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TuesdayÌý16thÌýAugustÌý2005
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0607
A powerful earthquakeÌýhas rocked the north-east coast of Japan. Chris Hogg has the details.

0609
Jane Peel goes to Boscastle to find out how theÌýCornish town is coping, a year after itÌýwas hit by floods.

0615
The worst may be over forÌýBritain's housing market. Nick Cosgrove has the business news.

0625
Australia has secured a nail biting-draw in the third Test. Garry Richardson with the sports news.

0630
The deadline looms for Jewish settlersÌýinÌýGaza to evacuate before facing eviction from their homes. James Reynolds is there.

0633
The government is considering a shake-up of the laws governing fertility treatment and embryo research. Jane Dreaper reports.

0637
Iraqis haveÌýextended the deadline for finalising the country's draft constitution. Mike Wooldridge has more.

0639
A review of today's papers in the UK and Israel.

0646
Claire Marshall examines howÌýa brutal drug war is consumingÌýthe Mexican town of Nuevo Laredo.

0650
Talks betweenÌýcaterer Gate Gourmet and the Transport and General Workers Union will continue today. Stephen Cape has the latest.

0653
International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) says endangered species are under threat through their illegal trade over the internet.

0709
Israeli Cabinet Minister Minister Matan Vilnai shares his thoughts on the Gaza withdrawal with us.

0711
Are women's right being ignored in Iraq's forthcoming constitution? Houzan Mahmoud of the Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq responds.

0715
UK telecoms group Cable & WirelessÌý clinches a deal to buyÌýsmaller rival Energis. More from Nick Cosgrove.

0717
The Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers say Facilities at our immigrant holding centres are inadequate.

0720
One year on, how has the Cornish village of BoscastleÌý recovered from the devastating flash floods?

0724
Garry Richardson with the latest sports news.

0732
Fertility expert Lord Winston says the currentÌýfertility lawÌýin practice is unworkable.ÌýLabourÌýMP Geraldine Smith responds.

0742
Dario Fo -Ìýthe world's most frequently performed living playwright - talks to us about his new satirical play about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

0746
Thought for the day with the Right Reverend James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool.

0749
Yariv Oppenheimer ofÌýthe Peace Now movement, reacts to theÌýIsraeli withdrawal from Gaza.

0810
Where next in the war on terror? We speak to the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke.

0824
Broadcaster Sue MacGregorÌýon her nomination for the nation's favourite painting.

0827
England captain Michael Vaughan on the third Ashes Test. Garry Richardson with the sports news.

0834
AÌýman was yesterday the latest victim inÌýanÌýongoing loyalist feud in Northern Ireland. Is the war not over? Ulster Unionist minister Michael McGimpsey responds.

0844
Nick Cosgrove has the latest business news.

0847
Has the current political climate given new life to political satire? Playwright Alistair BeatonÌýand artistic director at the Lyric Hammersmith David Farr discuss.

0852
We speak to the Liberal Democrats' MP Evan Harris about the government consultation documentÌýon how our fertility laws should be changed.

0854
Jeremy Bowen with the latestÌýdevelopment on theÌýGaza pullout.
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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.

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 ´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.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
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