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Books for all ages

Bargain hunting late in session pushes stocks up

South Africa govt questions AIDS drug judgment

Hoddle returns to Chelsea for Cup semi

FAS seeks to better image by bringing in 'continuous learning' plan for workers

By Arthur Beesley

Presbyterian Notes

Players had a previous record of violence

By By PETER BEAL and ASHLEY BROADLEY

Art that appeals to be acquired

Media miss out on 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

By By MICHAEL DWYER

UTV to expand into Britain

Judge rules noise of bachelor neighbours unacceptable

Bellow - A Biography by James Atlas (Faber, £16.00 in UK)

By Eileen Battersby

Terms of abuse

Geisha in Ireland

Guard from US embassy shot dead in Nepal

People Dirty, Pigs Clean

EU summit ends in acrimony over agencies

The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer (Orion, £6.99 in UK )

By Cathy Dillon

Bin Laden tape not edited - Bush

By Patrick Smyth

Soccer player is found guilty of affray and cleared of grievous bodily harm

Australian 'Indiana Jones' captured with Taliban fighters

Frost claims Lingfield

Charlie of the trollies

Singh looking over his shoulder

Duel to find place in sun

Forthcoming Auctions

Two arrested at Shannon anti-war protest

'Rocket' cruises through to final

Belfast artist celebrated in print

Player-by-player guide

By John O'Sullivan

Mugabe starts election campaign as opposition leader briefly held by police

By By CRIS CHINAKA and STELLA MAPENZAUSWA

China newspaper says US ABM move threat to peace

Al-Qaeda resistance crumbles as fighters flee into Pakistan

The pioneering Passionists

Ahern says no decision on referendum until January

By By MARK BRENNOCK

Sutherland Speech On Nice

Sir Ronnie, O'Loan continue to lock horns

A year in our lives

By By LIZ MCMANUS

The Duke

Gardai man Monaghan checkpoints

Key Questions

By By DAN KEENAN

The best of The Brill on old Broadway

By By JOHN KELLY

Directorship Of IMMA

Hackers in the News

JP Morgan favours B of I

Plane-spotters pledge they will stand trial

Blast at McDonald's in China kills one

A tortuous journey to disaster and death

Horizons

By Sylvia Thompson

Blair accused of breaking rules for Sinn Fein

Web world

Cinema cancels film over threats

Cautious optimism or justified pessimism

Birr have just enough in the tank for another title

By By SEAN MORAN

Chemical weapons found in Taliban building

Doherty reaches UK final

Kenny kickstarts new Bohs career

Star rating for NI university

Task is to overcome the wave of apathy

By Paul Gillespie

Cheltenham lost to frost

McGuinness to meet parents of bomb victims

India arrests three in probe on parliament attack

Henry's Euro plea

Pakistan's Musharraf warns India against retaliation

Talks to start on Cyprus dispute

30 businesses ordered to close by Food Safety Authority

By By DECLAN FAHY

Tottenham trounce Fulham as United win again

Minister defends £200m payments to beef farmers

By By SEAN MACCONNELL

Merry-makers of all colours

A Christmas Omnibus: The Best of J.B. Keane (Mercier Press, £9.99

By By CLAIRE LOOBY

Northside gumshoe resurrected

Oh! to be a stick insect

By Michael Viney

Sherry FitzGerald gives warning of 'substantial' slump in profits

By By CIARAN BRENNAN

US Middle East peace envoy set to abandon his mission

By By DAVID HOROVITZ

Primed for final frontier

Songs that have circled the world

Sister Ridge

Bray show again it's just their cup of tea

Broadcast News

By By MAIRE KEARNEY

Euro guidelines for NI retailers

Seeds of Doubt by James Ryan (Phoenix, £6.99 in UK)

