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0709 MPs vote today on so-called 'saviour siblings'. Should parents be able to choose an embryo because its tissue could help an older brother or sister?
0715ÌýAre we over the worst of the credit crunch? Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank spoke to our business editor Robert Peston.
0718 Research in Punjab in India suggests that people's DNA might have been damaged by the use of pesticides in agriculture. Developing world correspondent, David Loyn reports.
0722 Business with Nick Cosgrove.
0725 Sport with Garry Richardson.
0730-0800
0732ÌýEuropean authorities have approved the first pre-pandemic bird flu vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline. Chief executive Jean-Pierre Garnier told James Naughtie how it would work.
0741 Today's papers.
0744ÌýHow many units of alcohol are in a bottle of wine? Or a pint? The government says if you don't know you should.
0749 Thought for the Day with Rev Joel Edwards, General Director of the Evangelical Alliance.
0752 Former Welsh Secretary Peter Hain MP says Welsh Labour must evolve to win elections. |
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0810ÌýShould scientists be allowed to create 'hybrid' embryos to get round the shortage of stem cells for research?
0818ÌýThe Association of South East Asian Nation (Asean) is due to hold urgent talks to discuss ways of helping Burma recover from the devastating cyclone. Hear from the 91Èȱ¬'s Roland Buerk.
0823 Sport with Garry Richardson.
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0830ÌýWe speak to Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York about a new reality TV programme in which she advises an overweight family on living more healthily.
0838ÌýDo we need an 'armed forces day' to show our support for the military?
0843 Business with Nick Cosgrove?
0847 Hundreds of innovative social projects helping vulnerable people in England are at risk of closure because of planned new government regulations. Kim Catcheside reports.
0851 At least 12 people have been killed in the Johannesburg since Friday in a wave of violence directed at immigrants. Caroline Hawley reports.
0854 The pre-school education industry. Are parents are being taken for a costly ride?
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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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