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Wednesday 8thÌýJune 2005
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0607
The United Nations demands that Zimbabwe's president Mugabe stops evictions which the UN says have left at least 200,000 people homeless.

0609
Five million children a year could be dying in Africa each year if current trends continue for the next ten years, according to the United Nations.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sports news with Steve May.

0631
Was Tony Blair successful in hisÌýtalks with president George Bush regarding Africa's poverty and climate change yesterday?

0634
The President of the Royal Society has criticised president Bush for a "misguided" policy on climate change.

0637
The control orders which allow terrorist suspects to be put under house arrest are criticised today by the human rights spokesman for the Council of Europe.

0639
The Ö÷²¥´óÐã Office will set out proposals today to ban the manufacture, import and sale of most kinds of replica and imitations of guns.

0646
A review ofÌýtoday's papers both from Britain and Jerusalem.

0652
The levels of ozone in the atmosphere might be increasing and the hole in the ozone layer would take decades to repair.

0709
Kevin Watkins, a director of the UN development office, talks about US commitment to tackle Africa's poverty.

0714
The Liberal Democrat spokesman on home affairs,ÌýMark Oaten, talks about Britain's anti-terror legislation.

0719
Business update with Greg Wood.

0722
Is theÌý"park and ride" scheme destroying the countryside and damaging the environment?

0724
Sports update with Steve May.

0732
Zimbabwe's ambassador to South Africa, Simon Moyo and Liam Fox, the conservative foreign affairs spokesman, talk about president Mugabe's clean up operation that has left at least 200,000 people homeless or jobless.

0744
CouldÌýwind farms move off the landscape out to the sea?

0748
The thought for the day with the senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University Elaine Storkey.

0750
Does president Bush accept America's role in the problem of climate change?

0810
The conservative spokesman on international development, Andrew Mitchell and Hilary Benn, the international development secretary, discuss the ways in which Africa could be aided.

0826
Australia's former coach, Alan Jones and Jeff Probyn, England's former prop, discuss whether the Rugby Union should get rid of the scrum.

0834
Sports update with Steve May.

0838
Sean Doran, the artistic director and chief executive of ENO, talks about opera sang in English with subtitles above the stage.

0841
Business update with Greg Wood.

0845
The new Iraqi ambassador to London, Dr Salah Al Shaikhly, takes us on tour of the embassy building and its darker aspects.

0851
The list of the top twenty philosophers is out.

0855
A historian, Adam Zamoyski and Adam Nicholson, the author of the book "Men of Honour", discuss the effect of the Anglo-Saxon model in Europe.
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Thought for the Day

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The Blunder Clips

Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
What is our website and email address John?
John gets confused about all this modern technology and it's David Blunkett Jim!
- 22 December 2004
Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, asÌýNick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004
The boy who likes to say YES!
Sports presenter Steve May is left trying desperately to get his seven year old guest to say something other than yes!
- 23rd September 2004
When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
The Extended Interview

We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

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)
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)
Part 1
Part 2
First Ö÷²¥´óÐã 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.
Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America whose is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05)
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).
, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04)
John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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.
Hillary Clinton talks toÌýJamesÌýNaughtie
Her questions surrounding theÌýWhite House handling of the Iraq war, plus her years with Bill in that stately building.
Mark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years.
James Naughtie interviews Hans Blix:
Hans Blix says allies had motivations other than WMDs for going to war - 6th June 2003.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
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