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Wednesday 23rdÌýNovemberÌý2005
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.Ìý

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0607
The majorÌýChinese city of Harbin is facing four days without water because the authorities have cut off the mains supply.

0609
Angela MerkelÌý theÌýnew German Chancellor is beginning a tour of Europe. Our correspondent Alisdair Sandford is in Paris where the tour begins.

0615
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0627
TheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson.

0630
The Commons will vote on the bill to exempt so called "on the run"ÌýIRA members from prosecution if they are no longer involved in paramilitary activity.

0635
A day before relaxedÌýlicensing laws come in, a 91Èȱ¬ survey's found that more than 60 thousand premises have been granted an extended licence.

0640
Britain is writing to the US on behalf of the EU asking America to clarify reports that the CIA has been holdingÌýterrorist suspects at secret prisons in eastern europe.

0645
A look at the papers from Britain and The Ukraine.

0647
We take a look at the events of Yesterday in Parliament.

0653
The increasing popularity of exoticÌýforeign plants means that our native flora and fauna are at risk from imported pests and diseases.We hear more from Dr Simon Thornton-Wood, Assistant Director of Science and Learning at the Royal Horticultural Society.

0657
OurÌýweather forecast has been attracting your complaints once again. Not because it is wrong, but because it seems to favour drivers over pedestrians.

0709
Have we run out ofÌýflu vaccineÌýthis year because GP's have been giving it to people who shouldn't get it? We speak to Liberal Democrat MP Dr Evan Harris, and shadow health spokesman Andrew Lansley.

0714
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0717
According to new government figures, around 20,000Ìýmigrants from the new EU countries are currently registering to work in the UK every month with a striking increase in the number applying for child benefit -Ìýan indication that more families are coming here.

0719
Under the Northern Ireland Offences Bill, so called "on the run" IRA members, loyalist criminals, and rogue members of the police and army suspected of crimes before 1998 will be allowed to stay out of jail, on licence. The Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary David Liddington joins us.

0724
TheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson.

0738
From midnight tonightÌý more than 60 thousand pubs, bars, nightclubs, off-licences and supermarkets will be allowed to sell alcohol for longer than they do now. We hear from the Licensing minister James Purnell, and Theresa May, the shadow culture secretary.

0741
Sounds from the new 91Èȱ¬ documentary series, 'Life in The Undergrowth', are giving researchers new insights into insect communication.

0747
Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue.

0750
What does the case of Colonel Mendonca tell us about the way the British army has been operating in Iraq? General Sir Rupert Smith, formerly one of the most senior officers in the British army, joins us.

0810
Later today, the House of Commons will hear the second reading of the Bill to exempt so called " on the run"Ìý IRA members and loyalist criminals from prison sentences as long as they are no longer involved in paramilitary activity. The Northern Ireland SecretaryÌýPeter HainÌýspeaks to the programme.

0822
Bob Dylan is Ìýplaying in London this week. His tour so far has had some rather mixed reviews.ÌýMark Ellen, editor of the Word magazine, went to last night's concert, and Radio Three's Andy Kershaw has seen Dylan in concert before.

0827
TheÌýsports news with Gary Richardson.

0832
A 91Èȱ¬ investigation for the World Service intoÌýpolicing in Brazil has been told that hundreds, possibly thousands of people are shot by police every year.

0838
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0841
The people of Kenya have rejected a proposed new constitution. It is a huge defeat for the President Mwai Kibaki who said it was needed to clean up government. Someone who has been very critical of corruption in Kenya is Britain's former high commissioner there Sir Edward Clay.

0845
TheÌýLabour party in Israel has a new leader. Amir Peretz is almost completely unknown abroad yet he's likely to become one of the most important figures in Israeli politics.

0850
An NHS trust is trying to save money by rationing operations. People in East Suffolk who are clinically obese will not be considered for hip and knee replacements.
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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.

Edward Stourton interviews the President of Mexico, Vincente Fox, and Tom Shannon, the United States Under Secretary of State with responsibility for the Americas, on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina and the prospect of a free trade agreement for the region.
President Vincente Fox.
Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon.
The uncut interview with Sir Peter Hall, the first director to stage the play in 1955, with the last surviving member of the original main cast, Timothy Bateson who played 'lucky', and playwright Ronald Harwood.
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.
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