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WednesdayÌý1stÌýMarch 2006Ìý
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0607
The Queen will open theÌýWelsh Assembly building in Cardiff today.

0609
President Bush arrives in India.The first Republican President to visit since RichardÌýNixon. Ìý

0615
Business news from Greg Wood.

0626
Steve May has the sports news.

0631
TessaÌýJowell's financialÌýaffairs are still under close scrutiny this morning.

0634
A British man who was held in a Pakistani prison for 8 months, claims that he was tortured by intelligence officers. Zubeida Malik has spoken to him.

0637
The world's experts onÌýclimate change have produced another disturbing report on its progress.Ìý

0641
This morning'sÌýnewspaper review comes from the UK and South Africa.

0644
Yesterday in Parliament the Terrorism Bill was held up up after yet another government defeat in the Lord's.

0649
TheÌýConservative party has a new strategy to win the next election, which apparently means candidates making less of the fact that they're Conservatives. Iain Watson spoke to Tory Vice Chairman Grant Shapps.

0653
New research suggests thatÌýMRSA may be even more resourceful than first thought, Prof Mike Brown led the study.

0709
Children's minister Beverley Hughes explains how a new bill will improve the efficacy of the much disputed List 99.Ìý

0715
Despite busting its budget five times over, theÌýWelsh Assembly building has been highly praised for its environmental features. First Minister for Wales, Rhodri Morgan.Ìý

0721
Greg Wood has theÌýbusiness news which explores the claim that a first home can be built for £65,000.

0725
David Cameron has repeatedly stated that financial stability comes before tax cuts.Ìý The think tank Reform (established by people who want to lower taxes) say that doesn't make sense. Its director Andrew Haldenby.

0729
Sporting News from Steve May.Ìý

0737
A review of this morning's UK papers.

0742
An unprecedented number ofÌýextraordinarily rare working music manuscripts has been donated today to the Juilliard School of Music in New York by Bruce Kovner. Dr Joseph Polisi is president of the school.

0745
Today'sÌýThought For The Day comes from the novelist and columnist Anne Atkins.

0750
Europe is, officially, in a year long "period of reflection" after the rejection last year of the EU Constitution. This period comes to an end in June and current EU president Austria wants to establishÌýa route back to the constitution - former French President Valery Giscard was one the constitution's authors.


0810
Is David Cameron really asking all members of the Conservative party to agree to break with Tory past?

0815
The Central Office of Information is celebrating its 60th birthday, but one of its most famous information films has gone missing!

0824
Sports newsÌýwith Steve May.Ìý

0820
More than a thousand scientists across the world are expected to report that theÌýclimate is already in a state of flux and emissions from our cars, planes, homes and factoriesÌýARE to blame. Ashok Sinha is Director of the Stop Climate Chaos and Margaret Beckett is Environment Secretary.Ìý

0832
Business news from Greg Wood.Ìý

0835
The American writer Don de Lillo - who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic. A great accolade, but usually preserved for the dead, how does he feel about being a classic?Ìý

0842
PresidentÌýBush arrives in India later today promising to take the strategic partnership between Delhi and Washington to a new level. It is a symbolic meeting between two countries whose past is shaped by suspicion but, now find themselves natural partners.Ìý

0850
The terrible violence continues as Iraq ploughs further and further toward the possibility of civil war.Ìý
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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.

Don De Lillo Interview
The American writer Don de Lillo who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic. His books are being produced with the sort of cover we're more accustomed to seeing wrapped around a Dickens or an Austen.Ìý John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
Mouland Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspect terrorist the Home Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations the Home Secretary has deemed Sihali a threat to the Nati ons security. Last year April Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot. He was released on conditional immigration bail in January this year awaiting a decision on whether or not he will be deported. The Home Secretary is seeking a Memorandum of Understanding from the Algerian authorities before attempting to deport Mouloudf Sihali and a number of other named suspect terrorist.
The nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday, and The Constant Gardener is tipped for a place on the shortlist. It stars Ralph Fiennes who picked up an Evening Standard Film Award this week for his role in the film. Polly Billington spoke him and to the author, John le Carre, about the film and its chances at the Oscars. (31/01/06)
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.
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