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Friday 16th December 2005
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0607
President Bush agrees to support calls for a new law banning the torture and degrading treatment of foreign terror suspects.

0609
The Government hasÌýset up a new cabinet committee to deal with bird flu.

0614
TheÌýbusiness news with Rebecca Masrton.

0626
TheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson.

0632
Tony Blair will try again today to strike a deal over the EU budget.

0634
Women have anÌýincreased chanceÌýofÌýcomplicationsÌýor cot death if the woman has already sufferend a loss from cot death.

0637
IsÌýCharles Kennedy out of the woods yet?

0641
A look at today'sÌýpapers in Johannesburg and Britain.

0647
Some rather unusual questions were posed onÌýparliament's committee corridor yesterday.

0652
AÌýflu pandemic could spark food shortages and panic buying.

0709
We ask William Hague; was the EU budget talks over dinner a meeting of minds?

0720
AÌýbusiness update with Rebecca Marston.

0725
TheÌýTurkish writer Orhan Pamuk will go on trial today for "the public denigration of Turkish identity".

0730
TheÌýIraqi elections show estimates of 80 percent of the population voting.ÌýSir Menzies Campbell tells us more.

0737
A look at the Christmas poll: Who runs Britain?

0745
Thought for the Day with Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks.

0750
William Patey is ambassador of Iraq, tells us about the two week wait for election results in Iraq.

0810
TheÌýEuropean negotiations underway in Brussels are the most important Tony Blair has been involved in, as they take Europe into the next generation. Jack Straw is here to tell us more.

0824
We look at the Rossini Opera "The Barber of Seville", back to its original glory in the Opera House complete with the Sistro.

0829
Who runs Britain? Lord Charles Powell, James Rubin and Mark Seddon discuss America's contribution.

0835
AÌýbusiness update with Rebecca Marston.

0850
A look at theÌýChristmas party scene in Westminster.

0853
Xinran, a Chinese author and journalist and Athol Fugard, a South African playwright discuss the idea of howÌýliterature can flourish during political repression..
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Thought for the Day

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The Blunder Clips

Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
What is our website and email address John?
John gets confused about all this modern technology and it's David Blunkett Jim!
- 22 December 2004
Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, asÌýNick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004
The boy who likes to say YES!
Sports presenter Steve May is left trying desperately to get his seven year old guest to say something other than yes!
- 23rd September 2004
When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
The Extended Interview

We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

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.
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.
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)
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)
Part 1
Part 2
First ±«Óãtv 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.
Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America whose is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05)
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).
, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04)
John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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.
Hillary Clinton talks toÌýJamesÌýNaughtie
Her questions surrounding theÌýWhite House handling of the Iraq war, plus her years with Bill in that stately building.
Mark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years.
James Naughtie interviews Hans Blix:
Hans Blix says allies had motivations other than WMDs for going to war - 6th June 2003.
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