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0709: Iraqis who've worked as interpreters for British forces and put their lives at risk are being told that they won't get more favourable treatment than anyone else if they apply for asylum in this country.听
0715: The latest foot and mouth outbreak in Surrey probably came from the nearby research site at Pirbright and was probably spread by human movement. That's the conclusion of the investigation by the Health and Safety Executive.
0723: Business update with Nick Cosgrove.听
0725: The Yangtze River dolphin is today officially declared extinct. 听It's the first large animal to be wiped from the planet for 50 years.
0728: The sports news with Garry Richardson.
0730 - 0800
0736:听The inquest into the shooting of Jessie James, who was 15, is revealing the power of a gang culture in Manchester. He refused to be part of a gang, and according to his mother,听that was why he was shot dead.
0742: The paper review.听
0745: 听Reporting on the aftermath of the floods, Nicola Stanbridge has met up with the people working on the river avon, for whom a quiet summer could be a disaster.
0749: Thought for the day with the Right Reverend Tom Butler, Bishop of Southwark.
0752: Six weeks in the job, and Gordon Brown can reflect that he's had perhaps more than his fair share of unexpected events to deal with, but amidst all that he's also pulled off one or two major coups, not least last week's agreement at the UN for action on Darfur.
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0810: Gordon Brown has said he'll look again at the case of ninety-one Iraqi interpreters, who've worked for British forces in Iraq. They've been told they won't be given favourable treatment for asylum in the UK, despite concerns that they could be at risk of attack from insurgents.
0815: In exactly a year's time in Beijing the Olympic Games will get under way. China sees it as the launch party for its arrival as a major world power. Campaigners in China and abroad want the Communist Party to embrace democracy and reform. But a powerful China is hard to change.
0820: Twl hundred thousand people have signed up to play scrabble online on Facebook. It's been hugely popular.听
0825:听 The sports news with Garry Richardson.
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0832: Abigail Howarth wanted to work at the environment agency. So when she saw an advert in her local paper in Bedfordshire she thought she'd apply. But she was told by the recruitment agency handling applications that there was no point in her applying for training because she is white and English.
0838: Business update with Nick Cosgrove.
0841: This latest incidence of foot and mouth in Britain has sparked bitter memories of 2001 when more than 6 million animals were culled. Our reporter James Shaw travelled to Dumfriesshire in Southern Scotland - the scene of a major animal cull in 2001. He met a sheep farmer for whom memories of that cull are still raw six years on.
0848: London seems to be the favoured destination for the world's super-rich, who are attracted by favourable tax rates, good financial services and the nightlife. But do they benefit or hurt the UK economy?
0855: Its 65 years since the fall of Singapore. To mark the anniversary former Prisoners of War have published a book documenting their experiences whilst captured in Java
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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 成人快手 Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the 成人快手 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 成人快手 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.
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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.
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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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