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We speak to Hugh Pym about the warning from theÌýÌýabout the way banks treat our personal details. |
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A gas leak is emerging as the most likely cause of theÌýÌýtragedy in Corfu which has claimed the lives of 2 small British children. |
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The United Nations and the Sudanese government are still arguing about the future of the Un envoy Jan Pronk. |
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A former Chief Prisons Inspector has saidÌýspeech therapy could play a key part in reducing violence in Young Offenders Institutions. |
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Hilary Benn, the International Development Secretary,Ìýannounced last night that he'd allow himself to be nominated to replace John Prescot. |
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Sports News with Steve May. |
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The case of Marianne Williams - the mother cleared of poisoning her son with salt yesterday - hasÌýimportant implications for the way the courts work. |
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Although thought to be extinct, naturalists claim to have seen the Ivory Billed Woodpecker. |
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Thought for the Day with the Reverend Roy Jenkins - Baptist Minister in Cardiff. |
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Claims have been made that Christians, and other religious minorities in Pakistan, are being persecuted. |
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Iraq's government must take on full responsibility for the country's future sooner rather than later - but is that realistic? |
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We speak to the winner of theÌýÌýEDS Dylan Thomas prize - Rachel Trezise and the screenwriter Andrew Davies who chaired the panel of judges. |
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We read some of the letters sent in by you this week. |
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Sports Update with Steve May. |
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We speak to Ian Mullen, Chief Executive of the British Bankers Association, about his claim that there is "highly disturbing" evidence thatÌýpersonal financial information is being dumped on the streets in bin bags. |
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The Irish plastic surgeon Peter Butler has been given the go-ahead to perform the firstÌýfull face transplant in history. |
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We speak to Ejaz-Ul- Haq, Pakistan's Religious and Minorities Minister, about theÌýclaims of persecution of Christians in Pakistan. |
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Confusion has arisen overÌýDick Cheney's comment on 'water-boarding' which some regard as torture. |
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The British Suzuki Institute will be showing off what the Suzuki method of teaching the violin can achieve in Birmingham this weekend. |
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We don’t 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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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.ÌýA 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 thatÌýthe 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, inÌýRome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
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First Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaksÌýto our reporter Zubeida Malik aboutÌýhis ordeal and how heÌýcontinues toÌýcampaign 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.ÌýFirst 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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General James L. Jones
During his visit toÌý 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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