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0700-0730
0709 The latest news from the elections in Zimbabwe.
0720 The fighting in Basra has continued over the weekend, in spite of the ceasefire.
0723 The business news.
0725ÌýWhere have the allotments gone?
0728 The sports news.
0730-0800
0731ÌýNorthern Rock has published its annual accounts this morning. Our business editor Robert Peston tells us what to make of them.
0740 The paper review.
0743 This week, the RAF will celebrate its 90th anniversary, but does Britain still value its contribution?
0748 Thought for the day with Rev Dr. Alan Billings.
0751 The decision by a Shiite cleric to order his fighters off the streets of Basra has calmed things this morning, but has it dealt with the underlying tension that caused the recent fighting?
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0800-0830
0810ÌýWill this election mark the end of Robert Mugabe's rule over Zimbabwe? As we await results, the delay has fed suspicions that the election was rigged and thatÌýhe has been defeated.
0820ÌýHow do literary blogs compare to the more conventional critical piecesÌýpublishedÌýon paper?
0825 The sports news.
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0830-0900
0833 The Equality and Human Rights Commission is threatening to take the government to court if Parliament votes to allow terrorist suspects to be held without charge for 42 days.
0837 Matthew Price previews a sale of Abraham Lincoln's letters being auctioned in New York.
0842 A business update.
0845 As the Olympic torch arrives in Beijing, China is keen to separate sporting events from political activities, but this was not always the case. We look back at the "ping pong diplomacy" of the early seventies.
0849 The Soil Association is considering phasing out air freighted produce from their current certified organic range.
0855 What can we gather from the few results that have finally started coming in from Saturday's elections in Zimbabwe?
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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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Gil Scott-Heron (04/03/2008)
Life hasn't been easy for the 'god-father of rap', but as US politics gets interesting again, he's making aÌý comeback. |
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(01/02/08)
He used to be Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, and now he's advising presidential candidate Senator Obama. We hear his vision for US Foreign policy.
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(26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonistÌýtalks about his time in prison, phone calls withÌýJohn Coltrane,Ìý9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor. |
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(17/11/07)
James Naughtie asks the President of Pakistan when he willÌýlift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism. |
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