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0700 - 0730
0709 An agreement has been reached to end the postal dispute but the union's executive has not yet approved it.
0712 The US seems to have failed to persuade Russia to accept the idea of a missile defence system based in Europe.
0714 It's the end of the second week of the inquest into the death of Princess Diana.
0720 Yesterday in Parliament.
0724 The sports news.
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0730 Where was the green bit in the budget statement this week? Did the chancellor say enough to satisfy serious environmentalists?
0742 A year since the collapse of Farepak - the Christmas hamper business - we find out how Farepak's former customers are paying for Christmas this year.
0745 In our series of interviews with authors on the Man Booker shortlist, we speak to Nicola Barker about her book "Darkmans."
0749 Thought for the Day with Reverend Rob Marshall.
0750 The row between the US and Turkey over whether or not there was an Armenian genocide has caused real friction. Is genocide the right word for what happened, and should we address crimes of history in this way?
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0810 The Royal Mail management has reached an agreement with the communication workers union aimed at ending strike action.听
0820 The Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are sponsoring this year's World Conker Championships; they are trying to shake off their killjoy image.
0825 The sports news.
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0830 More on the agreement between the post office and the union that could lead to an end to strike action by postal workers.
0834 Gordon Brown has been criticised this week for not laying out 鈥渉is vision of the country鈥. We talk to former deputy leader of the Labour Party Roy Hattersley.
0838 Do you think parents of children who use cannabis are ignorant or complacent about it? That's what the police believe.
0841 The Eagles, one of the most successful rock acts of all time, have produced another studio album - their first in 28 years.听
0850 As the English and French rugby teams gird themselves for battle we bring you a ruck and maul between the British ambassador in Paris and the French ambassador here.
0855 The alchemy of the battered busker's guitar that has turned a low budget Irish film into American box office gold.
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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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