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Jail numbers 'at danger level'00:02
Best-Sellers: Top 10 commonest dental treatments00:02
Berliners give American troops a tickertape farewell00:02
British Coal seeks takers for its non-mining assets: Industry's related companies to go on the market soon with price tag that could match pit privatisation target00:02
Polar conqueror lifted off00:02
Ice Hockey: Cardiff crowned after Chinn does wonders: Wealthy Steelers are struck down by Devils' greater finesse in the British Championship final00:02
Coales' Notes: An affair of the arts00:02
Catholic women fight for priesthood: Ordination movement gaining ground, inspired by changes in Anglican church00:02
THEATRE / Low on spirit: Paul Taylor on Alan Ayckbourn's latest play00:02
Galapagos tortoises left to face fire00:02
Spielberg adds UK prizes to his list: Holocaust drama dominates the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards ceremony00:02
Murders may herald wider IRA campaign00:02
Harrods row over who was top man: War of words after former managing director claims store's owner even wanted to be in charge of slicing the salami00:02
South African Election: Mandela appeals to jittery whites not to flee00:02
Leading Article: Portillo plays on prejudice00:02
Dear Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Anyone who thought you, an African, would bring hope to your own continent must be disappointed, says an observer. As the UN fiddles in Bosnia, Rwanda burns00:02
Letter: Nominations for a new St George00:02
Captain Amr's blunder fuels bloody revolt: Police are failing to crush Islamic fundamentalism in upper Egypt, Robert Fisk reports from Assiut00:02
Italian professor lacks right chemistry00:02
Time for tears not cheers00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
'Intifada' exile gets warm welcome home00:02
South African Election: Van Riebeeck's descendants rush to embrace their brown kin: F W de Klerk's party finds it expedient to woo the people it once treated like outcasts, Raymond Whitaker writes from Cape Town00:02
Sporting Digest: Motorcycling00:02
Letter: Why we benefit from single-tier local authorities - and why we don't00:02
Letter: Nominations for a new St George00:02
Racing: Derby plunge is left high and dry: Defeat for the Epsom favourite underlines the dangers of wading too deeply into the market00:02
Rugby League: Fox toasts Northern's nearly season: Bradford register victory over a depleted Leeds side whose sights are fixed firmly on Wembley00:02
Golf: Coceres conquers Catalonia00:02
Out of Japan: Endless enigma lies at the very heart of power00:02
BBC accused of suppressing programme: Simon Midgley on anger over a 'Panorama' report on the Westminster homes-for-votes scandal00:02
Cricket: Inexperienced Kiwis ready to test England00:02
Survey of GPs points to a health 'fast-track'00:02
Boxing: Moorer chooses not to hear Lewis' knock on the door: Ken Jones reports from Las Vegas that the new WBA and IBF heavyweight champion will not be offering the British WBC champion a shot at unification00:02
Equestrianism: Whitaker and Skelton slip: British challenge fades00:02
TELEVISION / Where Mandela told it to the penguins00:02
170 killed in Rwanda hospital00:02
Loans go hand in hand with reform, G7 tells Moscow: Russia will need dollars 34bn this year, IMF says00:02
Leading Article: Police must not feed a lurid taste for crime00:02
Opera: Charity cases: Edward Seckerson on Opera Factory's Rake's Progress00:02
'No knowledge' of Major's charter00:02
Science: Salmon and spice, and no sign of lice: Garlic's potent properties are helping fish farmers in the war against parasites, says Danny Penman00:02
Rugby Union: England win unpopular vote00:02
Sailing: Field arrives first in a flash: Whitbread Race fifth leg finishes00:02
Football: Sublime Swansea glide to victory: Welsh pride stirred at Wembley00:02
Leading Article: A wasted chance to save energy00:02
Economic thaw for Germany: Optimism is the leitmotif of this year's industrial fair in Hanover, writes John Eisenhammer00:02
Racing: The pace-setters on the flat this season00:02
Wages rise as employers vie for staff00:02
Commodities: Output cut grinds down pepper supply00:02
Investment trust fee system stirs 'unease'00:02
Howard warns peers on law and order Bill: Home Secretary adopts get-tough stance to stave off rebellion00:02
Norwich sales staff to repeat retraining00:02
Photograph of grieving pupil was dignified: Quarterly report of Sir Gordon Downey, the Independent readers' representative00:02
