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Wednesday, 31 March 1993
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- Murder inquiry
- Blaze death
- Many heads find morale of staff has improved: Grant-maintained status has led to improved funding and conditions but the case for raised educational standards is not yet proven
- Complaints over school tendering
- No charges in home alone case
- Law Report: Foreign bank may not be sued: Polly Peck International plc v Nadir and others - Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Glidewell, Lord Justice McCowan and Lord Justice Hoffmann), 17 March 1993.
- The Daily Poem: Ship out of Water or How the Tailor Cuts Our Cloth for Geriatric Critics
- Birt pledges not to promote 'culture of cruelty' on BBC
- Complaints over adverts fall
- Teaching 'no better' in opted-out schools: Grant-maintained status has led to improved funding and conditions but the case for raised educational standards is not yet proven
- Woman offering Aids cure 'a charlatan': Pamphlet claimed drug could treat cancer and other diseases
- Doctor who fought illegal practices faces bankruptcy: Rheumatologist must pay litigation costs in excess of pounds 60,000
- Royal Society of Portrait Painters selects works for annual exhibition
- Buddhist monks seek solace in a retreat from the modern world: After four years in isolation, a group of novices at Europe's largest Tibetan centre emerged to face some familiar prejudices. Tim Kelsey reports
- NUS is poised to become a charity: Annual conference re-elects president
- Foot resigns from 'Mirror': Bitter dispute over banned column 'forces out' campaigning journalist
- Warning on patches for smokers
- Juniors' hours 'no shorter'
- Channel 4 offers eclectic mix for new programme season
- Funeral service
- Film threat
- Abortion clinics under guard after clashes: Police arrest 20 as violence flares during protest by militant 'pro-life' group
- RAF prepares to fly the flags on a royal day of celebration to mark the service's 75th anniversary
- Milk float is council's latest weapon in its drive to stop motorists speeding past road works
- EC rules 'handicap' English vineyards
- London hosts chess clash: Newspaper group wins right to stage world title match
- Fishermen bury the hatchet on dry land: Stephen Ward sees two sides coming together on Guernsey
- Police hunt boy
- Shetland call
- Bomb disposal officer loses hand
- First Night: Musical's pedigree is revealed in black and white: City of Angels
- Broadcasting ban clarified
- Warrington victim's father calls for public help
- Widow condemns actions of 'evil psychopaths'
- The Daily Poem
- Belfast shooting
- Age concern
- Horse inquiry
World
- Refugees fear rerun of history: Violence is sweeping Cambodia as those who fled Pol Pot return home
- Oscars ceremony wins honours for best political platform
- US calls Iran 'international outlaw'
- Dissidents claim Iran killings: A shadowy underground group says it has struck at heart of the clerical regime
- Out of the West: Imitation can be the most expensive form of flattery
- Funeral in Ashkelon
- 'Bombay bomber' arrested
- Besieged gunman vows fight to death: Five killed during Australia shootings
- Rabin closes West Bank and Gaza after policemen killed
- Algeria violence kills 41
- Forgotten deportees divide into two camps: Robert Fisk in Marj al-Zohour camp finds Palestinians worried about betrayal by Arab states
- Libya faces stiffer sanctions
- Italian government on verge of collapse: President appeals to nation for 'steadfastness and calm'
- Mystery over Tajik deaths
- EC official jumps to his death
- Farrow 'wanted to stab Allen'
- 100 years for killing Basque
- Bonn seeks positive image
- Explosion in pyramid
- Young Cuban promoted
- Nuclear sub shows the flag in Gulf: Royal Navy counters a threat from Iran
- Clinton set to roll back Reagan years: The White House signals its determination to reverse Republican policies on abortion and workers' rights
- Egypt plunges into a state of uncertainty: Muslim fundamentalism and corruption are undermining President Mubarak, writes Robert Fisk in Cairo
- Peking seeks to weaken Patten: New body opposes Hong Kong reforms
- All clear for new beer
- No winners in Russia's quiet despair: Yeltsin and his rivals ponder the next move
- School closed after rape orgy
- Nine killed in crush to escape Srebrenica siege
- Hanging Rock gunmen in court
- Fourth suspect indicted
- Dutch and Germans join forces
- Cuba facing 'stone-age economy'
- UN gives Nato right to down Serbian planes: Security Council endorses military action against aircraft violating no-fly zone over Bosnia
- Reprieve for sacred river: The World Bank cut funds to a dam project in India, writes Tim McGirk
- Out of Belgium: Small-screen airing of national drama
- Jamaican PM calls for unity after election violence
People
- Birthdays
- Anniversaries
- Court Circular
- Schools: Queen Anne's School, Caversham
- Obituary: Tofik Bakhramov
- Obituary: Professor J. F. C. Conn
- Obituary: Anthony Bowles
- Obituary: Reginald Woolley
- Obituary: David Gow
- Obituary: Clifford Jordan
- Anniversaries
- Court Circular
- Birthdays
- Diary: April
- Schools: Dauntsey's School
- Obituary: Kate Reid
- Obituary: Joseph Oduho
- Obituary: Professor Alex Kellie
- Obituary: Reuben Fine
Media
- Media Types: The raving mavens of couture: The fashion editor
- Media: Let's have it back, now]: It's when ads aren't trying to sell anything that you really take notice, says Jonathan Sale
- Media: Start spreading the news . . . Rupert's back in New York: The most famous American born in Australia has renewed his love affair with a trashy tabloid. Peter Pringle reports
- 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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