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0707 | There are reports coming in this morning of an incident in Basra in which a number of British soldiers may have come under attack from the occupants of a passing car.Ìý Anne Clywd is Tony Blair's special envoy to Iraq.
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0709 | The Middle East is braced for another period of a violence after Palestinians vowed revenge at yesterday's funeral of a senior Hamas leader - Ismail Abu Shanab - Our correspondent in Jersualem is Barabra Plett.
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0713 | There was as much drama offstage as on, at an opera last night in Verona. The Italian PM, Silvio Berlusconi decided, at the last minute, that he be attending 'Carmen' alongsideÌýGerman Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder. David Willey is in Verona.
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0717 | The end of Directory of Enquiries '192' may bring chaos.Ìý We test out the Memory World Champion, Andy Bell on the different 118 numbers and how much they charge.
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0722 | Six Brazilians were turned away by immigration officials at Heathrow airport after failing a quiz about the Beatles. They were given the test after they claimed to be travelling here for a Beatles festival. Fabiana Carvalho is from the Cavern Club Brazil and Keith Best is Director of the Immigration Advisory Service.
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0732 | Rail engineers have started work on repairs that will close three main railway lines for the entire bank holiday weekend. Network rail insists that it still causes less disruption than doing the work at other times. Not everyone is convinced.ÌýTom Symonds is in Hemel Hempstead. | |
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0745 | Brian Perkins has a review of today's papers.
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0750 | This week is the 40th anniversary of the great "I have a dream speech" by Martin Luther King.Ìý Fergal Parkinson spoke to Reverend Jesse Jackson about one of the most remarkable men in recent history. | |
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0755 | Find out how easy the new 118 numbers are to memorise and decipher....ÌýJamie puts the Memory World Champion, Andy Bell to the test... | |
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0810 | The Ministry of Defence have just confirmed that three British soldiers were killed in Basra. Our Correspondent, Val JonesÌýis in Baghdad.Ìý | |
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0820 | Following the tragic bombing of the United Nations building in Iraq this week, today the UN will try to resume their vital operations.Ìý We speak toÌýHanno Shaeffer, from aid agency Caritas who is in Baghdad, and Jan Egeland who is about to take up the post of UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs. | |
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| Hear your listener letters - and Laura Parnham whoÌýemailed the programme yesterday, just hours before receiving her G.C.S.E results...
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0830 | When you hear the words "The Hutton inquiry" do you switch off?
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0843 | Last night at the Proms, there was an attempt to prove that the Arab-Israeli divide is not completely insurmountable. Young people from both sides of the conflict came together for the first performance in London by an Arab-Israeli orchestra founded by Daniel Barenboim and Palestinian writer and philosopher Edward Said. James Naughtie was there. | |
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0850 | Michael Barrymore will be talking later today at the Edinburgh Festival about the conflict between TV personas and private lives.Ìý
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0855 | This week's Saturday Essay comes from Ian Rankin from the Edinburgh Festival.
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