Racing: For the notebook: A weekly list of horses to follow00:02
Letter: Why we benefit from single-tier local authorities - and why we don't00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Football: Rovers' misfortune is Ready made: United seven points away from retaining their title after Blackburn's challenge shows signs of fizzling out00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Sporting Digest: Rallying00:02
Letter: Nominations for a new St George00:02
Rugby League: Wigan prove they are the best: Points make the difference for the holders again as they secure their fifth successive championship00:02
Rantzen calls for pledge on bullying00:02
Commentary: Futile last kick of a dying beast00:02
Crime show kept on TV despite police doubt: Officers feel programmes increase fear00:02
Sporting Digest: Lacrosse00:02
Probing the figures for signs of trade crisis00:02
Business and City Summary00:02
Police close in on 'Dirty 30'00:02
Texaco's clean fuel claim censured00:02
Chess: You've eaten my knight]00:02
Letter: Origins of baseball lie in the 'Old Country'00:02
Motorcycling: Doohan is outdone by Schwantz00:02
Science: Why Stephanie changed her name to Steve: Lynne Curry says men still dominate computer contracting - but things are finally beginning to change00:02
Security row over foreign scientists: Universities reject secret Government calls to vet students. Ngaio Crequer reports00:02
'I screwed up on Watergate and I paid the price'00:02
The Week Ahead: Italy stirs in memory of liberation00:02
The Daily Poem: My Heart00:02
Tarquin was a bit of a ham, but so adorable: Peita-Leah Cowell was left devastated when her pet pig died. Martin Whittaker tells a love story00:02
Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Nixon: Republican supporters ignore the Watergate debacle and pay tribute to the 'peacemaker' with flowers and eulogies00:02
Snooker: Morgan makes Wattana struggle00:02
Brazilian deal frees Lloyds funds00:02
Chinese dissident arrives in US00:02
South African Election: Little Oxford in Africa muses on new identity: Affirmative action is ruffling academic feathers, Richard Dowden writes from Johannesburg00:02
Football: United inspired by two strokes of Cantona's brush: Champions' talisman turns title defence their way in Manchester derby while Tottenham find some respite in relegation struggle00:02
Cricket: Record of failure brings Surrey rebels to the boil: Steam may rise under the gasholders today as members' grievances are aired at the annual meeting at The Oval. Rob Steen reports00:02
Science: Lean and hungry after a visit to the doctor: GPs spell squeezed profits for software firms, says Lynne Curry00:02
Letter: Origins of baseball lie in the 'Old Country'00:02
TSB condemns privileges for building societies: Goodison urges Treasury not to handicap banks00:02
Good Questions: Time for a change00:02
Sporting Digest: Motocross00:02
New move in Hanratty murder case00:02
Dog round-up00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Sporting Digest: Netball00:02
Punch at rules00:02
Rutskoi ready to lead anti-Yeltsin group00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Rugby Union: Sale full of pride on promotion00:02
Pounds 1m arson attack00:02
Court Circular00:02
DRS flotation00:02
City funds sue Ernst & Young for negligence00:02
Adrenalin: Anything canoe can do . . .: With world championships looming, some people are getting a bit serious about canoe polo. Dolly Dhingra reports00:02
Major foresees quitting when least expected00:02
Football: Aldridge double feeds his desire: Tranmere triumphant00:02
Clarity unclouded by legal niceties00:02
Aerobics for 25,00000:02
Left-wing parties set to sweep the board in European elections00:02
Letter: No 'feminist card' for the Vatican00:02
Law Report: Case Summaries00:02
The Worst of Times: I sold my Mercedes for pounds 50,000 and lost it at the casino: Jennifer talks to Danny Danziger00:02
Blast overshadows election: Fear of far-right onslaught- 9 killed in Johannesburg - Second bomb found00:02
Sporting Digest: Triathlon00:02
A thrill within every brown paper parcel: Susan Elkin pays grateful homage to the Open University, 25 years old and still revolutionary00:02
Football: Oldham hear the alarm ringing00:02
Sporting Digest: Bowls00:02
Sporting Digest: Gymnastics00:02
Football: Belles bring class to bear: Doncaster dominate women's FA Cup final00:02
Carnation Revolution withers: Phil Davison finds the new Portugal a let-down for the men who won it freedom 20 years ago00:02
