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Muslims and Croats start offensive00:02
Chess: Encouraging the stubborn00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Journey through a watery paradise lost: 'A Reed Shaken by the Wind' - Gavin Maxwell: Eland, 8.99 pounds00:02
BBC strike off00:02
Player cleared over punch00:02
Top job for peace broker00:02
View from City Road: Warburg occupies a unique position00:02
Mexican official met 'assassin'00:02
View from City Road: Playing a mysterious game of Footsie00:02
Bribes man's son 'had pounds 3.5m account': Convicted MoD official allegedly passed note to cellmate warning son to cover tracks and clear Swiss bank accounts. Ian MacKinnon reports00:02
'Gulag' author heads home00:02
Serious fraud up, says SFO00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
ARTS / And What's More . . .00:02
Letter: Film censors deny reality00:02
Freshly minted Polo in October00:02
Dublin gives Charlton a champion's freedom00:02
Letter: Almighty cheek of Tory moralists00:02
More Channel trips00:02
Roads minister launches effort to cut cycling deaths00:02
Letter: Yet another sell-off bound for the buffers00:02
POP / Gig Guide00:02
Lottery offers 14 million to one chance of jackpot: Virgin boss condemns contract's proceeds going to 'fill pockets of winning consortium's shareholders'. Gail Counsell reports00:02
Glossary: This thought struck me . . .00:02
BEST-SELLERS / Top 10 Largest Airlines00:02
Dirty charms00:02
Diary00:02
Losing combination in a game of high stakes: Gail Counsell focuses on the charities, bingo halls and betting shops set to be the losers in the National Lottery00:02
Fierce competition pushes Argyll down00:02
Obituary: Dr Roy J. Plunkett00:02
Opening lines of communication: Joanna Gibbon reports on how money raised by the 'Independent' Bosnia Appeal is being put to use00:02
Letter: Wessex Man offers no policy for Europe00:02
Road to Brussels00:02
Killer bug cases have risen all over the world00:02
Health-care rationing comes into the open00:02
Reporter's rights 'violated'00:02
Whale sanctuary proposal00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Sports Letter: Same old story00:02
Cricket: Lara poised to join century hall of fame: Trinidadian has chance to complete six-pack of successive hundreds at Lord's today. Glenn Moore reports00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Objectors win delay of scorpion virus trial00:02
Uproar in Dail over IRA funeral display00:02
Reuters takes to the air00:02
POP / Time off for bad behaviour: Want to lose friends and influence people? Then take some unsound advice from Luke Haines of the Auteurs. Interview by Andy Gill00:02
Where shall we meet?: Bar Escoba00:02
Sporting Digest: Pools News00:02
Petrol price up00:02
Leaks in UN trade embargo on Haiti00:02
Electric car gets shock treatment00:02
Inside File: The Good, the Bad and the French00:02
Letter: KwaZulu and the ANC: past problems, future dangers00:02
Eurotunnel rights issue ready after 11th hour deal00:02
Hostels plea fails00:02
Ofgas director denies affair: Anger over allegations of relationship00:02
Out of South Africa: English - as she is spoke in Sefrika, men00:02
US and Japan resume talks on trade00:02
BT disowns James Bulger pictures: Parents of murdered child 'appalled and upset' by images at a London art exhibition sponsored by telecoms company. James Cusick reports00:02
Bridging history00:02
Letter: Beer from France flows through Dover00:02
View from City Road: Branson loses out to the small print00:02
Motor Racing: Benetton attack safety measures: Schumacher to drive in Spanish Grand Prix 'at his own risk'00:02
Give us pubs, not 'character': Drinkers want choice, not a company's cod notion of heritage00:02
Cricket: Ward is a big hit in the Surrey ranks00:02
Leading Article: How frightened should we be?00:02
Lebanon murder trial opens00:02
POP / On The Road: Wise. Free kick. Bang]: One half of Everything But the Girl on fag smoke and Waitrose queues00:02
Bridge: Working hard00:02
Overseas pensions racket uncovered: Relatives take state cash after death of expatriates. Chris Blackhurst reports00:02
Jury record00:02
Night moves00:02
Shares dive on interest fears: Fall through FT-SE 3,000 level could trigger international sell-offGeorge plays down dispute with Clarke00:02
Doubles, anyone?00:02
Letter: Wessex Man offers no policy for Europe00:02
Armani's 'iron lady' in defection to Klein: Marion Hume reports on designer switch by the 'terrible terrier' that signals eclipse of Milan's fashion status by New York00:02
Boy could have raped teacher, says father00:02
Premium bonus00:02
Gaza ready to enjoy its new freedom00:02
Yes] A monster 12-lane bypass will march across Britain]00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Vietnamese dissident freed00:02
A roof? But a roof is not a home: Belinda, homeless no more00:02
