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0700 - 0730
0709 The G8 leaders have all gone home having achieved what? It was supposed to be the summit that saved the world from climate change. Roger Harrabin reports.
0712 Residents of a Nairobi shantytown are accusing the police of using indiscriminate violence as they round up residents and demolish homes in search of weapons belonging to the shadowy Mungiki sect. Karen Allen reports.
0715 A protest march led by the chess champion Garry Kasparov is being held in St Petersburg where President Putin will at the city annual econoomic forum. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.
0717 Today's Papers.
0720 Yesterday in Parliament.
0725 Sports News with Sonja McLaughlan.
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0730 - 0800
0730 Critics of the G8 say it's promises are thin and misleading.
0735 Iraq's archaeological heritage has been systematically destroyed. Reporter Sanchia Berg speaks to Dr Abbas Al Husseiny, Head of Iraq's Antiquities Board.
0737 Today's Papers.
0740 A busker called David Juitz is setting out from London today - without a penny - to visit 25 countries around the world raising money for music projects to help people in the developing world. Our report Sejal Karia is with him.
0745 Thought for the Day with Vishvapani - A member of the Western Buddhist Order.
0750 We speak to the Chief Executive of the South Bank Centre in London, Michael Lynch, who wants to know why the rich don't give more to arts.
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0800 - 0830
0810 The two main topics to be covered by G8 leaders were climate change and Darfur. But were they both discussed equally? WeÌýare joined by Lord Triesman.Ìý
0820 We find out who won our competition to write lyrics for the national anthem.
0825 Sports Update with Sonja McLaughlan.
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0830 - 0900
0830 We speak to Dr Jack Kevorkian who carries with him the unfortunate nickname of Dr Death. He has just been released form prison in the US after serving 8 years for assisting more than 130 terminally ill people to die.
0835 Today's Papers.
0840 Reporter Polly Billington speaks to Caroline Weldon, the lady who was present at the meeting in 1988 when Mother Teresa asked Robert Maxwell for a million pounds to build a hospice for London's homeless.
0845 As the Cheltenham Science Festival gets underway we speak to Dr Kathy Sykes who directs the festival and by David Dickson, director of the Science and Development Network.
0850 We hear what Tony Blair had to say about the government stopping an investigation into the Saudi Arabian arms deal with BAE.
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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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