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

health and want to work - now there are moves to make it easier
for them - see Work 08/04/01
* Pastor John Nduati describes his church as 'the last hospital in
Africa' where Aids victims flock to be healed - see International
Affairs: Africa 08/04/01
* Chancellor Gordon Brown stepped up pressure on
multinational pharmaceutical companies to allow developing
countries access to drugs to treat serious diseases - see Drugs &
Drug Abuse 15/04/01
* David Earnshaw has more reason than most to smile at the
climbdown by the world's most powerful pharmaceutical
companies - see International Affairs: Africa 22/04/01
* The Pretoria Court Case: Why the pharmas gave way, and why
South Africa's joy may be short lived - see International Affairs:
Africa 22/04/01
* Aids: The First 20 Years 03/06/01 M 16>24 1>4 Photographs
* Britain is braced for an Aids explosion: the disease is back and
infection rates are rising in America, as the safe sex message is
forgotten 03/06/01 B 4 1>8 Photograph
* The US is blocking new European Commission proposals to
get cheap drugs into developing countries suffering devastating
HIV, malaria and TB pandemics - see International Affairs:
U.S.A. 17/06/01
* The success of a TV programme in South Africa and a
Minister's home-made remedy sum up two sides of the Aids
battle 29/07/01 B 24 1>8 Photographs
* Glaxo Smith Kline is finding fewer than expected takers for its
discounted medicines in a UN aid programme for countries with
millions dying of Aids - see Business & Industry 19/08/01
* The British government is blocking moves to get cheap lifesaving
drugs to poor countries ravaged by diseases such as Aids
04/11/01 N 2 7>8
* The death camps of Burma - see International Affairs: Indian
Sub-Continent 18/11/01
* 40 per cent of pupils aged 11 have not heard of Aids 18/11/01
B 5 6>8 Photograph
* Sir Richard Branson is backing the plans of The Red Cross to
market its own branded condoms in Africa - see Red Cross, The
09/12/01
* Report on how ActionAid is helping Zimbabweans cope with
Aids - see Observer Christmas Appeal 16/12/01
AIR
* See Music: Pop 29/04/01
ALBARN, DAMON
* Profile on Damon Albarn, Blur's ex-frontman who turned his
back on the celebrity limelight 29/07/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature
ALBEE, EDWARD
* His plays may be full of sparring vitriol and dysfunctional
lives, but Edward Albee is rather sweet, thinks Simon Fanshawe
15/04/01 R 6 1>5 Photograph
ALBERTI, LEONE BATTISTA: MASTER BUILDER…
* See Book Reviews - Jardine, Lisa 04/03/01
ALBERTINE
* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 28/10/01
ALBO, MIKE
* See Comedy 27/05/01
ALCOHOL & ALCOHOL ABUSE
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* Peter Noble sank 13 pints then got in his car and killed six
people… why did no one stop him? - see Crime 11/03/01
* Former soccer star George Best has begun drinking heavily
again and has told friends he would rather die than stay on the
wagon - see Best, George 25/03/01
* George Best will have anti-alcohol pellets sewn into his
stomach this week in a desperate attempt to help him beat his
life-threatening addition to drink - see Best, George 08/04/01
* In a candid new book, Damien Hirst hits out at former allies,
reveals his taste for cocaine and alcohol and explains why he's
stopped taking ecstasy - see Hirst, Damien 12/08/01
* Last month the Isle of Man government scrapped all licensing
hours and the main effect has been a fall in drink-related
disturbances - see Licensing Laws 12/08/01
* Interview with footballer Paul Gascoigne, who admits to being
an alcoholic - see Gascoigne, Paul 23/09/01
* Britain's binge drinking culture is laid bare in a stark
government report revealing cirrhosis of the liver now kills more
women than cervical cancer 09/12/01 B 3 1>8
* Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer walked free from court -
but the case found English football guilty of producing a
generation of thuggish millionaire players in an alcohol... - see
Sport: Football 16/12/01
* The controversy surrounding the savage gang assault on a
young Asian student took a new twist when the victim accused
the jury which tried the case against two footballers of racial… -
see Crime 16/12/01
AL-FAYED, MOHAMED
* Mohamed al-Fayed is trying to force US investigators to hand
over 1,500 documents in his bid to prove the Paris crash of
Diana, Princess of Wales and his son Dodi was murder 02/09/01
B 7 1>8 Photographs
* A story of falling profits and exiting colleagues for the Al-
Fayed empire - see Business & Industry 16/12/01
ALFRED THE GREAT
* Priceless papers which document Alfred the Great's
foundations of a ninth-century monastery at Athelney have been
discovered at the back of a dusty shelf in a stately home
29/07/01 B 8 7>8 Photograph
ALI, MUHAMMAD
* On the eve of a powerful new film, the reality and legend of
Muhammad Ali 16/12/01 R 1>2 1>4 Photographs
ALLEN, WOODY
* As part of a campaign to repair his image, Woody Allen gives
his first public question and answer session in the UK 09/09/01
B 15 1>7 Photographs
ALLI, LORD WAHEED
* Profile of Lord Waheed Alli, co-founder of Planet 24 and
'reviver' of the motel soap, Crossroads 11/03/01 N 6 1>8
Photograph
AL'OWHALI, MOHAMMED
* As the Saudi bomber begins his life sentence in a US jail for
the bombing of the American embassy in Nairobi, Jason Burke
uncovers the secret FBI files on the suicide bomber who changed
his mind 05/08/01 M 20>27 1>4 Photographs
AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY
* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 08/07/01
AMBER SPYGLASS, THE
* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 16/09/01