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BAT pays dollars 1bn for US tobacco rival: American Tobacco buyout gives conglomerate third largest stake in turbulent cigarette market00:02
Requiem for the symphony orchestra: The ultimate music machine faces an identity crisis in the age of the CD, says Nicholas Williams00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bacteria that save lives and win wars: Power Unseen - Bernard Dixon: W H Freeman, pounds 16.9900:02
Football: Inspired Dykstra fends off Rangers00:02
'Spectacular incompetence' alleged in Lloyd's case: Underwriters gambled recklessly, claims QC representing 3,000 names00:02
Football: Preece ends drought00:02
Letter: Editing out the Lib Dems00:02
Serbs retreat in face of Gorazde deadline: Muslims return to destroyed homes despite sniping as UN insists on total compliance with ultimatum00:02
Law Report: Appeal over coroner's verdict on cell death is dismissed: Regina v North Humberside and Scunthorpe Coroner, Ex parte Jamieson00:02
US pressure on Russia00:02
Letter: Vocal opposition to Portillo over the causes of disquiet for the majority00:02
'Three strikes' victim rebels00:02
Obituary: Major Roy Warnford-Davis00:02
Call for action00:02
Letter: Post Office savings discourage children00:02
Rugby League: Youth hounds the heels of experience: Cummins and Edwards claim contrasting records in the Challenge Cup final. Dave Hadfield reports00:02
Defence White Paper: Cuts 'will not affect front-line strength': Rifkind says fighting capability of armed forces will be protected in latest round of savings targeted on support costs00:02
German bid for Lancer 'not enough'00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Walking: If you go down to the woods today: Deciding to mix art with exercise, Tony Kelly follows the Forest of Dean's sculpture trail00:02
Rugby League: Tuigamala Wembley-bound00:02
Football: Fan's Eye View: Play-off insanity prevails: No 71: York City00:02
Truce holds in Rwanda00:02
Turkish jubilation over recovery of ancient sarcophagus: Smuggled treasure is coming home, writes Hugh Pope from Ankara00:02
COMEDY / That Condo moment: Comedy has come a long way since the Grumbleweeds. Or has it? James Rampton meets one of the all-singing, all-dancing Condos00:02
Football: Aldridge points the way00:02
OPERA / Marriage on the rocks: Stephen Johnson on the current revival of Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden00:02
Balladur clamps down on his warring ministers00:02
Row over bank head's 'Libyan connections'00:02
Russian doubts00:02
Letter: Vocal opposition to Portillo over the causes of disquiet for the majority00:02
Pembroke: DIY chain in brush with security guards00:02
Chatline bill00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
NY futures markets join forces to cut costs00:02
Letter: Tricky Dicky and the Chilean connection00:02
Cheep victory00:02
Court Circular00:02
I'm just glad Dame Vera didn't shoot the piano player00:02
I'm just glad Dame Vera didn't shoot the piano player00:02
THE FRINGE / Excess baggage00:02
Labour attack pounds 565m spent on consultancy services: Policy described as 'grotesque waste of taxpayers' money'00:02
Italy's '007' fraud trial opens00:02
Exam plea00:02
View From City Road: Golden opportunities in television00:02
Nurses call for ban on 'sex selection' baby clinics00:02
Tarmac paves road to future profit00:02
REVIEW / Colourful language in a monochrome world00:02
Ministers delay decision on Channel 500:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Police charged with killing Joy Gardner00:02
One night, my dead mother rang me: Susan de Muth in bed with Sally Beauman00:02
Scientists find evidence of 'top quark'00:02
Media: Outside heir to the grey lady's chair: Peter Pringle reports on the crowning of an editor, New York-style00:02
Cricket: Crawley turns his bat on old friends00:02
Funds set up their own pensions inquiry00:02
Defence White Paper: End of an illustrious era for shipyard: Stephen Ward reports on the gloomy outlook for workers at Devonport (CORRECTED)00:02
Football: Cantona set for noisy return00:02
Boxing: Holyfield fought with heart condition: Former world heavyweight champion retires after doctor says it was 'a miracle' that he finished 12-round bout00:02
Letter: Tricky Dicky and the Chilean connection00:02
Private schools' pupil levels fall for third year00:02
South African Elections: Landslide question00:02
Hata fights to save his coalition00:02
