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07:10 The top US military commander in Iraq, General Petraeus, has come under heavy criticism in Congress as he reports on the progress of the US military surge.
07:15 Dame Anita Roddick,听the founder of Body Shop,听has died at the age of 64.
07:20 The business news with Greg Wood.
07:25 Two government departments are paying the Met Office to examine the long term effects of climate change at an initial cost of 86 million pounds.
07:28 The sports news with Garry Richardson.
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0730-0800
07:30 The number of debt problems has doubled in the last ten years. Should there be more regulation of lenders?
07:35 Reports from Israel say more than fifty soldiers have been injured by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into an army base.
07:40听 A look at today's papers.
07:45 We take a look at Boris Johnson, candidate to take on the job of London Mayor, and ask is there substance behind the celebrity.
07:50 Thought for the day with the Reverend Tom Butler, Bishop of Southwark.
07:55 Sir Derek Wanless concludes that extra billions for the NHS have failed to deliver a first class healthcare system.
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0800-0830
08:10 As Democrats in Congress challenge top US commander Gen Petraeus' positive view of the Iraq troop surge we speak to Lee Hamilton, former Democrat congressman and co-chair of the Iraq Study group.
08:20 The creative force behind the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, has returned to the UK to tour with 18 new songs written in a month.
08:25听 A sports update with Garry Richardson.
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0830-0900
08:30 We look back at the life of Dame Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop, who died last night.
08:35 Feel a yawn coming on? What contagious yawning says about us.
08:40 Business update with Greg Wood.
08:45 We hear a rare story from a peaceful part of Afghanistan where a British doctor has spent the last four years听helping some of the poorest people on earth.
08:50 It's the 50th anniversary of the British Computer Society. But what can we expect over the next half century? Will our levels of dependence on the internet and computers change?
08:55 We look at the arguments being put forward by General David Petreuas being questioned in the Senate about the effectiveness of the US troop surge in Iraq. |
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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.
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Baroness Sally Morgan Interview
Tony Blair's former Director of Political and Government Relations, Baroness Sally Morgan has given a rare, interview to Today to mark the Prime Minister's departure.
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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"?
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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. |
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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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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)
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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. |
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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) |
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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). |
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, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04) |
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John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04). |
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Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.听First Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
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Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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