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07:10 We look at the way the potential future presidents of America are using Iraq and the war on terror as key elements of their campaigns.
07:15 The government's chief scientist Sir David King says there should be a universal ethical code which scientists all sign.
07:18 The business news with Greg Wood.
07:20 Can the amount of CO2 pumped out by our cars really be cut by forcing manufacturers to make cars that use less fuel?
07:22 A new campaign launched today aims to find ways to make the rainforest more valuable and therefore less likely to be destroyed.
07:24 Contraceptive pill use does not raise a women's overall risk of cancer - and may cut it for most, research shows.
07:28ÌýTheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson.
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07:30 Eight per cent of the British population are from the ethnic minorities and only four per cent of the police force. How much does this matter?
07:40Ìý A look at today's papers.
07:45 Does trying to expand the borders of the Champagne growing region to fuel high demand defeat the object?
07:47 Thought for the day with the Chief Rabbi - Sir Jonathan Sacks.
07:50 Tesco are giving the University of Manchester £25 million to set up the Sustainable Consumption institute.We speak to Sir Terry Leahy is Tesco's chief executive.
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0800-0830
08:10 We speak to Sir Christopher Meyer, former British ambassador to Washington, about the troop situation in Iraq.
08:20 Is the American social networking site Facebook really as big a phenomenon as the coverage in the press suggests or are the chattering classes - peddling their own obsession?
08:25 A sports update with Garry Richardson.
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0830-0900
08:30 Sir Ronnie Flanagan, the chief inspector of constabulary, is due to publish his interim report on the state of the police force.
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08:40 A business update from Greg Wood.
08:45 Lads' Magazine Nuts is launching a television channel tonight.
08:50 We look at why the Americans are queuing up to meet Margaret Thatcher.
08:55 What lessons can the UK learn from US experience of border control?
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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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Baroness Sally Morgan Interview
Tony Blair's former Director of Political and Government Relations, Baroness Sally Morgan has given a rare, interview to Today to mark the Prime Minister's departure.
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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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