School reclaims its hero00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Dear Martina Navratilova: It'll take more than one first-round defeat and a smashed racket to end your astonishing career, a women's sportswriter tells the tennis champ00:02
Chinese camp karaoke00:02
Boy, 2, safe00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Bottom Line: Caught out in China00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Blair looks unstoppable: Poll shows unexpected support among unions - Beckett opens way for 'dream tickets' to run00:02
Body in garden00:02
North Yemenis close on Aden00:02
Shake-up cuts Courtaulds profit to pounds 186m: Recovery seen in large markets00:02
Children treated00:02
Bottom Line: Switching off00:02
Rugby Union: England's victory fails to convince: Tony Underwood turns in brilliant two-try performance but the tourists still struggle00:02
SA whites could get amnesty00:02
Footballer refuses to lay blame for tackle00:02
Iraq chemical weapons claim00:02
MoD criticised for incompetence over Gulf war troops00:02
Education / Safety First: Dicky needn't have died00:02
Research group in higher rates plea00:02
BSC calls Lloyds payments illegal00:02
Bottom Line: Yields falling flat for Land Securities00:02
Law Report: Researcher cannot complain over television programme: Regina v Broadcasting Complaints Commission, ex parte British Broadcasting Corporation - Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Laws), 13 May 199400:02
Bank and Fed clash over rules on derivatives00:02
Dilemmas: Don't feel loving? Try harder]00:02
Bottom Line: Short-priced favourite00:02
Warning: this thing isn't natural: When scientists experiment on their doorsteps, people deserve answers, says Susan Watts00:02
Maitland is rebuked for misleading MPs: Speaker says Tory's conduct over disability Bill was below standards of House. Colin Brown reports00:02
Warburg's record year allays City worries00:02
Football: Chelsea spend pounds 2.3m on Furlong00:02
Director tipped as next chairman quits Vosper00:02
Spyder on the road00:02
Football: Learning the art of pain00:02
Breakdown blues00:02
Lasmo's allegations spark Enterprise investigation: Accounting board looks into claims of irregular auditing00:02
TURNING POINT / Still reeling after all these years: Upon reading Pauline Kael . . . John Lyttle on his first encounter with the New Yorker's legendary film critic00:02
Russia seeks Nato pact veto00:02
Patten offers education chief a libel settlement: Correction John Patten00:02
Sports Letter: Hard work ruined00:02
THEATRE / On Theatre00:02
CENTREFOLD / Small is beautiful: Indian miniatures selected by one of contemporary art's giants00:02
Market Report: Pounds 15bn slump as investors find a dozen reasons to sell00:02
Police link letter bombs in London00:02
Council 'stalls' HIV sacking claim00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Obituary: Joe Pass00:02
FBI sets up Moscow base to fight 'nuclear gangsters'00:02
Letter: Go on, tackle me and I'll sue00:02
A natural place to be buried: Forget cemeteries, you can rest in peace with the environment. Marina Cantacuzino learns more00:02
Racing: Dunwoody eager for a final thrust: In a historic setting the champion secures two more victories, but vows his duel with Maguire will continue to the season's last gasp00:02
POP / The Charts00:02
Today's Number: 7000:02
Pembroke: Spirited action by Warburg00:02
REVIEW / Is that a gun, or are you just pleased to see me?00:02
Points of view differ in power struggle over skyline: Richard North reports on a scheme to build a windfarm on a Welsh hilltop00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Snail trail00:02
North West suffers as orders from US dry up00:02
True Gripes: Don't stop, thief: People do not seem to give a damn00:02
Obituary: John Weidner00:02
Trucker charged00:02
Education lobby00:02
Silly Questions: A tale of animals and Americans00:02
Cricket: Smith stays in control00:02
Leading Article: Silence, please, union bosses00:02
George defies call for new PIA chief and backs Palmer00:02
Education Viewpoint / Safety First: A small price for the lives of our children00:02
Mitterrand urges close UK ties: The French President, in an interview with Julian Nundy, says that he regrets the missed opportunities to work with Britain00:02
Robbers pick off the black cabs: Marie Woolf reports on a huge increase in thefts from taxis and assaults on their drivers00:02
Fashion: labelled with love: Rifat Ozbek asked designers, milliners and stylists to make a panel for a quilt in remembrance of those lost to Aids00:02
Rugby Union: Barnes bloodied among old volk00:02
Lamont tells PM to keep faith on tax cuts: Former Chancellor has warning for Major and attacks 'leftist' successor00:02