Crash kills three00:02
Defence White Paper: Armed forces lauded as 'match for any in world': Christopher Bellamy finds proposals in the White Paper reiterate plans that have already been announced00:02
Leading Article: Writing on the wall for boarding schools00:02
View From City Road: BAT is forced further into the smoke00:02
Usborne suspends head of pigs business00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
South African Elections: ANC's Verwoerds defy family history00:02
Hamleys seeks pounds 12m in placing00:02
Media: Democracy means dial-a-leader: Political talk-shows have been given free rein on South African radio and television. David Cohen wonders whether it will last00:02
British Library to pay pounds 1m for only complete copy of first English Bible00:02
South African Elections: Election notebook00:02
South African Elections: Huddleston casts his vote and rejoices00:02
THEATRE / Best of Danish: Robert Hanks on Jeppe of the Hill at the Gate00:02
Bottom Line: Sears fails to excite00:02
Life for killer who faced death00:02
Letter: Vocal opposition to Portillo over the causes of disquiet for the majority00:02
Fewer bad debts at NatWest00:02
Curator's Choice: The Jewish Museum00:02
The genetic goldrush: The genes in your body couldn't possibly belong to someone else . . . could they? Susan Watts reports on the battle by some scientists to claim their very own stake in the stuff of life00:02
Shergar ruling00:02
IoD attacks 'wasteful' Europeans: Business leaders condemn Brussels and urge companies to look east for growth. Mary Fagan reports00:02
A Day Like This00:02
Leading Article: Much snipping, little debating00:02
South African Elections: Gandhi's heirs fearful of black majority00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Obituary: Spike Mullins00:02
Letter: No tax break for the Prince of Wales00:02
Ortega to quit00:02
Leading Article: If only our capital were paved with cafes00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Papers seized at VW 'similar to GM documents': Prosecutor to speak on Lopez investigation00:02
Bottom Line: A deal too far?00:02
Compass plans pounds 300m US deal00:02
Ancient enemies seal pact for future00:02
Backgammon: A quick lesson in doubling your money00:02
Business City Summary00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Soldier in rail death00:02
Gilbey to refine SA distillery operations00:02
Equestrianism: Skelton scales new heights00:02
Howard gives ground on the roots of crime: Failures in society 'create conditions for lawbreaking'00:02
Lectures00:02
Letter: The good fortune to have a single child00:02
Why does Scott stop short of Thatcher?: The arms-to-Iraq inquiry seems to have gone soft on one line of investigation, argues Ole Hansen00:02
Obituary: George Yennimatas00:02
Letter: Tricky Dicky and the Chilean connection00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
View From City Road: Investors, prepare for the crash00:02
Snooker: White out to show his true colours: Guy Hodgson reports on an elusive goal for a player who is popular with his peers and the public alike00:02
Airtours to raise pounds 80m to purchase SAS Leisure00:02
Sears predicts continuing recovery: Retail group reports pounds 138m profit and plays down fears that tax rises will halt increase in sales00:02
Birthdays00:02
Obituary: Sir John Tilney00:02
'Attempt to kidnap girl thwarted after fight': Woman tells murder trial of ordeal00:02
Row brews over Delors succession00:02
Jet hit helicopter00:02
Market Report: Pension fund's placing holds Lucas shares back00:02
Moldova talks00:02
Cricket: Benson and Hedges Cup: Stewart is quick off mark with a century: Surrey satisfaction - Middlesex relief - Lancashire enjoy stroll - Leicestershire untroubled00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Over budget, behind schedule. Why?: The Management of Projects - Peter W G Morris: (Thomas Telford, pounds 55)00:02
Double order for Big Mac restaurants00:02
Football: Oldham undone by Holdsworth: Wimbledon rise up the Premiership - Delight for Tranmere - Luton's nerves show - Motherwell shock Scottish champions00:02
THEATRE / Pulling together: The Maly Theatre - Manchester Forum & On Tour00:02
Ice Hockey: World Championship: Red machine runs over Great Britain00:02
BEST-SELLERS / Top Supermarket Chains00:02
Mercedes accelerates out of its recession00:02
Anniversaries00:02
CBI drops calls for rates cut as production rises00:02
