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Sunday, 17 October 1993
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- Sea rescue
- Belfast shooting
- Complaints in private sector nursing rise: Disciplinary council pinpoints abuse and poor practices in homes
- Regrets emerge over results in Europe: Margaret Thatcher's recollections of a turbulent decade at the helm of the Conservative Party and Britain are published today
- Contemporary Art Market: Childlike perspective that evokes inter-war masters
- New wave of brewers on road to success: Entrepreneurs are revitalising real ale, writes David Nicholson-Lord
- Man tried to cut out tattoo after split with girlfriend
- 'Weasel words' as allies desert: Margaret Thatcher's recollections of a turbulent decade at the helm of the Conservative Party and Britain are published today: The Downfall
- Few regrets over the purge of dissenters: Margaret Thatcher's recollections of a turbulent decade at the helm of the Conservative Party and Britain are published today: Removing the 'Wets'
- New light on Chancellor's exit: Margaret Thatcher's recollections of a turbulent decade at the helm of the Conservative Party and Britain are published today: The resignation of Nigel Lawson: Donald Macintyre notes the protagonists' differing memories of the events of 1989
- Pope acted over hunger strike: Margaret Thatcher's recollections of a turbulent decade at the helm of the Conservative Party and Britain are published today
- The one adviser steadfast in his support: Margaret Thatcher's recollections of a turbulent decade at the helm of the Conservative Party and Britain are published today: Marriage
- Behind the painted smile, circus clowns ponder an uncertain future
- Study tackles passive smoking
- Debris of the battle left in cemetery
- Chess: Kasparov edges closer to victory
- Ulster Unionists pour scorn on Sinn Fein talks: Notions that official party line has softened are dispelled. David McKittrick reports
- Clash of words over violence in race march: Police chief blames organisers of anti-racist demonstration for providing 'opportunity for violence'. Alex Renton reports
- Reynolds optimistic over Hume initiative: Irish leader says he is ready to make constitutional changes
- ANL 'has a wider political agenda': Mary Braid looks at the reasons for a growing rift between Britain's leading anti-racist groups
- Cyclists set sights on Yorkshire viaduct for cross-country route
- Vegetarian youth
- Howard defends 'get tough' policy on crime: Minister says judges' criticisms based on misunderstanding of his comments
- Blessed defeat
- Wrong wave
- Football tragedy
- Glider death
- Coach is 'hijacked'
- Discontent rises over rail fares
- War Cabinet showdown that helped shape history: Margaret Thatcher's recollections of a turbulent decade at the helm of the Conservative Party and Britain are published today: The Falklands
- Woman driver rammed by armed motorway robbers: Jewellery worth pounds 70,000 and Mercedes taken in early-morning attack
- CBI chief attacks councils review
- Girl, 13, killed by 'hit-and run' driver
- Magazine backs positive discrimination
- Killed robber 'was deaf'
- Shift work 'can be more dangerous than drugs'
- Clarke's conundrum: The Chancellor's future depends on getting next month's Budget right. Stephen Castle and Robert Chote report
World
- Muslims warned in China
- Rebel threat to raze mosque in Kashmir: Tense stand-off as Indian security forces surround Muslim militants
- Rebels close in on Shevardnadze
- New purge of Iran's armed forces
- Township strikes gold in 'peace Olympics': John Carlin in Alexandra meets residents who are determined to live without the gun
- Poll may hasten Quebec separation: The general election next Monday could be the last for federal Canada, writes Rupert Cornwell in Montreal
- Boost for Bhutto
- 'Peace talks delayed'
- UN and US 'rejected Aideed ceasefire offer'
- Aziz in French hospital
- UN detainees 'denied rights'
- Russia admits N-dumping
- LA trial verdicts
- More aid flown to Cuito
- Ferry toll now at 257
- Tiny figure who may rewrite prehistory: Enigma with a human shape goes on display in Israel
- The day the new world order died: Only a political solution can save Somalia
- Home's where the US heart is: As America's vision of policing the world recedes, will public opinion force Clinton to take an isolationist stance?
- Nuclear waste 'to be dumped at sea'
- Spirit of the volk descends to bluster: 'Adapt or die,' leaders warn
- Premadasa's killer 'had nine back-ups'
- The prelate, the priest and the Mafia: For centuries Catholic leaders kept quiet - now Father Paolo daily risks his life to save young Sicilians from the godfathers
- Peas fail to please Hillary Clinton
- Most-wanted plotter caught in Russia
- Nobel legacy of political dynamite: Salvation Army misses its calling as secretive peace prize committee backs Mandela, De Klerk and the 'forces of good'
- Sarajevo sustains heavy pounding
- Indian army besieges mosque
- UN quenches the Cuito inferno
- Flights of fantasy
Science
- Science: A fake, but a real life-saver: A Nobel prize-winning professor's work has enabled the development of artificial blood, says Owen Dyer
- Science: Trip to Cern awaits young prize winners
- Science: The sensible host stays cool: Bumble bees have found a way to fight against parasites. Chris Barnard reports
- Science / Molecule of the NMMonth: Too much of a good thing?: Selenium is known to prevent certain types of heart condition and can ward off cancer. But it may also cause foul breath, says John Emsley
- Science: How networking could have helped the coup: Systems ordered by the Russian parliament might have aided the deputies in their recent bid for power, writes Robert Farish
Voices
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- Letter: Licence to kill
- Letter: Wrong toremove this right
- Letter: Pension rights
- Letter: Most single men are rejects
- Letter: Birmingham's new deal
- Letter: Criminal attitude to theft
- Letter: All change
- Letter: Mystery name
- Letter: Fumes data
- Letter: Old prejudice
- Letter: Unhappy end
- Letter: Food is safe
- Letter: Hard lesson
- Rear Window: Goodbye children everywhere
- 1 Liam Gallagher slams Daft Punk: 'I could have written Get Lucky in an hour'
- 2 What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
- 3 'Something passed underneath us, quite close': Airbus A320 has close encounter with UFO
- 4 Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
- 5 Two bailed after arrest over Woolwich attack Twitter comments
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