By Bernice Harrison

Tracing the roots of terror

By By BILL MCSWEENEY

Progress in Wexford deaths case

By By JIMMY WALSH

Government postpones decision on new stadium

By By MARK BRENNOCK

US recalls Middle East envoy temporarily

Two-thirds of mid-west tourism businesses feel pinch

By By EIBHIR MULQUEEN

Forthcoming Fairs

Adair in court over parole block

Leaning tower of Pisa reopens after 12 years

An inexplicable magic

Police move to disperse protesters

Irish driver held after cannabis haul

Enlightenment - Britain and the Creation of the Modern World by Roy Porter (Penguin Books, £8.99 in UK)

By By MARCUS KEANE

Dublin's (nearly) ancient royal link

This Week They Said

The long trek to the end of the arrow

By Frank McNally

US jets bombard al-Qaeda in cave hideout

By By RORY MCCARTHY and JULIAN BORGER

Receiver attempts to save Wexford factory

By By CIARAN BRENNAN

So, here it is . . .

Now You See Them. . .

Love your country, love your language

Owners of Four Seasons Hotel

Deaths Of Stowaways

The Messiah in Isaiah

Cinderella

By By CAROLYN SWIFT

The Price Of Soft Drinks

Soldier killed in Meath car accident

Medical Council watching doctors with health problems

By By PADRAIG O'MORAIN

Result due of State appeal against order to provide children's units

By Mary Carolan

Like nothing else

Lure of the strange

By Eileen Battersby

Designs for strutting in

Held two of the highest posts in British legal system

Oireachtas

Referendum Bill 'a gross abuse of power'

By Marie O'Halloran

Attack on mosque an assassination attempt, says Hamas

By Lara Marlowe

Leaders seek accord for debate on future of EU

By Denis Staunton

Wining and dining in Farmleigh

Karzai meets former president of Afghanistan

By By ELAINE LAFFERTY

EU summit haggles over bloc's future

This day in golf history

Gore's hat still in the ring as Democrats look ahead to 2004

By Patrick Smyth

FIA put Silverstone back on track

By By ALAN HENRY

Leeds get result they wanted

By By DANIEL TAYLOR

A cerebral poetic touch

Taxpayers not likely to see hotel as a sure-fire winner

Inflation falls to lowest in 2 years due to cheaper energy, mortgages

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

The case for Pakistan is put with diplomatic discretion

All deals are on

SDLP reshuffles roles in Assembly team

Another uncomfortable day for pharmaceuticals sector

Innovative work in district courts earned many admirers

Killings At Mazar-E-Sharif

Move on religious hatred dropped

FAI Cup Second Round Previews

Rare appearance of antique tapestries

Funeral of sailor killed by pirates

Home-fires still burning so brightly for Shearer

Couples' lottery case adjourned

Singh leads from Woods

The treasure of the Chester Beatty

Switching To The Euro

US vetoes UN resolution on Middle East violence

Failures To Extradite

Magisterium of chancers for new millennium

By By DICK WALSH

Some swear, some cry, but most watch in glee

Hotel jobs warning sounded over cuts at Shannon Airport

Robinson urges Ireland to play role in EU force

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Closure threat at Youghal Carpets

By By DICK HOGAN

NCC, ICO/Celso Antunes

By Michael Dervan

Limestone Lad set for his 28th victory

By Brian O'Connor

Common rules on asylum planned

By Denis Staunton

Cannon Law by Vincent Banville (New Island, £6.99)

By Arminta Wallace

McCreevy opens e-tenders site

Gilligan made at least £14m profit, court told

Metaphysics as antidote to terror

By By JOHN BANVILLE

Auction Results

Man jailed for 'cowardly' murder

Cummins leaves it late to earn replay at Belfield

Ex-RUC man challenges extradition

Israel pulls out of Gaza town as five Palestinians die

Snow brings traffic chaos

Video tape fails to convince many Arabs

By Michael Jansen

It's quitting time again

By Conor Goodman

Sex Pistols fail to win honour

Butcher conquers hardship

By By DAVID HOPPS

For professionals, hitting it long may not be everything, but it certainly helps

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Solbes predicts economic recovery next year

By Denis Staunton

McGimpsey appeal on Sinn Fein

Tributes paid to former senator

By Paul Cullen

Father of stowaway tells of last phone call from his son

By By CAROLINE O'DOHERTY

Ex-student can show what class is missing

Jones 'a great, but not a saint'

