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0700-0730
07:10 How have protesters in Burma used the latest technology to get their message out?
07:15 Would legalising euthanasia lead to vulnerable people being targeted? New research suggests not.
07:25 The business news with Greg Wood.
07:28 We look at why the usually peaceful town of Chatham in Kent has taken the unusual step of posting police officers outside a primary school.
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0730-0800
07:30 How good is the nursing for older people in hospitals? We speak to Minister for Social care, Ivan Lewis.
07:30 A look at today's papers.
07:35 Liverpool will reveal today some of the events it has planned for the European Capital of Culture - we look back over the problems the project has suffered so far.
07:40 Thought for the day with Vishvapani of the Western Buddhist Order.
07:45 Voting has closed in the Conservative Party primary for its mayoral candidate. We speak to the expected winner Boris Johnson.
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0800-0830
08:10 At least four dead in Burma, including three Buddhist monks, as security forces violently crack down on mass protests. We hear the latest from Rangoon.
08:15 Jack Straw, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, wants greater protection for 'Have a go' heroes.
08:20 Michael Morpurgo's novel War Horse, which tells of war through the eyes of a horse, is being turned into a play at the National Theatre.
08:25 The sports news with Rob Nothman.
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0830-0900
08:30 As the top 16 polluting nations meet President Bush - we ask is he really showing leadership on climate change or should we be more sceptical?
08:35 World Maritime Day is being celebrated by the publication of a collection of short stories about the sea by contemporary writers.
08:40 A business update with Greg Wood.
08:45 Is it right to try and convert others to your own religious beliefs?
08:50 The question over whether or not to call a general election has affected two earlier Prime Ministers. We bring together two men who experienced both periods first hand.
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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 ±«Óãtv Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the ±«Óãtv 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 ±«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. |
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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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