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  Thursday 21 February 2008  

• America's fury as US and UK embassies torched during night of anti-Kosovo riots in Serbia
• Top of the alcopops: The pictures that show how the Brits descended into a night of drunkenness
• Council tax rebel, 76, walks free after three days in jail (as family settles his debts)
• Sport on TV - February 22
• The Bridgend suicides: Just what's happened to the innocent little town I grew up in?
• The ex-wife's story: My violent life with the Suffolk strangler- and his flirtation on the QE2 with Suzy Lamplugh
• At last, Tesco says cheap drink CAN fuel teen binges
• The 'mistress' who could destroy that man who would be President... and the wealthy wife who'll back him to the hilt
• After BAFTA loss, Sienna Miller has high hopes at Independent Spirit Awards
• Yakubu blasts back with a hat-trick as Everton surge through
• Binge Britain: An epidemic that is destroying lives
• Jaws star Roy Scheider's final movie to be completed in CGI
• Massive 'blank cheque' for Northern Rock nationalisation 'puts taxpayers at risk'
• They were five sweet little girls but they shared one deadly addiction to drugs - which led to the Suffolk Strangler
• Rearguard action takes brave Bolton through
• Atonement director Wright avoids pre-Oscar parties to hang with the homeless
• The final fear: Did Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright have a helper?
• The last rites - Premier League expansion plans killed off by the FA
• THE OSCARS: Sharon Stone to get pulses raving with a revved up Oscar auction
• Plain delivery from Hoggard
• Final proves a spur for inspired Robinson
• Grieving father of victim Tania Nicol offers forgiveness to killer Steve Wright
• Roman Catholic Church aide 'pushed me into an abortion'
• Roman takes his Chelsea spending to £578m
• Rafa shows his class, but are the players behind him?
• Fabio gives England '80 per cent' for effort
• Speeders given the choice of a £60 fine and three points - or a telling-off by a 10-year-old (guess which one they're choosing!)
• What's is the truth about high definition (and high cost) TV?
• How I saw off serial divorcée Susan Sangster, by husband Number 4
• Gazza - What football is saying
• St Helens joy as Sculthorpe finally makes his comeback
• Gazza - A tragic fall for the game's lost soul
• My son says he's not going to bother with university and he's got a point
• Welcome to the Spoof Factor: the new drama based on the X Factor that makes Cowell and Co look tame
• Time to cut the excuses and the bills
• What life on the road was really like with Bob Dylan
• Single women 'work 43 days a year overtime with no pay'
• Regan can hear the wolves at his door
• From windswept to wedding hair: Has Coleen found the right style for her upcoming nuptials?
• Elderly who doze in daytime 'at greater risk of a stroke'
• Daily sports quiz - February 22
• Sporting birthdays - February 22
• On this day in sport - February 22
• Easiest A-level subjects will become tougher, says exam watchdog
• Fergie fury at agent's grip on Wes
• Howay the lads - it's Newcastle Brown!
• Young artist hanged herself after grief of aborting her twins
• Gunners hopeful Toure could make San Siro return
• Now the force is with England, says Luke
• TV times to blame as players mourn their lost supper
• Mighty Bayern put Aberdeen in their place
• Braving the British chill, the week-old foal with a wild heritage
• English sides make it a treble celebration in the UEFA Cup
• Turners' Earners - Friday
• The little snail species slowly slithering its way into extinction
• Sharkman demonstrates how to tickle a shark - and not lose your fingers
• Help us buy the Tote, urges owners' chief
• Gambling ads breach rules with promises of sexual seduction and success
• No escape from Dodgy Dossier's web of spin
• Novo's late strike takes Rangers through
• Shiver me timbers... meet the parrot that needs a wooden leg
• Nervously, Helen Goodman, sank deeper into the treacle
• Harry lets Nugent leave Pompey for Ipswich loan
• Top trainer Nicholls gives his Cheltenham lowdown
• And now it's Linford the torch bearer
• Stars In Their Eyes contestant and her family 'bludgeoned to death in execution-style murder' by mother's former lover
• Survival expert and Stallone fan changes name by deed poll to Rambo
• JUST SAY NO: Your comments on the '39th game' are on their way to the Premier League
• 'Hypocritical' MEP convicted of fraud accuses immigrants of fleecing Britain through benefits
• London Irish seek to extend 100% record
• Peers lose fight with government over the Rock rescue deal
• FA dismiss 39th game plan as 'unsustainable'
• Mass rally in Belgrade as Serbs vent anger on Kosovo independence
• Energy firms face official probe into prices
• I won't let Bournemouth go out of business, vows Harry Redknapp
• France skipper hails England as 'the complete team'
• Northern Rock axes 125% mortgage