Minister wakes up to rooftop protest: Eleven people were held after a demonstration at John MacGregor's home. Nicholas Schoon and Steve Boggan report00:02
'Panorama' staff told show may yet go out00:02
USM replacement is revealed: Companies with six-month track record will be eligible to join new exchange00:02
BAe directors face inquisition at annual meeting00:02
Customs seize drugs worth record pounds 250m: Operation to stem backdoor route of narcotics to western Europe00:02
Football: TV forces rematch00:02
'It's like falling in love' - Archbishop Desmond Tutu00:02
Lufthansa in talks with Lauda Air00:02
US pressure on Russia00:02
'Mad cats' decision00:02
Bottom Line: Tarmac challenge is just beginning00:02
Dear Mohamed Al Fayed: A customer complains about Harrods' apparent policy of being beastly to harmless members of the spending public00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Gay immigration officer forged passport: Marianne Macdonald reports on a case that highlights Home Office bias against homosexual couples00:02
Boys, 11, cleared of 'sex attack'00:02
Today's Number: 59300:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Woman 'laundered crates of cash'00:02
Letter: Post Office savings discourage children00:02
Row brews over Delors succession00:02
Racing: Hills makes waves on troubled water: Taps are turned on to ease the Guineas going but the move attracts criticism from a top trainer00:02
Ordination offers hope to converts00:02
Notices00:02
Snooker: Morgan fast gaining recognition00:02
Doctor accused00:02
Cricket: Ramprakash back to brilliant best00:02
Architecture: This desirable city slaughterhouse . . .: Jonathan Glancey looks at an imaginative way to make a silk purse where there used to be sows' ears00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
The daily poem00:02
Kneecappings fuel Ulster peace doubts00:02
Ivory Towers: Eating for success00:02
Our fight to stay with Dad: Are the courts biased in favour of women when it comes to custody cases? Marina Cantacuzino meets four brothers who believe they are00:02
South African Elections: No violence but muddle at the polls00:02
Smooth operator00:02
Inside Parliament: Howard pledge is single act of defiance over 'tattered' Bill: Blair derides 'exercise in mistaken ideology' - MPs salute historic events in South Africa00:02
CIA double-agent faces jail for life00:02
Gardner supporters still seek public inquiry into death: A visit by police and Immigration Service officers ended in tragedy. David Connett reports00:02
Aids rebuke00:02
Letter: Vocal opposition to Portillo over the causes of disquiet for the majority00:02
Who the devil shall we blame?: Satanic abuse may not exist, but it allows us to avoid facing some grim human realities00:02
Media: Talk of the Trade: End of the World: Correction00:02
Airbus orders flying high as A340 attracts buyers00:02
261 killed in ball of fire as Airbus tries to land00:02
Architecture: Which building should you hate most?00:02
South African Elections: Time catches up on God's chosen race00:02
Shuttle holds key to tunnel's future: Christian Wolmar looks at the costly rolling stock built to carry vehicles under the Channel00:02
South African Elections: First voters' joy as dream comes true00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
And what's more . . .00:02
Racing: Coolmore lose Shergar case00:02
South African Elections: Flag is lowered on white minority rule00:02
Student is stripped of degree for plagiarism00:02
Made here. Big over there: The word from Houston: 'If you've ever thought, gee I love British humour, this is as good as it gets.' Sheila Johnston on a home-grown US hit00:02
Letter: Vocal opposition to Portillo over the causes of disquiet for the majority00:02
Another walk-on part for Moscow: Jonathan Eyal argues that the West continues to misread Russia's relations with the Serbs00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
The lowlands of British crime00:02
World Bank under pressure to reform: Finance ministers call for greater role for private sector in development00:02
Chess: Short is back in the arena00:02
Letter: Denims make the well-dressed doctor00:02
Cricket: Irish find the task beyond them00:02
Media: Rock station that is finally on a roll: The wrong music policy and poor reception gave Virgin a shaky first year, reports Maggie Brown00:02
Baby found dead00:02
Banknote thieves told to repay pounds 1/2 m: Families' extravagant lifestyle ends with court order to give up ill-gotten gains. Ian MacKinnon reports