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07:10 So many immigrants have moved to Cambridgeshire that the profile of the county has changed dramatically. Is this a widespread pattern?
07:15 The Federal Reserve has cut US interest rates by 0.5%, more than expected. We speak to David Frost of the British Chamber of Commerce.
07:20ÌýThe business news with Nick Cosgrove.
07:25 The Chairman of the LGA warns unless money is diverted to social services thousands of elderly people could lose their entitlement to home care services.
07:28Ìý The sports news with Rob Nothman.
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07:30 Is Britain more divided than ever? And are people living increasingly parallel lives
07:35 The American Defence Secretary Robert GatesÌýcalls for more information on private security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.
07:40 A look at today's papers.
07:45 600 people in southern Peru have received medical treatment after a meteorite landed in the Andes.
07:45 A team of doctors, on a Horizon programme special, has been experimenting on Everest to learn about treatment of intensive care patients.
07:48 Thought for the Day with the Chief Rabbi Sir Johnathan Sacks.
07:50 We speak to the American ambassador to Afghanistan about the situation in the country six years after the war began.
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0800-0830
08:10ÌýWe hear live from Greg Wood in New York on the impact of the Federal Reserve'sÌýrate cut.
08:20 We speak to Thelma Schoonmaker about the special screening of the 1944 film A Canterbury Tale at Canterbury Cathedral today.
08:25 A sports update with Rob Nothman.
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0830-0900
08:30ÌýAn Intelligence Squared debate tonight asks has Britain failed Zimbabwe?
08:35 A business update from Nick Cosgrove.
08:40 Former Thai PM, Thaksin Shinawatra, was overthrown a year ago; he now lives in London and recently bought Manchester City football club.
08:45 Anyone who knows Paddington Bear knows he likes marmalade. So it is surprising to see him advertising Marmite. We speak to his creator Michael Bond.
08:47 We look at why there is going to be a referendum on the European Union Reform Treaty but only in East Stoke in Dorset.
08:50 The Good Food Guide 2008 will have no references to dress codes. Does it matter if we're dressing down to dine out?
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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.
(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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