South African activists win court case on AIDS drug

By By STEVEN SWINDELLS

India urged to adopt cross-border raids into Kashmir

By Rahul Bedi

An Irishman's Diary

By By OWEN DAWSON

Fatigue implicated in sea disaster

By Lorna Siggins

Church of Ireland Notes

Three arrested after armed robbery in Dublin

Informers and sex scandals

Pride of the parish will not bow to Jayo factor

16 killed as violence flares in Kashmir

Our Drinking Water

Fears grow of 100 job losses in NI industry before Christmas

By Francess McDonnell

Aer Rianta gets court order over dispute

Loose Leaves

By By SADBH

Deaths of stowaways must not be forgotten

By Breda O'Brien

Na Fianna's forward fire-power to tell

By By SE┴N MORAN

Reversal of US slowdown offset by rise in prices

Learning how to hack it in order to beat the growing army of computer break-in experts

Giscard picked to head EU reform convention

Sutherland Speech On Nice

Taoiseach challenges Belgian claims on EU force

By By MARK BRENNOCK and DENIS STAUNTON

Blindside convert retains singular focus

IFG move on UK approved

Inquiry needed to throw light on how guns went North in 1970

Sinn Fein leader due in Havana tomorrow

Judgment deferred on action by gardai

Victim 'shattered' by verdicts

Man convicted on sex assault charge

Banks allege failure of ACCBank over funding hotel contract

By Colm Keena

Lara taken to hospital

Leinster claim Celtic League

West isn't always best

By By EDDIE HOLT

Assorted Bizkits

'Judge without mercy' on trial

Gypsy with a strong yearning for the roads of Europe

DCC buys UK brand for €16m

Libya 'not investor' in Bula

Two new publications on fine arts in Ireland launched

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

Christy senior and the greens stuff

Police detain 39 at EU summit protests

O'Leary vows to adopt a 'siege mentality'

By By IAN PARKES

English FA Premiership: Team news and statistics

Walsh remains upbeat despite defeat

Ahern hails introduction of new euro coins

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

McGuinness meets Warrington bomb victims

Bleak Christmas for Williamson

Flatley taps into stock market

10 new cases of BSE bring total to 835

Minister's resignation fuels fears for Argentina's future

By By CONOR O'CLERY

Best riposte yet

Skirmishes and nervousness mark the end of phoney war

'Observer' editor with a flair for spotting talent

Two years jail for larceny of laptops

Staff in dispute with An Post refuse to handle euro coin starter packs

By Mary Minihan

Man in hospital after paramilitary-style shooting

By Fiona McCann

25 reported dead in Paraguayan prison riot

Directorship Of IMMA

Sympathy with the poor who 'don't matter'

By By HARRY BROWNE

An import with added value

Diplomats reject suggestion of joint EU force

Fast or slow, it will charm

By Gerry Thornley

Seasonal good cheer and easy victories for Coalition

By Michael O'Regan

Cult Hero : Mike Post

By By EDWARD POWER

Freed plane spotters touch down in Britain

Toddler abandoned by father taken into foster care

By By EITHNE DONNELLAN

Harney seeks probe of Gehe's purchase of Unicare

By Arthur Beesley

Sleeping Beauty

By Mary Leland

Glenmore refuse to bow to their superiors

Man attacked by gang of youths in Belfast

Leading figure in FF until spat with Haughey

The Summit At Laeken

Nick Dundee has only two to beat

By Brian O'Connor

Equity downturn hits Quinn Direct

John Banville And Aosdβna

Strike fear as pilots shun Aer Lingus scheme

Zimbabwe opposition leader charged over radio

Bin Laden's voice detected on radio - claim

Traveller family loses out to Clare policy on housing

By By EIBHIR MULQUEEN

All-Ireland League Previews

By Johnny Watterson

McCague lashes Fine Gael

By By SE┴N MORAN

The `halcyon days' of this Irish winter

By By BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

Many heavyweight stocks drop in modest day's trading

By By CIARAN BRENNAN

Sutherland Speech On Nice