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Friday 20thÌýMay 2005
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0607
Uzbek security forces have been consolidating their control over the border town of Karasu.

0609
Peter Bowes with theÌýlatestÌýaccount of the Michael Jackson trial in California.

0615
Business news with Nick Cosgrove.

0626
Sports news with Steve May.

0632
Prime Minister Tony Blair is back at work afterÌýreceiving hospitalÌýtreatmentÌýfor a slipped disc.

0635
Roland Pease on the revelation of a breakthroughÌýin stem cell technology.

0638
The government is to set up a working party of heads and teachers to investigate ways of tackling poor behaviour in schools.

0640
A review of today's papers in the UK and Israel.

0646
Robert Orchard reports on events Yesterday in Parliament.

0651
The World Health Organisation is holdingÌýa two-day meetingÌýto considerÌýallowing further research into the deadly smallpox virus.

0709
President of the British Osteopathic Association,ÌýNigel Grahamon Tony Blair recent health scare.

0711
Sam Younger of the Electoral CommissionÌýgives his thoughts on voting abuse.Ìý

0715
A business update with Nick Cosgrove.

0717
What is the significance of theÌýbreakthrough creationÌýofÌýhuman embryonic stem cells designed to match sick or injured patients?

0721
Kenyans are concerned that theirÌýpre-eminent position in long distance running is under threat followingÌýmany of itsÌýathletesÌýoptingÌýfor riches abroad.

0725
A sports update with Steve May.

0732
Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer on the government'sÌýpromises on electoral reform.

0743
Concern mounts overÌýtheÌýdecline of some of Britain's woodland birds species including theÌýrare lesser spotted Woodpecker. for the RSPB and BTO appeal for sightings of secretive woodpecker.

0746
Thought for the day with theÌýRight Reverend Richard Harries,ÌýBishop of Oxford.

0749
Al Quds, the only Arab University in Jerusalem hasÌýcriticised the Association of University Teachers (AUT)boycott of Israeli academic institutions.

0810
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly on discipline in our schools.

0823
Hear ´óÏó´«Ã½'s exclusive interview with CNN's chief news executive Eason Jordan, who resigned amid controversy over comments about the death of journalists in Iraq.

0829
Sports news with Steve May.

0834
Professor Jeremy Treglown from Warwick University and novelist DJ Taylor on why writer Henry Green is so revered.

0840
A business update with Nick Cosgrove.

0843
Former Labour Foreign MinisterÌýChris Mullin on MPs' bumper 80-day summer holiday.

0845
AÌýcurfew is to be imposed on youth groups of two or more people from a Northumberland town centre to reduce anti-social behaviour.

0851
Conservatives' David CameronÌýand Lib Dem's Ed Davey on government plans to tackle pupil behaviour.
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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
First ´óÏó´«Ã½ 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.

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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