• Mother paralysed after being injected with cleaning fluid during childbirth will win up to £5m in damages
• Kenyon put on the defensive after Chelsea post a £75m loss
• Nazi 'monster in a dressing gown' cheats justice and dies at 86
• Konchesky aiming to kick-start Fulham's survival bid
• Villa boss O'Neill: Harewood form led to Moore loan
• Birmingham reject Yeung plan to put McManaman on the board
• Seeing red: Birthday girl Charlotte Church's bad hair day
• Des Lynam is back on BBC to host Mastermind spin-off
• BSkyB to challenge ruling on ITV stake
• Act now to avoid a bigger tax bill
• Royal embarrassment over legitimacy of Prince Philip's mother as documents cast doubt on grandparents' marriage
• Banks batter new code of practice
• Keane bemoans his injury-hit Sunderland squad
• Booze Britain: hard evidence links alcohol and youth crime
• Firefighters banned from visiting smokers' homes to offer safety advice
• Boro boss Southgate calls on Gazza's friends to rally round the troubled star
• Vickery calls on England players 'to take responsibility' for their performance
• United boosted as bench press for places
• Britain suffer series-deciding defeat in Brisbane
• Magpie Milner insists: Only mental strength will see off Manchester United
• Fabregas prepares for Arsenal's toughest test in Milan
• Carroll and Ameobi on stand-by for Newcastle's clash against Manchester United
• Opposition grows to BT direct debit charge
• Visitors to Facebook network site fall 5%
• Blow for France as key lock ruled out of 6 Nations
• Still great, Kate: La Moss smoulders in new campaign for YSL
• Best credit deals to bust your debt
• Wasp Webber rewarded with new two-year deal
• Teenagers stumble across dead baby girl in woodland
• Too many foreign players gives us no strength in depth, says Ireland legend Wood
• Equity release advice and analysis
• Lewis's new partner Heikki won't take back seat
• Suffolk Strangler's 'sixth victim': 'I only escaped because killer's girlfriend came home early'
• Finally, Nicole Kidman gives a glimpse of her baby bump
• Krakow, escorted tour from £329
• 'Breakdancing' Cruz Beckham celebrates his third birthday - and the Spice Girls come too
• Lyon boss plans to surprise Ferguson's United at Old Trafford
• Wilkinson fears for his England place
• Database holding details of every child in England 'can never be secure'
• Teenager who drove at 130mph and then proudly posted the video on YouTube is spared jail
• Dallaglio tells Haskell to cut out costly mistakes
• I thought we had won, says England bowling hero Wright
• SAS founder broke into army HQ on crutches to persuade generals they needed crack unit
• Easter worries as BA pilots vote to strike
• Hatton camp plays down potential Witter fight as 'a waste of time'
• Harry Potter straggles in a 'disappointing' sixth in children's books poll
• A troubled life in football: Paul Gascoigne factfile
• School removes CCTV cameras from children's toilets after furious protest from parents
• Baddeley beats top Kenyan to secure superb 1500m win
• Retail sales climb, but it's no rebound
• Tough times on the way, says Galliford
• Flintoff suffers setback on his lengthy injury recovery trail
• City fights to stay world financial top-dog
• St Peter's expulsion from the competition could prompt rule changes from next season
• Moody throws his support behind under-pressure Wilkinson
• Gazza 'sectioned' after rampage in Newcastle hotel
• 'Gascoigne thought aliens were coming to abduct him'
• Special constable's husband 'gave her killer house keys and murder weapon'
• U.S. torture flights DID land on British soil, says Foreign Secretary David Miliband
• Hull hang on to prop Dowes
• Schoolboy set to become world's youngest rally star... despite being too young to get his licence
• Four British soldiers injured after bombings and gunfight disrupt routine mission in Basra
• Homeowner sued after woman delivering junk mail claims she injured her hand in letterbox
• Premier League plans dealt further blow by Aussies
• Villan Agbonlahor winning his fitness battle to face Reading
• 'I sympathise with the McCanns' says father of British student murdered in France 18 years ago
• 'My violent life as Suffolk Strangler's wife – and how I fear he killed Suzy Lamplugh too'
• Judge gives paedophile light sentence 'to spare the prison service work and expense'
• Why was whistleblower in bugging of Muslim MP scandal not quizzed during inquiry?
• We'll be fitter than Arsenal next time, warns AC Milan veteran Seedorf
• Noble tips Jack to be Hammers star as Bobby continues comeback
• Gunners battle it out with United for Spanish wonderkid
• Model strips naked in Selfridges' window causing rush hour chaos
• Queen sends apology to girl, six, who was attacked by one of her swans
• Former FA chief lays into Premier League plans and insists a 39th game is a step too far
• Tottenham new boy Hutton keeping up match fitness
• Seedorf warns Gunners: Milan will be fitter and better at the San Siro
• Are Mittal's motives for QPR investment on track?
