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OAU tries to settle Zanzibar poll crisis

OAU tries to settle Zanzibar poll crisis

Democracy comes to the isle of cloves

Tomorrow's vote could be a chance to rewrite history, reports David Orr

French prepare to oust Comoro coup leaders mercenaries

PAUL TAYLOR

From the missionary position

THE BOOK OF COLOUR by Julia Blackburn, Cape pounds 9.99

Buy me: phase 8 dress

The clothes line

Thank you, your highness

John Lyttle, a fan, remembers the day he met the late Dilys Powell (above), the doyenne of critics

IN BRIEF: Indian Ocean trade pact

The South African vice-president FW de Klerk and Gareth Evans, the Australian Foreign Minister, yesterday proposed a new Indian Ocean Trade Pact to promote links with countries round the ocean rim, including India, Indonesia, Singapore and Malays ia as well as Australia and South Africa. The suggestion will be discussed at a conference in Perth hosted by the Australian government in June.

Sailor who had to bury wife at sea is rescued

Police in Australia are waiting today to interview a British yachtsman who buried his wife at sea after a holiday adventure turned into a disaster on the Indian Ocean.

OBITUARY: John Swallow

John Crossley Swallow, oceanographer: born New Mill, Yorkshire 11 October 1923; physical oceanographer, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences 1954-83; FRS 1968; Rossby Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute 1973-74; married 1958 Mary Morgan (on e stepdaughter deceased); died Gunnislake, Cornwall 3 December 1994.

Rare enough to eat

One of the world's rarest falcons, rescued from near-extinction by a wildlife charity, ate one of the world's rarest pigeons. The Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, founded by the zoologist and author Gerald Durrell, said the Mauritius kestrel swooped on the Mauritius pink pigeon chick on the Ile Aux Aigrettes, off the coast of Mauritius.

Travel: A gig with Gabriel by the Red Sea

Peter Gabriel, Sinead O'Connor and Lou Reed lead an eight-hour gig on Saturday, and tickets are still available at pounds 35 each. The catch is that you have to go to Egypt for the Red Sea Peace Concert at Taba, on the Egyptian-Israeli border. To get there, Twickers World (081-892 7606) offers package holidays, such as seven days self-catering for pounds 179, leaving Gatwick on Friday. The company will also sell you concert tickets.

Departures: Long-haul offers

KUONI (0306 740500) is offering 14-night half-board packages to the Maldives from pounds 669 in its new Limited Editions programme. A 14- night beach holiday in Sri Lanka is pounds 489 during April. Seven-night packages to Luxor in Egypt cost from pounds 299, flying from Manchester.

Somalis killed in convoy attack

Nine armed Somalis were killed and five wounded yesterday by Indian troops serving with the UN during an attack on a supply convoy en route for the town of Baidoa, AFP reports from Mogadishu. A spokesman for the UN aid effort, said the Somalis fired on a convoy of 16 Irish trucks.

Flemings launches pounds 100m Indian investment trust: Fund will work via Mauritius to take advantage of tax treaty

FLEMINGS hopes to raise more than pounds 100m with the launch of the first UK-listed investment trust to invest primarily in India.
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Have US shock jocks gone too far?

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An incendiary remark from Rush Limbaugh may be the beginning of the end for outspoken right-wing US broadcasters
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The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey

Elmbridge pays more income tax than big cities of the North
Heavenly Bodies

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Michael Landy's artistic marriage made in heaven... and hell
'He will always be a friend': Jackie Stewart backs Polanski

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Jackie Stewart backs Roman Polanski
The price of pacifism: Refusing to go to war is finally being recognised as a brave act

The price of pacifism

From the Second World War refusenik to the 19-year-old Israeli, Holly Williams talks to five people who risked shame and suffering to take a stand as conscientious objector.
'It was mass hysteria': Jason Isaacs on groupies, theatre bores and snogging James Bond

Jason Isaacs: Groupies, theatre bores and James Bond

To millions, Jason Isaacs is one of Harry Potter's arch enemies – but his wife prefers him as a Scottish TV detective.
Notes from a small island: Is Sealand an independent 'micronation' or an illegal fortress?

Sealand: 'Micronation' or illegal fortress?

Thomas Hodgkinson spent a week at the tiny platform off the Suffolk coast to find out.
Not a bad bone: Mark Hix cooks with cutlets and ribs

Mark Hix cooks with cutlets and ribs

If you ignore cutlets and ribs, you'll risk missing out on some delicious and easy meals, says our chef.
The experts' guide to summer: From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic buzz

The experts' guide to summer

From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic buzz
Sex, drugs and fast cars: The legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing

Legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing

Early glimpses of Ron Howard's film Rush suggest it will portray Hunt as a high-living lothario, with an insatiable appetite for partying.
Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation when using drugs and alcohol. It was hurting my life'

Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation'

The next Vanilla Ice or the next Eminem? Macklemore doesn't have a record contract – but he does have the UK's biggest-selling single of the year.
Don't be shy: Bill Granger's Sri Lankan recipes

Don't be shy: Bill Granger's Sri Lankan recipes

Sri Lankan cuisine is light, sunny, wonderfully spiced – and so easy to cook from scratch. Just as soon as you've broken into the coconut, that is.
Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Doctors are hailing the revamp of a Bath neonatal unit, where babies sleep more and feed better, as the model for patient care
One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

Epecuen was submerged under 10 metres of water in 1985. Now the floods have gone – and 83-year-old Pablo Novak has moved back in