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Thursday, 24 June 1993
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- Killer gets life
- BR pays widow
- Fewer road deaths
- Nine held in Tyneside raids
- 'M25 gang witness threatened': Woman tells court she was pressurised by police and is no longer sure of evidence
- 'I wish I had sent the watch to you'
- Killer may have left pub with gay victim
- Scientists find way of detecting space junk
- Doctors develop 'safer' prenatal diagnostic test
- Setback in US battle to extradite Maze escaper
- First H-bomb built amid safety fears: Documents highlight nuclear duplicity and a lucrative wartime trade. Tom Wilkie reports
- Percussionist provides musical support for research on status of endangered climbing palm
- Pride of place for favoured firms
- Leaked letter finally ruined Mates's career: Dinner with Nadir's PR consultant compounded growing unease at minister's links with fugitive tycoon
- Britain misses out on pounds 15m EC aid
- Black market made pounds 10m for government
- Wrong man cremated in funeral firm 'mix-up'
- Lack of choice put travel agents under scrutiny: The three biggest tour operators in Britain own agencies which sell half the package holidays. The Office of Fair Trading is to investigate
- Bishops' pledge on women priests
- Devonport awarded pounds 5bn contract to refit Tridents: Scottish Tories add voices to widespread anger at 800 job losses. Patricia Wynn Davies and James Cusick report
- Drugs firm challenges sleeping tablet ban
- The Daily Poem: Captain Death
- NHS earns pounds 150m from private patients: Doctors earn average of pounds 45,000 a year in fees
- Chancellor hints at tax rise in Budget
- The Queen at MI5
- Pits offer
- Man shot by IRA
- Quarry approved
- Head appointed
- Director leaves
- Marathon death
- Troops fought in Gulf war with unreliable rifle: Report catalogues 32 defects in weapon
- Bacon's works on despair fetch six figures
- Protesters attacked by police awarded pounds 89,000: Wapping demonstrators call for sacking of six serving officers
- Two-thirds of GPs want to quit, survey finds
- 'Video nasties' seized in raids
- Whitehall manual urges roadbuilders to go wild with flowers
- Legal ruling puts end to extradition loophole: Illegal acts to ensure trial under scrutiny
- Armed with the latest technology, Challenger 2 boosts the Army's firepower and raises export hopes
- Law Update: Peak practice
- Law Report: Life prisoners entitled to reasons for sentence: Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Doody and others - House of Lords (Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Lane, Lord Templeman, Lord Browne-Wilkinson and Lord Mustill), 24 June 1993
- Law Report: Other side's counsel's fees relevant: Lord Chancellor v Wrigh - Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Garland), 21 May 1993
- Law: Courtroom technology on trial: Videos, television and computers can aid the pursuit of justice, but, as Jenny Grove explains, they are not always witness-friendly
- Law Update: Off to Abu Dhabi
- Law: Freelance route to job satisfaction: Working for yourself offers freedom and flexibility. Two advocates spoke to Sharon Wallach
- The daily poem
- Drink-driver jailed
- No charges
World
- On night patrol in search of Aideed: Karl Maier joined a US helicopter crew as it scanned Mogadishu for the fugitive general
- Satellite grab
- SA attack
- Senate deal
- Israeli fence
- HK progress
- Heart problem
- Cairo buildings collapse
- Looting orgy at Chinese mine
- LDP's decline leaves voters in a quandary: The Japanese remain suspicious of a divided opposition
- Elchibey loses power
- All hands to the paddles as Hong Kong crews struggle for supremacy
- LDP defectors criticised
- Abiola throws down gauntlet: Nigerian leader urged to 'pull back from brink' as poll annulment is condemned
- Aristide to meet coup leaders: Deposed Haitian president to discuss return of democracy
- PATRICK COCKBURN in Washington: Gang believed to have links with group that bombed World Trade Center
- Stubbed out
- Japan's 'Steel Arm' flexes his muscles: The mastermind behind Monday's defections from the ruling party is keeping a low profile for now, Terry McCarthy reports from Tokyo
- Chinese blow cold again over HK
- Babangida annuls presidential election: Britain freezes aid as Nigeria military pulls back from democracy
- Inside File: UN back-pedals on Baghdad sanctions report
- Twitty will
- Tourist patrols
- Bald spin-doctor is a tonic for Clinton: The President's new press chief has won over the media and is restoring the White House image
- Uzbek abuse
- Georgia request
- Haitian demand
- Militant hanged
- German court foils Somalia plan
- Somalia sets alarm bells ringing in Washington: Horn of Africa held up as example of what could happen if US intervened in Balkans
- UN offers reward for Aideed arrest
- Iran reinforces dress code
- A meeting in SA is the message
People
- Birthdays
- Obituary: Sasha Young
- Anniversaries
- Court Circular
- Obituary: John M. Todd
- Obituary: Tahirou Congaka
- Obituary: Nebojsa Dimovic
- Obituary: Richard Beamish
- Obituary: Louis W. Parker
- Obituary: Victor Maddern: Correction
- Obituary: Andre Frenaud
- Royal engagements
- Anniversaries
- Court circular
- Birthdays
- Obituary: Victor Maddern (CORRECTED)
- Obituary: Tibor Cseres
- Obituary: Evelyn Bark
- Obituary: Al Fairweather
- 1 Serena Williams apologises after comment that rape victim 'shouldn't have put herself in that position'
- 2 Disability campaigners celebrate 'victory' after government rethink over plans to make it more difficult to claim disability benefits
- 3 Bankers could face jail after report urges the Government to introduce new criminal offence for reckless management
- 4 Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
- 5 We never knew Nigella Lawson - and we still don’t
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