• 'Jail fewer criminals': Jack Straw's plea to Britain's courts as he admits prisons are full
• Dad dies of rare cancer just one hour after visiting GP with a 'sore throat'
• By George! Mr Clooney receives the airbrush touch
• Robinson has his eye on England place as well as a cup final with Spurs
• Girl, 9, dies after car plunges into freezing river
• Birmingham step up bid to build new stadium
• Take two: Fresh pictures from Lindsay Lohan's nude Marilyn Monroe tribute
• Promotion-chasing Stoke want Keane's keeper Fulop on loan
• Shepherd's cash deal turns into a winner for Newcastle
• A quarter of all children aged four and five are 'obese or overweight', study shows
• Police deny claims Britney was drugged by her manager
• Tory crackdown 'will outlaw practice of forced marriage'
• Moyes relishes Everton's fixture congestion and wants more next season
• Spurs boss Ramos keeps an eye on Espanyol's Kameni
• Boy, 12, placed on sex offender's register after raping younger boy before he'd let him play on trampoline
• Israeli MP blames gays for earthquakes in the Holy Land
• City news in brief: William Hill, BAE, L&G
• Under Ramos we can win both cups, insists Spurs defender Woodgate
• Reed Elsevier plans £2.5bn sell-off
• Vanishing act: Where has Sarah Harding's tattoo gone?
• Chaos for Easter holiday flights as BA pilots vote to strike
• Beckham off to a losing start with Los Angeles Galaxy in Hawaii
• £4.5m for chiefs in charge of closing our Post Offices
• SocGen dividend hit, as writedowns rock Dresdner
• City interview: Capita's Paul Pindar
• Country's first GP supermarket surgery to open next month with evening and Saturday surgeries
• Private equity debt
• Roman foots big Chelsea bill again
• Four in five: Lucky Woods scrapes through in Tucson
• Kingfisher boss promises investor returns
• Great grandmother thrown of bus for carrying tin of paint
• Cutting salt 'will keep children slim'
• Age catches up with Demi Moore - despite the fortune spent on cosmetic surgery
• Hearse and mourners' limousine clamped as undertakers prepared to take coffin to funeral
• Stag man's streak to the line frightens the horses
• Pret in £350m private equity deal
• Fiat Uno driver who 'caused Diana crash for MI6' could NOT have been in Paris, says his wife
• Chelsea's Sheva leaves Emirates on Milan team bus
• Wenger: Repeat display will be good enough to win away
• Sandler should be a true Brit
• Drunk streaks past the post in horse race prank on stag do
• Grant set for row with Chelsea skipper Terry over Wembley final place against Spurs
• Banks increase margins on mortgages
• I can't explain how I missed: Adebayor on his howler and the plan to make amends in Italy
• Too much optimism could kill pensions
• Car-buyers hit the internet for best deals
• A round-up of the newspapers: Thursday
• Anger as British Gas profits soar 500%
• Parkhead left spellbound by magician Messi
• Awestruck Celtic star McGeady left with regret over his lack of possession but hails class of Spanish giants
• Beauty Confidential: Oscars special
• Brave fight by Celtic not enough to thwart Barcelona
• Viewers' fury as Sharon Osbourne unleashes four-letter tirade at 'drunk' Vic Reeves
• Presidential candidate John McCain accused of having affair with lobbyist
• How they rated: Celtic 2 Barcelona 3
• Worse-for-wear Bianca Gascoigne takes a tumble after she's refused entry at a Brits after-party
• HOW can it be a level playing field when Tottenham only have two days to prepare for a major cup final and Chelsea have four? <br /> THIERRY Henry? He's past it ... just don't tell Celtic fans <br /> GROW up Adebayor - you blew it for Gunners
• Who says men can't write love stories?
• Licence to fill 20 new Asda stores a year
• Government rakes in &pound;31bn in stamp duty
• Taxpayers deliver record £56.5bn haul
• SAB Miller caught out mixing its drinks
• Rubbish taxes must be binned, say MPs
• MEPs accused of fiddling £100million expenses fund for staff who don't exist
• I am so proud of my Bhoys but we could have done better: Strachan
• Meet the new generation of supergrans
• Yesterday's trading: Investors ring off on Vodafone
• Miracle self-mending tights could mean the end for ladders
• After crisis talks with Ashley, Cheryl Cole dazzles on the red carpet - but still no sign of her wedding ring
• Centrica puts soaring profits into UK power
• British Gas profits leap by 500 per cent to £571m, but - guess what? - prices will go up again
• The service-cutting council... with a £130,000 branch in Brussels
• Blind rage as UEFA vow to get tough on Lyon over Ronaldo laser incident
• Doctors call for ban on bargain booze to beat binge-drinking 'epidemic'
• Market report: Thursday close
• What the back pages of the papers say - February 21
• Army fury at BBC Panorama claim that British troops mutilated Iraqis after Battle of Danny Boy
• Choked! Wenger faces struggle at San Siro as Milan defence stifles Gunners
• The good news is the G-spot does exist - the bad news is that not every woman has one
• New stem cell discovery offers hope for diabetes cure, say scientists
• We can go all the way, says Sir Alex
• Passports alone don't make us British
• Strikes, union power, useless managers...don't mention the 'N' word
• Boris, the blonde and a fun night