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Wednesday 13th听December听2006
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Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
0600-0630
0630-0700

0712
The Chairman of the Health Select Committee tells us why he thinks financial management in the NHS has failed.

0720
Changes are afoot in US policy in Iraq but it seems there's no agreement yet about what should actually change.

0722
The business news with Greg Wood.

0725
A ceremony in Washington honours the memory of one of the most successful agents of World War Two.

0726
We hear which law author Ross Clarke would scrap as part of our Christmas repeal.

0728
The sports news with Steve May.

0730
The Shadow Defence Secretary听on听a leaked proposal to end allowances for troops spending extended time away.

0737
We speak to the father of one of the prostitutes听missing and feared murdered in Ipswich.

0744
A review of today's papers.

0750
Scientists at a London University claim they have discovered why laughter is infectious.

0750
Thought for the day with Professor Mona Siddiqui.

0755
The first ever national guidelines are published today on how obesity should be prevented and treated.

0810
Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett talks to us about the conclusions of the Iraq Study Group in the USA.

0815
We speak to Detective Chief Superintendent Stewart Gull from Suffolk police about the latest on the Ipswich Murders.

0820
Another suggestion听for our Christmas Repeal 听from Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies at听the University of London.

0825
Sports update with Steve May.

0830
The Health Minister, Andy Burnham, on a damning report into financial management of the NHS.

0835
The resurgence of the Red Kite - are we killing the bird with kindness?

0847
Our reporter jumps on his bike听to discover the truth about cyclists that ride on the听pavement.

0844
Lost works of the Greek mathematician Archimedes听are revealed in the pages of a 13th century prayer book.

0837
How much difference can workplaces make听in the fight against obesity?

0850
We discuss to what extent听reporting the deaths of five "prostitutes" degrades听the victims and whether the press should be using different terminology.
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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, as听Nick 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 fails听John and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
Jim听introduces a very听strange sounding听
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
听- 23th听July 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
听- 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.
The Extended Interview

We don鈥檛 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.听A great accolade, but usually one reserved for the dead. John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists that听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 Nation's security. Last year Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot.
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, in听Rome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2
First 大象传媒 interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaks听to our reporter Zubeida Malik about听his ordeal and how he听continues to听campaign 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.听First 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 to听 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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