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Monday, 22 August 1994
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- Inuit become world's biggest landowners
- South Africa holds on to its assets
- Child killed by Baghdad car-bomb
- British monk in Rwanda believed dead
- Nigeria military leans on banks to reopen
- Bonn and Moscow fight nuclear smuggling
- Turks rule out male cheek-to-cheek
- Spy chiefs deny plotting to kill terrorist's lawyer: French authorities say Verges was not an assassination target, while Khartoum seeks reward for trapping fugitive
- Crook dupes Russians from his cell
- Eurofile: Dutch greens sold a dummy
- People: De Klerk said to be at the cutting edge of history
- 'Innocent Sudan' exploits Carlos case
- Crime vote fails to buoy a sombre Clinton
- Ruling-party gimmicks leave 'millions' of Mexicans voteless: So-called 'special' polling booths have proved a useful device for the PRI's dirty-tricks team. Phil Davison in Tepoztlan reports
- Romanians cherish memories of their genocidal dictator: Cult of the wartime pro-Nazi leader casts doubt on Bucharest's faith in democracy, writes Tony Barber, East Europe Editor
- Media blamed for hostages' plight
- Tough US line fails to halt Cubans
- Pressure grows for UN to quit Somalia
- A cheeky little claret, made in Japan: Terry McCarthy finds out what makes a man produce wine for a nation that much prefers to drink sake and beer
- Canberra to overrule Tasmania gay ban
- Hutu killers join Rwanda exodus
- Forty-four killed in Moroccan air crash
- Curfew imposed in Gaza following riots
- Kurds' fighting worries Iraq's neighbours
- Nigerian police arrest strike-union leader
- Vieira wins Guinea-Bissau election
- Why it was so often a dead cert for the PRI: The ruling party is notorious for relying on a wide variety of dirty tricks to stitch up results in rural areas, writes Phil Davison
- Cuban father waits in dread for word of son: At Krome, Miami, Rupert Cornwell finds that the boat people are being sacrificed for politics
- Mexico election threatens to end 'one-party' era: Fears of fraud and violence overshadow milestone poll, which may bring more than seven decades of corrupt rule to a close
- Disgraced black rights boss shown the door
- Cambodian PM's outrage on hostages
- Iranian riots leave dead and wounded
- Posses ride again in Wild West Phoenix: Out in Arizona, a Wyatt Earp-type lawman reckons he has the crime wave licked. Phil Reeves reports
- The Week Ahead: Gambia's new morality cramps sex tourists' style
- Tycoon Abdic bows out of Bihac fiefdom
- 'The Jackal will talk,' Pasqua says
- Algeria president in talks with opposition
- PLO seeks deal on Palestinian state
- How Carlos was tracked down to his lair
- Shots halt stampede from Rwanda
- Chinese ponder life without Deng: As the paramount leader turns 90, the tricky subject of his successor is again to the fore, writes Teresa Poole in Peking
- Ferry disaster blamed on overloading
- Couple held over brothel murders
- Nigerian police arrest strike-union leader
- Ferry disaster blamed on overloading
- Couple held over brothel murders
- Algeria president in talks with opposition
- Kurds' fighting worries Iraq's neighbours
- PLO seeks deal on Palestinian state
- Forty-four killed in Moroccan air crash
- The Week Ahead: Gambia's new morality cramps sex tourists' style
- Posses ride again in Wild West Phoenix: Out in Arizona, a Wyatt Earp-type lawman reckons he has the crime wave licked. Phil Reeves reports
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- Obituary: Liu Haisu
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- Obituary: Robert Rozhdestvensky
- Obituary: Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Janion
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- Obituary: Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Janion
- Obituary: Robert Rozhdestvensky
- Obituary: Liu Haisu
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- Obituary: Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz
- Obituary: Professor Linus Pauling
- Anniversaries
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- Obituary: Peter Cushing
- Court Circular
- Obituary: Peter Cushing
- Anniversaries
- Obituary: Professor Linus Pauling
- Diary: 22-28 August
- Obituary: Peter Cushing
- Obituary: Peter Cushing
- Diary: 22-28 August
- Obituary: Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz
Science
- Molecule of the Month: Power of an 'excellent powder': A chemical that has saved 50 million lives is still seen by many people as a dangerous poison, says John Emsley
- The Cabinet's R & D man: 'We are taking steps to redress the balance' - David Hunt tells Tom Wilkie that science will not be undervalued while he is responsible
- Free speech caught in the Net?: Users of Internet are accustomed to voicing their opinions freely and robustly. Now a libel action is threatening to subdue them. Ian Barnes reports
- Molecule of the Month: Power of an 'excellent powder': A chemical that has saved 50 million lives is still seen by many people as a dangerous poison, says John Emsley
- The Cabinet's R & D man: 'We are taking steps to redress the balance' - David Hunt tells Tom Wilkie that science will not be undervalued while he is responsible
- Free speech caught in the Net?: Users of Internet are accustomed to voicing their opinions freely and robustly. Now a libel action is threatening to subdue them. Ian Barnes reports
Arts & Entertainment
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- ART / Picture Choice: James Lingwood, curator of The Epic and the Everyday, on John Coplans's backs
- ART / Gallery Openings
- ART / Gallery Openings
- ART / The Clifford inheritance: Timothy Clifford may be forever tainted by the Three Graces fiasco, but the real test of his ability is the National Gallery of Scotland. Iain Gale pays it a visit in his occasional series on the permanent collections
- ART / The Clifford inheritance: Timothy Clifford may be forever tainted by the Three Graces fiasco, but the real test of his ability is the National Gallery of Scotland. Iain Gale pays it a visit in his occasional series on the permanent collections
- ART / Picture Choice: James Lingwood, curator of The Epic and the Everyday, on John Coplans's backs
- 1 Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
- 2 Charles Saatchi accepts caution for assault over incident in Scott’s restaurant when he put his hands on throat of wife Nigella Lawson
- 3 Anatomy of a waiter: Service staff spill the secrets of their trade
- 4 Exclusive: Cristiano Ronaldo advised to stay at Real Madrid for another 18 months before making possible switch to Manchester United
- 5 Iran to send 4,000 troops to aid President Assad forces in Syria
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