The Observer index, January-December 2001 ... - Microform

of failing a suicidal 22 year-old after her father's mercy killing
trial last week - see National Health Service 20/05/01
* Teenage crushes send rates of depression soaring - and girls
are most at risk - see Teenagers 03/06/01
* World leaders and senior politicians should be tested regularly
for signs of madness, a leading brain scientist will warn today
17/06/01 B 4 1>6 Photographs
* Phil Hogan on midlife crisis - see Social Conditions & Trends
24/06/01
* Report on the scandal of Britain's mentally ill who should be in
hospital, not prison 29/07/01 B 14 1>8 Photographs
* After £20,000 award to Down's Syndrome child 'unlucky to be
born', French medics may abandon pre-natal scans 02/12/01 B
23 1>8 Photograph
* Scientists have taken a major step towards cloning organs for
patients suffering from cancer, Alzheimer's or diabetes - see
Cloning 09/12/01
MERCHANT, NATALIE
* See Music: Pop 11/11/01
MERCURY REV
* See Music: Pop 12/08/01
MERCY AMONG THE CHILDREN
* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 09/09/01
MERRITT, STEPHANIE
* Few women set out to be single mothers but Stephanie Merritt
found the man in her life could not cope with the idea of her
pregnancy - see Merritt, Stephanie 18/11/01
MERTHYR TYDFIL
* Report from the once-proud pit centre of Merthyr Tydfil where
a quarter of the working population lives on sickness benefits
22/07/01 B 10 1>8 Photographs
METCALFE, JULIAN
* Profile of Julian Metcalfe, co-founder of Pret A Manger
04/02/01 N 7 1>8 Photograph
MICROFILM
* Novelist launches crusade to save the world's newspapers and
books from destruction by fanatics of microfilm - see Printed
Text 22/04/01
MILBURN, ALAN
* Columnist 21/10/01 B 32 1>5 Photographs
MILLAR, STUART
* Columnist 04/02/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph
MILLENNIUM BRIDGE
* After a shaky start, the Millennium Bridge is undergoing major
surgery 11/03/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs
MILLENNIUM DOME, THE
* Peter Mandelson helped a controversial Indian tycoon, who is
currently facing corruption charges, to obtain British citizenship
after he agreed to donate £1bn to the Dome - see Mandelson,
Peter 21/01/01
* The sale of the Dome moved a step nearer after it emerged that
controversial bidder legacy is close to securing the support of a
major backer 11/02/01 B 2 2>6
* Gerald Ronson is poised to bid for the Millennium dome, 10
years after he spent six months in jail for his part in the Guinness
insider share dealing scandal - see Ronson, Gerald 25/03/01
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* The sale of the Millennium Dome in south London has hit a
new hitch that could mean the Government will recoup less
money from the ill-fated visitor attraction that had been
envisaged 21/10/01 N 2 5>8
* The Government has found a buyer for the Millennium dome
nearly a year after the failed attraction closed its doors to the
public 16/12/01 B 8 1>3
* The chief executive of the Millennium Dome was paid
£440,000 to oversee the demise of the empty visitor attraction
23/12/01 B 2 6>7
MILLER, LEE
* See Photography 14/01/01
MILOSEVIC, MIRA
* Profile on Mira Milosevic, the wife of Slobodan Milosevic
08/07/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature
MILOSEVIC, SLOBODAN
* Milosevic to face justice: ten years in the life and crimes of
Slobodan Milosevic 24/06/01 B 18>19 1>6 Photographs
* The Yugoslav government cleared the way for Ex-dictator
Slobodan Milosevic's extradition on war crimes charges
24/06/01 B 2 2>4
* Leading Hague tribunal lawyer Nancy Pearson, talks of her
battle for evidence linking Milosevic with Kosovo war atrocities
- see International Affairs: Eastern Europe 01/07/01
* The deposed Yugoslavian President, Slobodan Milosevic, will
use the alleged support of senior Western leaders and diplomats
to bolster his defence when he comes to trial 01/07/01 B 3 4>5
MIND GAME, THE
* See Book Reviews - Potts, Robert 11/02/01
MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY
* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 07/01/01
MINERAL PALACE, THE
* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 14/01/01
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, THE
* The Ministry of Defence police force is to be transformed into
a rapid response squad ready to intervene in strikes and protests
across the country 04/02/01 B 5 1>2 Photograph
* The Ministry of Defence has found up to 30 bugs in its
Whitehall headquarters and other buildings 22/04/01 B 9 2
MINOGUE, KYLIE
* Interview with Kylie Minogue, pop singer, former soap starlet,
gay icon 23/09/01 r 3 1>5 Photographs
MIRACLE LIFE OF EDGAR MINT, THE
* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 19/08/01
MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
* Stephen Downing, victim of what campaigners describe as one
of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice could receive up to £8m
compensation - see Downing, Stephen 18/02/01
* Mike O'Brien wants to stop other wrongfully convicted
prisoners suffering as he did with the launch of the Miscarriages
of Justice Organisation 18/03/01 B 15 1>8 Photographs
* Julia Roberts is to play the part of Wendy Sewell in a
Hollywood film about her murder in 1973, which led to Britain's
longest-running alleged miscarriage of justice - see Film
13/05/01
* Payouts to people wrongly convicted of crimes have hit a
record high, nearly doubling in the last year 13/05/01 B 9 1>2