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0709 JP Morgan Chase is to buy Bear Stearns for a fraction of what it's worth. One-tenth of the firm's market price on Friday
0712 We speak to Dr George Fernie, Chairman of the BMA's Forensic Medicine committee about rehabilitating "problem" drug users in prison.
0715 Business News with Nick Cosgrove.
0717 Sick-leave is costing the economy roughly a hundred billion pounds a year. We hear from Dame Carole Black who is publishing a report on this today.
0720 The Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House, Tony Hall on his review of youth dance.
0725 Sports News with Rob Nothman.
0730-0800
0730 Despite the governor of the Chinese Security Forces denying it, Tibet's government in exile claim 100 people have been killed by government forces.
0735 Today's Papers.
0740 Huge Sykes reports from Iraq, five years on.
0742 We speak to Marjorie Sanders, Secretary of the Society of Master Thatchers about the thatched roof crisis in Britain.
0745 Thought for the Day with Reverend Alan Billings.
0750 Justin Webb reports on a case to go before the American supreme court this weekÌýmaking it easier for people to own guns in Washington. |
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0810 After the takeover of the US investment bank, Bear Stearns what next for the American financial system and the world economy?
0820 Is the Orange Prize for Fiction sexist? We are joined by author Tim Lott and Shami Chakrabati, Director of Liberty.
0825 Sports Update with Rob Nothman. |
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0830ÌýShould children who may grow up to be criminals have their DNA stored on the national database? We speak to Paul Whitehouse, former Chief Constable of Sussex police.
0835 A report out today from the Independent UK Drug Policy Commission says that prisonÌýcould doÌýmore harm than good for drug users.
0840 Business Update with Nick Cosgrove.
0845 James Reynolds reports from the Gansu Province in China where the Tibetan protests have now spread.
0850 Why do smart people make irrational decisions everyday? We speak to behavioural economist Dan Ariely and "Undercover Economist" Tim Harford.
0855 In the latest of her reports on the Countdown to War, Sanchia Berg talks to Hans Blix, Head of the UN Weapons Inspectors, and Margaret Beckett, former Secretary of State for Rural Affairs. |
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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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Gil Scott-Heron (04/03/2008)
Life hasn't been easy for the 'god-father of rap', but as US politics gets interesting again, he's making aÌý comeback. |
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(01/02/08)
He used to be Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, and now he's advising presidential candidate Senator Obama. We hear his vision for US Foreign policy.
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(26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonistÌýtalks about his time in prison, phone calls withÌýJohn Coltrane,Ìý9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor. |
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(17/11/07)
James Naughtie asks the President of Pakistan when he willÌýlift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism. |
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