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Wednesday, 8 January 1997
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- Protests put UK link to Belgrade in line of fire
- Bargains galore in colonial sale of the century
- Angry Patten promises to fight US extradition ruling
- Officers deny mercenary claim
- $130m handshake that won't shock anyone
- Major offers to be EU's 'flexible' friend
- Spanish officer killed by Eta unit
- Greeks and Turks raise fears of war
- Right to die
- Rivals jockey for position behind an ailing Yeltsin
- Milosevic gives concession to vote protesters
- Government backs down on election result
- Prescott paves Labour's way to Hong Kong
- Toymaker swallows pride and scraps the doll with a bite
- Bosnian air hijack foiled
- Chastened Gingrich forgoes victory speech for mea culpa
- Euthanasia condemned
- Officers accused over `white legion'
- Fleiss jailed for 3 years for sex profits and tax fraud
- Mystery man raises Peru hostage fears
- France aids Belgian bribe inquiry
- Playboy monarchy feels financial chill as 700th birthday celebrations begin
- Rich vein of warmth brightens streets of Belgrade
- Spymaster steps from shadow into courtroom limelight
- Russian oil spill spells disaster for Japan's coast
- Cyclists given a sporting chance by the Taliban
Business
- Warning of lower profits hits TC shares
- BoE threatens to blackball maverick offshore centres
- Bumper Xmas for Dixons as interim profits race ahead
- Water pledges draw fire all round
- Water pledges boil down to so much hot air
- Sports shares prove a winner
- JJB Sports sales up 44% on acquisitions
- US broking exam cheats charged
- British car makers accelerate world sales despite strong pound
- SFA climbdown over City curbs
- Lloyds fined over pensions mis-selling
- Move quickly to enter bears in sloth contest
- The myth of the upwardly mobile
- Gulf fuels feud in bid for Clyde Petroleum
- ADT rejects pounds 2.1bn offer as inadequate
- Unilever continues weed-out
- Little warrant for concern at Dixons
- Christie's breaks the pounds 1bn barrier
- United Biscuits sales cost pounds 35m
- Fresh fears for Sears as trading statement is awaited
- Sky and cable in fresh skirmish
- Marjorie Scardino: `Have a plan, execute it violently and do it today'
- BA link-up faces tough US curbs
- Surge in exports lifts British car output
- Market Report: Wickes makes shame-faced return after suspension
- The Investment ColumnMargins suffer in car salvage
- People & Business: He's 86, but Jimmy can't drag himself away from the City
- UK Estates criticised as offer deadline looms
- Comment: A virtual Treasury that Ken can live without
- Japanese shares dive amid fears for yen
- The Investment ColumnAmey thrives on PFI contracts
- TSB says yes to home shopping
- Clarke may hive off forecast unit
- Eagle Star takes on Virgin with cheap pensions
- The Investment Column: Bespak investors can breathe easy
- Baker to appeal against costs and reprimand
- Generators prepare for peak demand tonight
- Bids create pounds 300m fee bonanza for lawyers
- Savills boosted by housing boom
Media
- Quitting? don't burn your boats
- Making a change
- Graduates earn a degree of good fortune on pay
- dress classic
- Before and after
- More adventures of a serial self-reformer
- de-clutter: `My motto about things is if you don't use them or absolutely love them, then Get Rid Of Them!'
- improve your sex life; There is a simple method for lovers to become closer
- make time work for you
- 1 What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
- 2 'Something passed underneath us, quite close': Airbus A320 has close encounter with UFO
- 3 Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
- 4 Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
- 5 Exclusive: Woolwich killings suspect Michael Adebolajo was inspired by cleric banned from UK after urging followers to behead enemies of Islam
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