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Monday, 23 May 1994
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- Life for murderer
- Thatcher 'knew of Iraq arms sting': British executives trapped in covert US operation cleared of plotting to smuggle detonator equipment to Baghdad. David Connett reports
- Maitland 'did not consult disabled group': Claim over blocking of Bill denied
- Car theft 'worst in England and Wales': Crime survey establishes a league table of 19 nations
- Man dies in Ulster reprisals
- Blair emerges as clear favourite with southerners: Labour home affairs spokesman given big lead
- Cannes Golden Palm is awarded to 'Pulp Fiction'
- Captive change
- Railtrack is lined up for quick pounds 3bn sell-off
- Paintball siege
- Lib Dems set to win Eastleigh as poll puts Tories in third
- Victims named
- Postman's plea
- Wheelchair protest
- Sea rescue
- Smoke advert to make modern women fume
- Woman still ill
- Woman strangled
- Training vouchers will be offered to school-leavers
- Union fires warning shot in Labour battle: Head of GMB urges party's leadership candidates to endorse policy of full employment. Barrie Clement reports
- Three killed in helicopter crash
- Fast conclusion to contest sought
- Veteran correspondent's memories of India raise a laugh at literary festival
- Trogg's UFO hunt
- Horse injured
- US firm takes over tax records
- Irish PM plays down fears of loyalist violence
- Loyalist attack on bar shocks Dublin: Security review follows weekend murder in the Irish capital. David McKittrick reports
- Divorce for Kray
- Bulger family is 'appalled' by boys' appeal
- Boys found drowned
- Nut grounds kite
- CJD inquiry sought
- The Daily Poem: Nothing
- Infants' tests 'unreliable'
- Bill drafted to reform policy on sentencing
- Jailing of debtors at record levels: Use of prison for fine defaulters 'wastes millions'
- Talks set on clearing Horse Guards of cars
- Woman given life sentence for cannabis possession: Debate over decriminalisation of marijuana highlighted by report and British grandmother's fight against 25-year jail term
- Police chief foresees legal sale of drug: Debate over decriminalisation of marijuana highlighted by report and British grandmother's fight against 25-year jail term
- Top speed on tunnel route to be 186mph
- MP 'was shot at'
- Cable link to Empire becomes museum: The underground hub of Imperial communications, buried in a Cornish cliff, is opening to visitors. Oliver Gillie reports
World
- South Africa set to join OAU
- Israel presses Arafat on peace
- Colombian police die in blast
- Rich countries cut aid to poor
- China looks for deeper reforms
- Car bomb kills Spanish officer
- Road worker accused of abduction
- Albanian justice 'perverted'QSUBHEAD:
- Israel raps Arafat over'jihad' call
- Boycott bid 'successful'
- Kennedys reunited at last in Arlington
- North Yemen advances on seceding south: Southerners declare independence but the numerical superiority of President's forces advancing on Aden is beginning to tell
- People: Tapie, the antique furniture and his mother-in-law
- Anti-whaling nations push to establish Antarctic sanctuary
- The lot of Palestine's destitute policemen is not a happy one
- Mexico makes free trade a cop-out
- Australian Liberals get new leader
- Still waiting for Rabbi's death and God's glory
- Shias vow revenge
- Out of China: Your visit is inconvenient: there is not enough oxygen
- Zulu king's freedom alarms Buthelezi
- Desperate Haitians vote with their fleet
- Threat to Winnie Mandela
- South Yemen appoints leaders
- Muslims accuse Serbs
- Three held over hiker killings
- Israelis kill guerrilla
- Dominican Republic poll recount
- Rutskoi launches crusade
- The Week Ahead: Jackie's final journey
- Barry wants another crack at mayoralty
People
- Anniversaries
- Birthdays
- Obituary: Per Engdahl
- Schools: Sherborne School
- Obituary: Kenneth Donlan
- Obituary: Donald Atwood
- Obituary: Professor Ralph Miliband
- Obituary: Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff
- Obituary: Andrew Brown
- Schools
- Diary
- Birthdays
- Anniversaries
- Court Circular
- Obituary: Frederik van Pallandt
- Obituary: Robert Mauthner
- Obituary: Giovanni Goria
- Obituary: Andrew Brown
Science
- Science: Rhyme and reason can cast a spell: Christine Hewitt explains how traditional children's songs can help with the
- Science: Holy Grail inside his head: Francis Crick, unraveller of DNA, has now set out in search of the soul, writes Steve Connor
- Science: Pirates ahoy on the software seas: Illegal copying of programs is costing companies dear. Crackdowns by some governments have had dramatic results, says Susan Watts
Arts & Entertainment
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- ART / Openings
- PICTURE CHOICE / Duncan Grant's 1942 Portrait of Vanessa Bell at Charleston: Robert McPherson admires Duncan Grant's portrait of Vanessa Bell
- ART / So what did they leave out?: There's a bit of this, a bit of that at the Whitechapel Open and New Contemporaries. But there's a lot of the other. By Andrew Graham-Dixon
- 1 Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
- 2 Swedes set up 'ultimate Viking movie'
- 3 After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
- 4 Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
- 5 'It was just like the movie Twister': Man survives Oklahoma tornado by taking refuge in horse stall
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