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TuesdayÌý19th April 2005
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0607
The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is on her way toÌýMoscow for a two-day visit, where she will meetÌýwith President Putin.

0609
A senior advisor toÌýthe minister of defence in Iraq was shot deadÌýalong with his nephew whenÌýgunmen burst into his Baghdad home on Monday.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sports news with Garry Richardson.

0631
Some newpapersÌýtoday report thatÌýTory leader Michael Howard has been warned about his election campaign tactics by senior members of his own party.

0635
An inquiry into the murder of County Armagh solicitor Rosemary Nelson opensÌýtoday. Our correspondent in Ireland is Kevin Connolly.

0638
Roman Catholic cardinals willÌýgather in the Sistine chapel for a second dayÌýtoday to seek a successor to Pope John Paul II.

0640
A review of today's papers with Charlotte Green.

0643
AÌýlook at the international papers withÌýRay Furlong in Berlin.

0646
David Wilby looks at the big themes on the election campaign trail.

0649
Japan and China are still deciding whether their leaders should meet to talk about the anti-Japanese protests in Shanghai over the past few weeks.

0653
Liberal Democrat leader Charles KennedyÌýwill today set out his party's policies on cutting NHS waiting times and giving more freedom to frontline health staff.

0709
Can Britain's most senior police officer realistically expect to work with a Tory Home Secretary following his comments backingÌýLabour's plans for ID cards and terror laws?

0715
Is theÌýstate of ourÌýenvironmentÌýa bigÌýissue in the election campaign?ÌýJames Naughtie talks to people inÌýCumbria.

0719
BusinessÌýupdate with Greg Wood.

0724
What effect doÌýpast atrocities such as the Rape of Nanjing committed by the Japanese still have onÌýSino-Japanese relations?

0728
Sports update with Garry Richardson.

0730
Is the Muslim vote going to be crucial in this election? Zubeida Malik reports.

0744
Marcus Brigstock, star of Radio 4's ''Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off''Ìýtakes a personal look at the election campaign.

0746
Thought for the day with the Right Reverend James Jones.

0749
What do we know about the man many tip to be the next pope - the controversial Bavarian cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger?ÌýEdward Stourton talks toÌýthe Master of the Dominican Order, Father Carlos Azpiroz Costa.

0810
Is compulsion the only solution to the pensions black hole?ÌýFormer social security minister Frank Field and Pensions expert Alan Pickering.

0821
Former ´óÏó´«Ã½Ìýpresenter Sue MacGregor reads some of the many "election poems" which have been sent in by listeners.

0826
Sports update with Garry Richardson.

0832
We talk to leading Tory, Liam Fox on reportsÌýof criticism within the hisÌýparty over the way Michael Howard is running the election campaign and theÌýparty's struggle to close polls gap.

0836
Business update with Greg Wood.

0839
Liberal Democrat MP Steve Webb outlines his party's stance on pensions.

0844
Former ´óÏó´«Ã½ boss Greg Dyke and Piers Morgan, who edited the Daily Mirror along withÌýSir Harold Evans, who edited the Times and the Sunday Times discuss the election campaign.

0857
´óÏó´«Ã½'s political editor Andrew Marr on the elections.
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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 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
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.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
Robin Aitken's interview with Jackie Elliott before he was executed
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