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Today's briefing hour: catch up onÌýthe day'sÌýnews, sport and business.
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We talk to the Liberal Democrat MP, John Hemming, about a huge drop in the number of people registered for postal voting in six council wards in Birmingham after an investigation into electoral fraud there back in 2004. |
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0718 |
Television channels dedicated to runningÌýquizzes will have to follow stricter new rules. |
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0722 |
Business update with Greg Wood. |
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0725 |
The Turkish parliament is to set a timetable for an early general election. |
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Sports update with Steve May. |
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Is the political complexion of theÌýScottish Parliament about to get a serious overhaul or can Labour fight off what until now has been an unrelenting SNP threat? |
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Commanders of British forces in Helmand province have told the 91Èȱ¬ there's a serious shortage of vehicles to carry out regular patrols and operations in the province. |
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More than thirty naked, life-size figures are being erected on top of landmarks across London by Anthony Gormley, the sculptor who created the Angel of the North. |
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The thought for the day with the Rabbi Lionel Blue. |
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Professor of history at University of London, Peter Hennessy talks about theÌýreasons behindÌýLord Browne's lie to the court. |
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Constitutional Affairs minister,ÌýBridget Prentice and Richard Price QCÌýtalk aboutÌýthe consequences of the investigation into electoral fraud in Birmingham back in 2004. |
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0822 |
Can an American be a suitable champion of the English countryside? |
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0825 |
Sports update with Steve May. |
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It was 25 years ago today that the Argentinian ship the Belgrano was sunk by a British submarine with the loss of over 300 lives. We talk to captain Hector Bonzo and Vice Admiral Sir Tim McClement. |
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James Naughtie talks to us about the pre-election excitement in Scotland. |
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Art criticÌýWilliam Feaver looks at the new photographic portraits of the Queen to mark her state visit to the United States. |
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0845 |
Business update with Greg Wood. |
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China is leading objections to a newÌýreport on climate economics being discussed at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Bangkok today. |
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A fire has broken out at a care home in Hamilton near Glasgow. |
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Former Conservative's 91Èȱ¬land Security spokesman Patrick MercerÌýand BillÌýDurodie of Cranfield University discuss why some young Muslims in this country may want to kill their fellow Britons. |
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We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
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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"?
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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. |
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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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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)
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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. |
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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) |
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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). |
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, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04) |
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John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04). |
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Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
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Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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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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