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Thursday, 31 October 1996
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- Chinese dissident jailed for 11 years
- Mothers of America are kicking Dole into touch
- Washington fails to catch poll fever as Post sounds for Clinton
- Two life sentences for De Kock
- Royal visit helps lay ghosts of the Kwai
- More Israelis allowed guns
- Pope to write his memoirs
- King Cotton and hate bite the dust
- Islamists punished in Egypt's cruel jails thousinds without rital
- The Mafia's pounds 400 entry ticket to Fortress Europe
- Chirac's army of jobless grows
- Ozone hole going for a record
- Police fall out in Japan
- President locks up the bringer of bad news
- Warlord's jets strike at Kabul
- Britain feels lure of Stalinism's last bastion
- Why China is keeping Wang Dan's punishment a big secret
- 100 die as jet hits suburb
- Bills drive top Russian scientist to suicide
- Hutus back Zaire as rebels besiege airport
- France confronts a blockage in the Pompidou pipe dream
Business
- TAKING STOCK
- Bad debt looms, banks warned
- Lotus's new owner will double UK production and build cars in Malaysia
- The new driving force behind Asda's culture
- `Don't make bonuses too high'
- Bounding pound puts overseas earners under pressure
- Ferry companies fined pounds 500,000 for fixing prices
- Demerger no panacea for BAT's ills
- Breuer surprise choice to head Deutsche Bank
- NatWest securitisation deal set to be launched
- David Lloyd and Whitbread part company
- Dispute clouds $2.5bn LVMH bid for DFS
- Gas fires salvo for angry Sids
- Two cheers for Clarke. The third can wait
- Bloodied Sainsbury pledges comeback
- Pension victims wait on regulator
- Derek Pain wins Inchcape Falshaw Award
- BAT denies smoking claims
- Strong sterling gives Britain's exporters a headache
- Base rate rise sends the pound soaring
- Confidence rises as unemployment falls
- Supermarket giant will be a financial minnow
- Pilkington remains under the cosh
- Accountants rush to limit liability
- British exports to China grow
- SFA to play war games with US
- Industry's big cheeses look to make an after-dinner mint
- Cowie bus deal goes to MMC
- Cookson cool as downgradings cause song and dance
- CableTel to offer `free' channels
- Wace shares crash on third profits warning
- Surge in oil prices helps lacklustre Shell out of trouble
- Price set for Thomas and Brands Hatch
- Medeva wins court case
- CBI says no to two-tier boards
- EMU `could mean 2p off income tax'
- Software snags hold up pension redress
- Blair and Brown fall out over windfall gains
- UK `may be forced to pay other countries' pensions'
- Warburg forced to lift prices on Kepit sale
- Lloyd's launches regulatory review
- SFA bans Fidelity from new business
- Stakis deal fuels City fees battle
Voices
Voices RSS Feed - click to grab the feed- Letter: The nuclear family just cannot cope
- Letter: The nuclear family just cannot cope
- Letter: Where is child guidance clinic?
- Letter: The nuclear family just cannot cope
- Letter: The nuclear family just cannot cope
- Leading Article: Despite the temptations, Clarke stays prudent
- Letter: No discussion: smoking kills
- Letter: The nuclear family just cannot cope
- Could she do me a bolt through the throat? `No chance.' How about a crucifix through the cheek? `Mmmm.' She sounded dubious ...
- Who will help Rwanda's refugees?
- Letter: Where is child guidance clinic?
- Will Labour still love the Lib Dems tomorrow?
- Letter: Belgian anger a sign of health
- Letter: Sterile scheme for Whitehall
- Letter: Knife dilemma wrapped up
- Letter: Fair jobs deal for men and women
- Letter: Europe can save TV from Murdoch
- Letter: Children who will not learn
- Letter: Children who will not learn
- Letter: Europe can save TV from Murdoch
- Letter: Children who will not learn
- 1 'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
- 2 Mothers' diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies
- 3 Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
- 4 Eyewitness Ingrid Loyau-Kennett gives extraordinary account of her confrontation with Woolwich attackers
- 5 Woolwich attack: The EDL might have a sinister plan as a soldier is murdered in suspected Islamic terrorist attack
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