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MondayÌý9thÌýJanuary 2006Ìý
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0607
More cases of humans catchingÌýbird flu have been confirmed in Turkey.

0609
Iran says it will resume nuclear fuel research today despite the international pressure not to do so.

0615
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0625
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0630
TheÌýLiberal Democrats' Federal Executive Committee is meeting tonight to set a timetable for a leadership election.

0635
David Cameron will set out his views onÌýeducation later today.

0640
Ariel Sharon's doctors have issued aÌýstatement this morning.

0645
London Underground says a strike by its workers overnight and into today is having little effect on services.

0650
A look at the papers from Britain and Austria.

0653
Hear our report about the current political uncertainty in Jerusalem and the highly charged PalestinianÌýelection campaign.

0655
More than a quarter of obese people do not want to lose weight and many of those questioned in a survey by Cancer Research UK were unaware of the advantages of a healthy lifestyle.

0709
Tony Banks, the former sports minister, has died after suffering a massive stroke at the age of 62. We look back on his life.

0712
TheÌýLiberal Democrats are preparing for a leadership election. Hear the latest news from Westminster.

0715
Doctors are preparing to bringÌýAriel Sharon out of his coma. The hospital where he is being treated has said there was no change in his condition overnight.

0720
The entire EU commission will be in Vienna today for the start of Austria's presidency of the EU.

0723
MoreÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0727
We speak toÌýBernardus Ganter who is the co-ordinator of the World Health Organisation mission sent to investigateÌýthe fatal cases ofÌýbird fluÌýin south eastern Turkey.

0729
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0732
General Sir Michael Rose, formerly one of the top officers in the British Army, tells us why he thinks the PM should be impeached over Iraq.

0738
The Science Museum in London thinks it may have found the answer to Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, a type of winter depression.

0745
Thought For The Day with Revered Doctor Alan Billings, Director of the Centre for Ethics and Religion at Lancaster University.

0750
WhatÌýeducation reforms could we expect from a Conservative Government? We talk to David Willets, the shadow education secretary, and Jacqui Smith, the schools minister.

0810
We speak to Paddy Ashdown, an influential Liberal Democrat voice, about the coming Liberal Democrat leadership contest.

0821
Hear our report on the young authorÌýDavid Mitchell, who wrote the best selling novel 'Cloud Atlas', but says his new book is the first novel he never wrote.

0830
It is ten years since work began on the Newbury Bypass, you may remember the huge row over the environmental impact of the road at the time. We ask John Gummer, the Environment Secretary at the time,ÌýifÌýthe bypassÌýhas done what it was supposed to do.

0835
TheÌýÌýbusiness update with Greg Wood.

0833
Stephen Pound and Diane Abbott talk to us about the death of Tony Banks.

0849
Files released under the Freedom of Information Act by the National Archives in London show that at the end of the Second World War Nazi prisoners were treated appallinglyÌýat the hands of the British Intelligence. Hear our report.

0853
Why are British soldiers sent to war to put their lives at risk with some of the worst guns around?ÌýThis question is raised in a new book byÌýthe former naval officer Lewis Page. We talk to Mr Page and the former Armed Forces Minister John Spellar.
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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 who 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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