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0710: The Revenue wants direct access to bank accounts to recoup tax debts.
0712: The new Health Secretary has announced an "unprecedented" review of the NHS.
0718: Should the West change the way it deals with the the Palestinian militant group Hamas?
0724: Pre-packed sandwiches may contain as much salt as seven bags of crisps, a study carried out for the 91Èȱ¬ suggests.
0727: The day's sports news with Garry Richardson.
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0730 - 0800
0730:ÌýShould the radical Muslim organisation Hizb ut Tahrir be banned? We hear fromÌýa spokesman from the organisation.
0740: A look at the day's papers.
0743: For New Yorkers, the 4th of July means Independence Day and fireworks. But it also means the World Hot Dog Eating Championships in Coney Island.
0746: Thought for the Day with Benedictine Monk, Dom Antony Such.
0750: It's expected that the Bank of England will raise interest rates today. We discuss the potential impact of another rise.
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0800 - 0830
0810: Gordon Brown wants to prioritise the National Health Service. An "unprecedented" review of the system has been announced. We find out from new Health Secretary Alan Johnson exactly what that means.
0824: A new exhibition at the Cartoon Museum in London illustrates why Heath Robinson's name came to be a dictionary definition.
0829: A sports update from Garry Richardson.
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0830 - 0900
0835: Has Hull been forgotten?
0839: Britain's biggest public speaking competition, SpeakersBank is happening tonight.
0844: A business update with Greg Wood.
0849: We speak to Dr. Akbar Ahmed, former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain, about what's happening in the country.
0852: We discuss whether it is more dangerous being a journalist now than it was in the past.
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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.
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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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