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WednesdayÌý5th of July 2006
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Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
0600-0630
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Former American ambassador to South Korea Donald GreggÌýon the North's decision to test fire its missiles.

0714
ShouldÌýsmall children be tested every eight weeks?

0717
Care homes for those withÌýlearning disabilities will be inspected after widespread institutional abuse has been revealed in Cornwall. Nigel Ellis is head of the Healthcare Commission.

0719
Business news with Greg Wood.Ìý

0723
Not everyone is happy with the £35 million make over at theÌýKelvingrove museum.

0726
Despite Britain being knocked out of both Wimbledon and the World Cup, Steve May has found some British Champions (and sports news)Ìýto cheer us up.

0733
DidÌýJohn Prescott do anything wrong by staying on the ranch of an American billionaire who wants to turn the Dome into a supercasino?Ìý

0743
"Go to work on an egg head". If Jose Manuel Barroso can run a competition to find a slogan for the European Union, we thought we should have one! Iain Henderson is a Creative Director.Ìý

0745
Thought for the Day with Anne Atkins.

0750
Local governments want less interference from Whitehall. Ruth Kelly tells us about her commitment to further devolution.

0810
Do we need an amnesty for the estimated half a millionÌýÌýeconomic migrants working illegally in Britain? Jack Dromey and Sir Andrew Green.

0820
The piano that's beaten the bureaucrats.

0836
Steve May with theÌýsports news and even more British Champions!

0840
Chief Executive of Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust, Lezli Boswell responds to accusations of widespreadÌýinstitutional abuse in care homes for people with learning disabilities.

0845
Business news from Greg Wood.

0847
Its ten years since the creation of Dolly the sheep - have our hopes or fears overÌýcloning been realised?

0850
Behind the scenes with theÌýticketÌýtouts at the World Cup

0854
A European vision from the new EU president, Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.
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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.
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
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.

Don De Lillo Interview
The American writer Don de Lillo who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic.ÌýA great accolade, but usually one reserved for the dead. John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists thatÌýthe 91Èȱ¬ Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the 91Èȱ¬ Secretary has deemed Sihali a threat to the Nation's security. Last year Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot.
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.
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