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FridayÌý9th December 2005
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0610
A high profileÌýdeath row case in California is entering its final stages.

0614
A man wanted as aÌýwar criminal in Croatia has been arrested in the Canary Islands.

0620
TheÌýbusiness news with Rebecca Marston.

0628
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0631
David Cameron will make his first policy announcement as leader of the Conservative Party today.

0635
Hear the latest news from the Montreal conference where negotiations have been something of a roller coaster.

0640
TheÌýkidnappers in Iraq say they have killed their American hostage. The British man, Norman Kember, is believed to be alive.

0642
TheÌýpaper reviews from Britain and Nairobi.

0644
A look at the events of Yesterday In Parliament.

0650
We speak to Claude Mandil, the Chairman of The International Energy Agency, aboutÌýhow ideas forÌýcleaner energy are progressing.

0655
A new report suggests that the number of donations needed to set up a stem cell research bank is much smaller than had been thought. We talk to ProfessorÌýRoger Pedersen, of Cambridge University, who wrote the report.

0709
We take a look at some of the pressure groups protesting at theÌýMontreal conference.

0715
Croatia wants to join the EU but their failure to arrest the men suspected of war crimes is stopping them. Now one ofÌýthese menÌýhas been arrested.

0720
A group ofÌýUS mayors are in Montreal in support of the Kyoto targets. We speak to Greg Nickels, the mayor of Seattle.

0723
TheÌýbusiness news from Rebecca Marston.

0725
The Government will now have to prove that intelligence obtained under torture has not been used in cases in which foreign suspects are being held. We speak to the Labour MP Andrew Dismore, the chairman of the All-Party Group on Human Rights.

0730
An AmericanÌýhostage in Iraq has been murdered. Four others are still held by another group of kidnappers, one of them is Norman Kember.

0731
The first collection ofÌýHarold Lloyd's photography opens in London today.

0740
Thought For The Day with Sir Jonathan Sacks, The Chief Rabbi.

0745
InÌýMontreal the Americans are reported to be extremely irritated by public criticism from the Canadian Prime Minister. We speak to theÌýEnvironment Secretary, Margaret Beckett, and play what was said to give such offence.

0810
We speak toÌýDavid Cameron who will be making his first policy announcement as leader of the Conservative Party today.

0825
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0830
We look at the science underpinning the campaign to control greenhouse gas emissions. We talk to Professor Richard Lindzen, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr Peter Frumhoff from the Union of Concerned scientists.Ìý

0838
The business update with Rebecca Marston.

0838
Today is the last day that the red double-decker busesÌýknown as theÌýRoutemasterÌýwill be on the streets of London. Stephen Pound, a Labour MP who used to be a bus conductor, contributes to our report.

0841
American environmentalists are a big presence in Montreal. Prominent in their ranks is Ross Gelbspan, author of two books on climate change, who gives us his personal reflections.

0850
How will cartoonists and satirists approach David Cameron? We talk to Rory Bremner and the cartoonist Steve Bell.
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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 ´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.
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