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MondayÌý5th December 2005
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0610
A mass inquest reopens today into the deaths of 93 of the British victims of the Asian tsunami.

0614
The President ofÌýKazakhstan seems to have secured himself another term in office.

0620
The business news with Rebecca Marston.

0628
The sports news with Garry Richardson.

0631
The Chancellor will deliver hisÌýpre-Budget report today.

0635
The wife of Norman Kember, the British peace activist kidnapped in Iraq, has made a televised appeal for his release.

0640
The Gay Partnership Act comes into force today.

0642
A look atÌýthe papers from Britain.

0645
US Secretary of StateÌýCondoleezza Rice is flying to Europe today.

0648
A look at the papers from Berlin.

0652
One of the matters the Chancellor is expected to address in hisÌýPre-Budget Report is house building.

0655
The Government'sÌýEnergy Review is now underway and the central issue is whether to commission a new generation of nuclear reactors.

0709
Is it too late for British-inspired reform of the Iraqi police?

0715
Councils in England will learn today how muchÌýGovernment grant they will get for the running of their services for next year.

0720
TheÌýbusiness news with Rebecca Marston.

0725
The Government is considering raising the age at which people can buyÌýtobacco to 18. Labour MP Jeff Ennis joins us with Deborah Arnott who is the Director of Action on Smoking and Health.

0727
TheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson.

0732
Three gay couples have announced their engagements in the Court and Social section of The Times.

0741
A Nigerian state governor who fled from charges of money laundering in London says he's willing to return to the UK.

0747
Thought For The Day with the Methodist Minister Rev Dr Colin Morris.

0750
The US Secretary of StateÌýCondoleezza Rice is in Europe to face questions about the secret transportation and incarceration of terrorism suspects.

0810
George Osborne and Ed Balls talk to us about Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report.

0824
Pantomimes are no longer the Cinderella of Christmas entertainment. Are they now taken too seriously? We speak to Sir Ian McKellen, Widow Twankey for the second consecutive year,Ìýand Jon Conway aÌýpanto producer.

0830
Irwin Stelzer, Sunday Times columnist, looks at the pre-Budget report.

0832
TheÌýbusiness update with Rebecca Marston.

0838
In Pakistan five women are risking their lives to resist a ruthless tribal practice known as vani where girls are promised in marriage to a rival family to settle a blood feud.

0841
A mass inquest reopens today into the deaths of 93 british victims of the Asian tsunami.

0850
The Liberal Democrats are using the occasion of the pre-Budget report to raise questions about the system of tax credits. We speak to their work and pensions spokesman David Laws.

0855
Many descendants of those shot forÌýcowardice in World War 1 are calling for pardons and one case is now waiting for judgement from the High Court.
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Thought for the Day

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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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