Obituary: Richard Nixon00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Letter: Pennies well spent at Marks & Spencer00:02
Brute force and a little grubbing: He blitzed Vietnam, bugged the Democrats, then walked off with his pension. Fred Emery assesses Richard Nixon00:02
Happy Anniversary: Mrs Dale and others get the chop00:02
Middleton says NewCo is crucial00:02
Science: Eclipse of a blazing nuclear inferno: When the Moon puts light from the Sun's giant hydrogen bomb in the shade, looking is still dangerous, say Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
South African Election: Behind the barriers with a nice Boer and his gun: In a tiny rural Orange Free State town Richard Dowden meets a baffled and fearful young Afrikaner unable to accept the reality of the new South Africa00:02
Golf: Nilsmark leaves rivals in the slow lane: Swede adds Ford to BMW and Harley as she gives Woburn hopefuls a hard shoulder to cry on00:02
Rugby Union: Swansea stroll to the line: Robert Cole on the ups and downs of life in the Heineken League00:02
Hockey: Surprise cup victory for Doncaster00:02
Sporting Digest: Fencing00:02
Day Out00:02
Tennis: Medvedev's quick show of mastery: Defending champion given the heat treatment by Ukrainian teenager while German world No 1 doubts American rival will return00:02
TELEVISION / Doyle family values: Paddy Clarke Boo Hoo Hoo: Roddy Doyle is putting the darker side of family life on screen. Kevin Jackson met him on location00:02
Clarke bows to Bank and delays rate cut00:02
Birthdays00:02
Tapie bounces back with help from his fans00:02
Egyptians halt search in pyramid00:02
Tennis: Graf reveals her doubts on Seles comeback00:02
Local Elections / At the Grass Roots: Crofters face exposure to world of party politics: Labour hopes its candidates will change the status quo on the Western Isles, writes Sandra Barwick00:02
Rugby Union: Tigers earning their stripes00:02
Even now, I wouldn't buy a used car from him00:02
Overseas Football: Marseille bans shock Johansson00:02
Letter: Existence on the Intercity00:02
Iraq completes canal 'to cow rebels'00:02
Road tolls 'risk failure without trap for dodgers': Experts weigh merits of satellites, short wave radio and infra-red technology00:02
South African Election: Election Notebook00:02
Players hurt00:02
One last deep, throaty chuckle and he was gone00:02
And what's more . . .00:02
Tragedy or triumph?: Can the new South Africa succeed where so many African states have failed? John Carlin and Richard Dowden speculate on two very different outcomes00:02
Football: Collymore straight to the points: Fortunate Forest00:02
Galapagos tortoises left to face fire00:02
Directors make a fortune from ruins of Coloroll: Denby Pottery ready to go public in pounds 40m flotation00:02
Scottish Football: Durie keeps Rangers rolling00:02
Rugby League: Doncaster's late tries deny Batley00:02
Murder charge00:02
Cricket: Gatting enjoys a double helping00:02
Lara honoured00:02
Tennis: Bates ends 17-year wait: British No 1's landmark for his country guarantees Wimbledon entry00:02
Science: Lost? The answer's in space: Satellite navigation could save hikers' lives and speed up 999 crews, but Michael Cross finds governments wary of sharing this military technology00:02
Salvador votes for president00:02
Job worries 'begin at 12'00:02
Self-rule deal on course00:02
Council debt00:02
Letter: Why we benefit from single-tier local authorities - and why we don't00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Football: Bad weather gathering over Goodison Park00:02
Letter: Complaints system does not favour GPs00:02
Serbs begin to pull back from outskirts of Gorazde00:02
Contemporary Art Market: African artists make sophisticated impact00:02
Today's Number: 1300:02
Sporting Digest: Motor Racing00:02
Football: Ardiles snubs investments to reap reward: Champions' talisman turns title defence their way in Manchester derby while Tottenham find some respite in relegation struggle00:02
Dig resumes00:02
Viktor takes control of vodka00:02
Sporting Digest: Australian Rules00:02
Serbs burn houses as they pull back00:02
Science: Tuning in to confusion: When the Government determines the destiny of Channel 5, writes Steve Homer, it will also be deciding the future of British television00:02
Further cuts in defence provoke calls for review00:02
Rugby Union: Hull wins England vote over Callard: Rowell beset by worries as tour of South Africa approaches00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey