle sweats over chilly prospects: Price sets pace in Honda Classic00:02
Doubts over PIA vetting as advisers face 'cull'00:02
Spanish workers protest00:02
Gunmen shoot Algerian playwright00:02
Leaders 'not deflected by Heathrow attacks'00:02
Letter: The making of a Madonna00:02
Basketball: Kings seek to salvage pride00:02
'Callous' killers of off-duty RUC detective condemned00:02
Kabul camp uses prayer as a weapon: Some 10,000 Afghans have died since 1992 but gun-law still rules, writes Raymond Whitaker from Kabul00:02
Books: Postcard from Rio / A deadly, virtuous thug: Amanda Hopkinson talks to a great literary figure in a macho tradition00:02
Excursions: A racing certainty: Carthorses and thoroughbreds compete up hill and down dale. Greg Wood previews the real Derby00:02
Trio jailed for stealing fine wines worth 2m pounds: Customers' trust in firm betrayed00:02
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US big guns come out blazing: The Pentagon's defence squeeze has resulted in the battle for Grumman, Larry Black reports00:02
West's lawyer accuses media00:02
Appointments: Church appointments00:02
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