Higher Education: Year of chaos and shattered hopes: Universities cut back just as applications break records. Ngaio Crequer predicts misery for many00:02
Silence on Mecca death toll00:02
Obituary: Sandor Lakatos00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
World 'has failed' on Rwanda00:02
Incest man jailed00:02
Last test for Sizewell B00:02
Health officials abroad begin killer bug checks: The virulent flesh-eating bacterium has sparked concerns about cases in other countries. Liz Hunt reports00:02
Watchdog under scrutiny: Correction00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Crowning glory00:02
Rugby Union: Scotland dig deep: Dalgleish shines00:02
POP / Don't say he's enjoying himself: It's that man again. Same old clothes, but a changing sound and another new band. Mark Wareham reviews David Byrne, an ordinary bloke with a nice line in material00:02
Sports Letter: Deserved win for Arsenal00:02
Letter bomb sent to Wogan00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
DANCE / On Dance00:02
Split over division of Black Sea Fleet00:02
Better to remain a double act00:02
Racing: Performer misses Derby00:02
Italy makes play for world role00:02
All the president's unreported women: JFK never had problems like Bill Clinton's, recalls Nick Bryant00:02
Obituary: Dallas Pratt00:02
Blair's lead boosted by 'silent majority': Independent / Newsnight poll shows 90% of union levy-payers support Labour reforms or think they should have gone further. Peter Kellner reports00:02
Barrage begins00:02
Cricket: Versatile White makes his case00:02
Instant karma for the car: James Ruppert explores the comforts offered on the gadget market00:02
Rostenkowski is willing to accept short jail term00:02
THEATRE / Little boy lost: Paul Taylor reviews David Thacker's new production of Coriolanus at the Swan, Stratford00:02
UN chief wants Japan in Council00:02
Acquisitive Carlton improves to pounds 73m00:02
British Coal to sell off non-mining businesses00:02
Two weeks a year spent in jams00:02
Merchant banks must guard against 'negligence' lawsuits00:02
Letter: Bulger verdict must stand00:02
POP / Albums: Throw the man a fish00:02
Country house owners on alert as art thieves strike again00:02
China 'to get MFN status'00:02
Football: County set sights on target man and promotion: A 'donkey' is planning to make an ass out of the opposition in the Second Division play-off final. Guy Hodgson reports00:02
The Hay Festival 199400:02
Education / School transport: something must be done: Up to 1,200 children a year are killed or injured on their way to and from school. Today, the Independent launches a campaign for safety measures00:02
The Daily Poem: Cesar Vallejo: Testimony00:02
Leading Article: The tunnel links us, la difference remains00:02
A Jag for pounds 9900:02
US dispute casts shadow over Camelot's lottery triumph00:02
Letter: KwaZulu and the ANC: past problems, future dangers00:02
View from City Road: Smear tactics at new heights00:02
Athletics: Christie gives Norman his full support00:02
Unions likely to remain neutral00:02
'Lost' Turners return to spotlight: Two watercolours found in an attic clear-out go on sale today, 50 years after they were last seen, writes Dalya Alberge00:02
MUSIC / Hot to trot: Adrian Jack reviews the 'Response' Weekend00:02
Letter: Bulger verdict must stand00:02
Cricket: Kent sad at soggy farce00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Don't mind if I do: How do you feel when you get carried off by a large pterodactyl? Nick Pemberton found it all too real for his liking. Well, virtually00:02
Dominican fraud charges to go to UN00:02
Golf: Storm over Valderrama: Spain has the Ryder Cup00:02
Sports Letter: Tactical triumph00:02
POP / She's a hell of a nerve: Pretentious? Her? Joseph Gallivan finds Laurie Anderson equally at home on the stage and the page00:02
In Thing: Wendy's salad bar00:02
Barmy bets make the lottery look tame: Alien visitors? A 20-stone sprinter? Ed Needham on the punters who will back anything if the odds are long enough00:02
Murder trial ends00:02
Claudia comes of age00:02
'Royal' peacemaker for Kurds00:02
Birthdays00:02
View from City Road: Sound, fury and not much else00:02
Transit belt offer00:02
Inside Parliament: Veteran pro-Europeans offer lessons in national history: Baroness Williams calls for 'great debate' about future of EU - Minister denies that the Government is isolated00:02
CINEMA / On Cinema00:02
North Korean reactor inspected00:02
Tennis: Angry Agassi just fails to pass Muster: French Open00:02
RIGHT OF REPLY / In answer to his critics, Nick Broomfield says, 'Narcissistic? Moi?00:02
India's forgotten prisoners learn to meditate on their fate: Tim McGirk finds a female governor is using prayer to keep the lid on one of New Delhi's toughest jails00:02
Overseas pensions racket uncovered: Relatives take state cash after death of expatriates. Chris Blackhurst reports