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Monday, 15 February 1993
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- 1m pounds damages
- Law Report: Rastafarians not an ethnic group: Dawkins v Crown Suppliers (PSA) Ltd (now Department of the Environment) - Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Neill, Lord Justice Beldam and Sir John Megaw), 29 January 1993
- Law Report: Students validly denied benefit: Regina v Secretary of State for Social Security, ex parte Rouse; ex p Moore - Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Popplewell J), 22 January 1993
- Soldier shot dead
- Parents wary as hunt for boy's killer continues
- Worker sacked
- The Poem: 2
- Judicial plea
- 'Safe' driving
- The Queen settles with 'Sun'
- Law Report: Case Summaries
- Bomb defused
- Father charged
- Mother freed
- Rave arrests
- Fugitives held
- Arms find
- Prisoner injured
- Parents 'caught in NHS maze'
- Three die in blaze
- Weight worries
- London Show of fashion
- Bolder pounds 5 note
- CBI challenged on equal rights
- Belfast university 'treats Catholic staff unfairly'
- Full-time education ban on jobless to be lifted
- The Poem: 1: Starting today the Independent will be publishing one work by a contemporary poet every weekday. The series begins with this poem by Thom Gunn.
- Mexico pays 1m pounds to put its treasures on show
- Children 'addicted to computer games'
- Trust wardens 'face unfair tax bills'
- Programme of action failed to halt fresh controversy: Attempts by Queen's University to tackle discrimination have not pacified its critics, writes David McKittrick
- World Cup hero Moore has cancer
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science: Genetic problems 'can be reduced by in-breeding'
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science: Magician presents evidence of ESP
- 'Sun' says sorry to the Queen
- Bridgewater case prisoner in hospital
- Man charged with double murder
- Peatland is bought as bird reserve
- Rebels plan Synod walkout: Protests over women priests are expected at the General Synod. Andrew Brown reports
- Pits safety 'threatened by drive for output'
- Decline in public worship linked to surplus churches
- MPs abandon plan to urge BCCI pay-out
- London's giant pandas play the mating game: Neither is in the first flush of youth and when introduced, Bao Bao gave Ming Ming a mauling. Nicholas Schoon reports
- Captive barn owls
- Great British Institutions / The Regiment: Strike force finds tactics for survival in a changing world: In the latest of a series of articles on the component parts of British society, Christopher Bellamy, Defence Correspondent, looks at how the Royal Marines have altered over the years
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science: A tentative woman sways men the most
World
- Ayatollah 'under arrest in Tehran'
- French fight in Rwanda
- Republics reel from an ecological crisis: Cleaning up the former USSR could cost pounds 550bn over 10 years, writes Tony Barber, East Europe Editor
- Lithuania looks to Brazauskas for a recovery
- Out of South Africa: Emotional tug-of-war on the home front
- Cyprus accord threatened Clerides on rocky course
- Yeltsin escapes to rural refuge
- Papua rebels lose stronghold
- Tyson in appeal against conviction
- Old soldier on peace mission
- Investigation into human rights violations in Burma
- Libya 'building poison-gas plant'
- The World This Week
- 'Week of fire' in Italian scandal
- Savimbi faces an ultimatum
- President to outline plan on US economy
- Out of Japan: Cruelly wounded duck does the walk of life
- Saddam hails Clinton anti-war record
- Perils on and off piste for Israel's skiers: Dodging kamikaze sportsmen and avoiding a military zone add to the dangers on the slopes of Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights, writes Sarah Helm
- Ayatollah says Rushdie can be shown no mercy
- Tutu leans on Burmese junta
- Madagascar opposition heads for election victory
- Mandela and Pretoria deny a 'deal'
- US troops withdrawing from Somalia
People
- Birthdays
- Appointments
- Anniversaries
- Court Circular
- Obituary: Professor Norman Bisset
- Obituary: Judge Manfred Lachs
- Obituary: Gino Bechi
- Obituary: Professor Norman Bisset
- Obituary: Saad al-Alami
- Obituary: Eliot Janeway
- Obituary: Boleslaw Leitgeber
- Obituary: Howard Paul
- Obituary: Saburo Okita
- Wills
- Court Circular
- Birthdays
- Anniversaries
- Obituary: Professor Frank Wright: Correction
- Obituary: Professor Fred Hollows (CORRECTED)
- Obituary: Tip Tipping
- Obituary: Professor Frank Wright
- Obituary: Daniel Kelly
- Diary: 15-21 February
- Obituary: John Aveling
- Obituary: Maurice Bourges-Maunory
- Obituary: Reginald Lewis
Science
- The path of least resistance: Inserting genes into plants could protect crops from pests, at least till the latter become immune, says Simon Hadlington
- Now the Trojan horse arrives by telephone: Hackers have another weapon at their disposal, the computer bulletin board. Mike Holderness explains
- Molecule of the Month: What lurks within that nasty niff: Methyl mercaptan causes halitosis and smelly socks, but it also has industrial uses, says John Emsley
- At last, the secret of internal bliss is revealed: The discovery of anandamide, the body's natural form of the drug cannabis, casts new light on depressive illnesses, says Ruth McKernan
- 1 Austerity has hardened the nation's heart
- 2 Tottenham to smash pay scale with £150,000-a-week contract in attempt to tie Gareth Bale to club
- 3 Strewth mate. Aussies wave goodbye to Britain as it becomes too pricey to stay
- 4 Be more professional! GCHQ staff rapped as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reveals messages that he says point to 'fit up'
- 5 Join Ryanair! See the world! But we'll only pay you for nine months a year
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