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ThursdayÌý2ndÌýFebruary 2006Ìý
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0607
Everyone seems to be heading to the constituency ofÌýDunfermline and Fife West today. There will be a by-election there in one week's time.

0609
Government departments are divided over how much pressure to put on big business to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

0615
Rebecca Marston has the Business news.

0626
Steve May brings us the latest sports news.

0632
The Dutch parliament is going to vote today on whether to send a thousand troops to Afghanistan.

0634
The United Nations nuclear inspectorate has an emergency meeting aboutÌýIran today.

0637
TheÌýtrial of Saddam Hussein is supposed to be continuing today, but will he be there?

0640
A review ofÌýtoday's papers in the UK and Paris.

0645
A look at the events ofÌýyesterday in parliament with David Wilby.

0650
A powerful parliamentary watchdog has condemned the state of many British rail stations. In a report out today the Public Accounts Committee criticises rail operators for failing to provide facilities such as waiting rooms or toilets at many stations.

0654
The Treasury and the environmental lobby are at loggerheads over how companies report theirÌýenvironmental policies after the chancellor scrapped the system. But Friends of the Earth claim they've managed to force ministers to try to find an alternative system. Tony Juniper is director of the organisation.

0709
The Oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell, will today unveil the highest profits in UK corporate history. Rebecca Marston tells us more.

0712
Last week the govt confirmed that we are going to send 3,300 more troops to the most dangerous part of Afghanistan. The Dutch are also meant to be sending troops as part of a NATO force but the country is divided on the issue.

0717
Labour MP, Barbara Roche, and Michael Brown, a columnist for The Indpendent, and a former Conservative whip under John Major, discuss the embarrasment of the government defeat over the religious hatred bill by one vote, when the prime minister could have voted.

0720
Have you ever had your identity stolen? It's happening a lot these days, and it's becoming very expensive.Ìý We're joined by the 91Èȱ¬ Office minister, Andy Burnham.

0724
TheÌýsports newsÌýwith Steve May.

0730
The Government appears to have abandoned efforts to settle an interdepartmental row over what figure it should put to business for a cut inÌýcarbon emissions to combat global warming. We speak to the shadow environment secretary, Peter Ainsworth.

0738
It is forty seven years sinceÌýBuddy Holly was killed in a plane crash. His music has influenced singers as famous as The Beatles and the Rolling Stones and his widow, Maria Elena, has worked for nearly half aÌý century to make sure he's never forgotten.

0745
Thought for the Day with the writerÌýRhidian Brook who is broadcasting today from Mumbai in IndiaÌýwhere he and his family will be living in some of the world's HIV/AIDS epicentresÌýover the next 7 months.

0750
Prince Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the deposed Shah of Iran says he believes President Bush was right to focus on bringing democracy to Iran, but warned that military action against his country was not a serious option. He spoke to Justin Webb, our Washington correspondent.

0810
Thousands more British servicemen are going to Afghanistan to the most dangerous province in that troubled country. There will be a vote in the Dutch parliament today on whether to send 1200 of their own troops as part of the NATO force. We speak to the American ambassador in Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, about the current situation in the country.

0820
Prince Harry, who is at Sandhurst and will be joining the Blues and Royals, is reported to have said that if his regiment goes to Iraq, he will be there. The Historian Antony Beavor, and Kate McCluskey, director of the Shakespeare Institute, discuss the history of royal men at war.

0826
A sports update with Steve May.

0830
A married couple, both nearly 90, are this morning waiting to hear for definite whether they'll be reunited, after Gloucestershire Social Services continually refused to put them in the same care home. Annie Stevenson is senior policy adviser to Help the Aged.

0849
The managing editor of the French newspaper, France Soir, has been sacked for reprinting cartoons first shown in a Danish newspaper that caused outrage among Muslim readers.ÌýArnaud Levy is one of the the editors of the paper, and talks to the programme about the controversy.

0843
AÌýbusiness update with Rebecca Marston.

0852
Hyperinflation is something you read of in history books, but it is happening in Zimbabwe. Basildon Peta is a Zimbabwean in politicalÌý exile in South Africa and David Boyle, author of a history of money called The Little Money Book, is from the New Economics Foundation.

0854
Ever wondered how people would react to you if you looked different if, for instance, you were a young Asian man with a beard?ÌýRajesh Thind grew one after the terrorist attacks in London, specifically to see if he would be treated differently.

0858
Some high-profileÌýdivorce cases are being heard by the law Lords this week with enormous settlements being given to wives who, in many cases, are young and high-flying themselves. Is it time for divorce law to change? We are joined by Joan Smith, the feminist writer and columnist, and Christina Odone, the Observer Columnist.
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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.

The nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday, and The Constant Gardener is tipped for a place on the shortlist. It stars Ralph Fiennes who picked up an Evening Standard Film Award this week for his role in the film. Polly Billington spoke him and to the author, John le Carre, about the film and its chances at the Oscars. (31/01/06)
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 who 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.
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