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ThursdayÌý21st JulyÌý2005
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0607
The plan toÌýwithdraw 21 Jewish settlements from Gaza has been approved by the Israeli parliament - so what's happened to those planned demonstrations by settlers?

0609
Business news with Greg Wood.

0615
Sporting news from Steve May who's at Lords this morning.

0626
More thanÌý200 people have now been arrested in Pakistan in raids on militant groups - including a man said by British authorities to be a possible mastermind in the London bombings.

0631
The Prime Minister will meetÌýpolice and intelligence officers today to discuss the government's response to the London bombings.

0634
Crime figures for England and Wales are out today.

0636
Officials in iraq say there won't be a delay in drafting the new constitution despite the killing ofÌý3 sunni Muslims attached to the drafting team.

0639
Today'sÌýnewspaper review come from the UK and Australia.

0644
Yesterday in Parliament with Sean Curran.Ìý

0650
The charity, Oxfam, has joined the United Nations and other agencies in highlighting the crisis in Niger. Natasha Kafo-worola Quist is Oxfam's regional director for West Africa.

0655
The Court of Appeal has decided that a holiday villageÌýcan be built in theÌýPembrokeshire Coast National Park but the battle doesn't seem to be over yet.

0709
Nicola Stanbridge spoke toÌýOmar Bakri Mohammed and asked how he would respond to any call for his removal.

0712
The Prime Minister's getting the views of senior police, security and intelligence heads about how to respond to the London bombings.

0719
The latestÌýbusiness news from Greg Wood.

0723
Violent CrimeÌýis either going up - if you take the figures of crimes recorded by the police - or down, if you take the British Crime Survey as the most reliable guide. What are we to make of it?

0725
Sporting news from Steve May.

0732
Conservative MPs have voted by more than 2 to 1 to give back to themselves the decisive role in choosing the party leader.Ìý
David Davis is on the line.

0742
The Council for the Protection of Rural England is running a competition to find the most peaceful place in Britain.

0746
Reverend Dr. Giles Fraser has the Thought for the Day.

0749
Following the killings on Tuesday ofÌýÌýthree Sunni Arabs tasked with drafting the new Iraq constitution, four Sunni members of the drafting committee have pulled out citing security concerns.

0810
Hazel Blears helps to clarify some of the confusion surrounding this morning's conflicting crime statistics. Are we any safer on our own streets?

0822
This week more than ten thousand Israeli settlers and their supporters have tried to make their way to theÌýGaza Strip to stop this summer's withdrawal from going ahead. But Israeli police have stopped them from getting in

0825
An extraordinary row's developing over the post-warÌýCommonwealth Institute building in Kensington in London.Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon, who's accused the UK of "selfish imperialism".

0832
A finalÌýbusiness update from Greg Wood.

0839
During the "Bodyline" tour of 1932/33, England regained the Ashes in the most controversial circumstances, Douglas Jardine, England's captain at the time, has gone down in history for theÌýintimidating bowling technique he got his men to employ - his daughter Fianach Lawry is on the line and with us, David Frith.

0842
It's nearly 60 years since the atom bombs were dropped onÌýHiroshima and Nagasaki andÌýever since, there's been an argument about whether the Military reasons for the attacks were as overwhelming as Truman decided they were.

0850
MPs head off for their summer recess today - time for some of the newest members to reflect on their first term since the election in May.
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The Blunder Clips

Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
What is our website and email address John?
John gets confused about all this modern technology and it's David Blunkett Jim!
- 22 December 2004
Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, asÌýNick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004
The boy who likes to say YES!
Sports presenter Steve May is left trying desperately to get his seven year old guest to say something other than yes!
- 23rd September 2004
When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
The Extended Interview

We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

Jim Naughtie speaks to the Archbishop of Kaduna, Josiah Idowu Fearon, about the Anglican Church in Africa and tensions between Christians and Muslims. (25/05/05)
Edward Stourton interviews Monsignor Charles Burns, a retired head of the Vatican's Secret Archives, inÌýRome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2
First 91Èȱ¬ interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaksÌýto our reporter Zubeida Malik aboutÌýhis ordeal and how heÌýcontinues toÌýcampaign for five Britons still there to be freed.
Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America whose is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05)
Tony Blair speaks to Jim at the British Embassy in Washington, following his controversial Rose Garden press conference with Bush. The Iraq war, the Middle East and the first hints of an EU constitution referendum u-turn. (17/04/04).
, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04)
John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
General James L. Jones
During his visit toÌý London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force.
Hillary Clinton talks toÌýJamesÌýNaughtie
Her questions surrounding theÌýWhite House handling of the Iraq war, plus her years with Bill in that stately building.
Mark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years.
James Naughtie interviews Hans Blix:
Hans Blix says allies had motivations other than WMDs for going to war - 6th June 2003.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
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