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Monday 28thÌýNovemberÌý2005
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0607
Police in West Yorkshire are still questioning a 19 year old man about the murder of Police Constable Sharon Beshenivsky.

0609
The water is running again in Harbin, in China, after a chemical spill in a river forced a five day shutdown.

0615
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0625
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0630
A BritishÌýaid worker was among the four men kidnapped yesterday in Iraq.

0635
The pensions debate will continue today as theÌýCBI conference gets underway later this morning.

0640
The most important conference onÌýclimate change since Kyoto begins in Montreal today.

0645
A lookÌýatÌýthe papers from Britain and Pakistan.

0650
A report from Beirut about the murder of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

0653
Representatives from the hotel, restaurant and bingo industries will join forces with MPs to call for a comprehensive smoking ban.

0657
We look at the latest Joseph Rowntree Foundation research into drug dealing.

0709
We speak to TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber and David Frost, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, about pension reform.

0714
AÌýreport will be published tomorrow by the National Farmers' Union about how climate change could changeÌýagriculture.

0720
The business news with Greg Wood.

0726
TheÌýConservative leadership race is drawing to a close, but how will the new Conservative leader win over the wider electorate?

0733
TheÌýCBI's annual conference is held today. We talk to Sir Digby Jones and Alistair Darling about Britain's transport system.

0739
The first 3D holographicÌýportrait of the Queen is being unveiled in Westminster Hall. We talk to the artist Leanda Brass.

0745
Thought for the Day with Cannon David Winter.

0750
Attempts are continuing to free four Western aid workers.

0810
We talk to David Davis and David Cameron about the Conservative leadership campaign.

0816
The most important conference on climate change since Kyoto begins inÌýMontreal today.

0819
The Ministry of Defence has launched a criminal investigation after what appears to have been aÌýviolent initiation ceremony involving Royal Marines.

0823
The business update with Greg Wood.

0829
Do birds compose music or just sing the songs evolution has programmed them to sing?ÌýThat is the topic of a discussion at a meeting at theÌýRoyal Institution in London today.

0841
What is anti-Semitism? We speak to Jewish historian Norman Finkelstein, who says many claims of anti-Semitism are false, and Jeff Barak of the Jewish Chronicle.

0848
Anne Mcelvoy, Executive Editor of the Evening Standard, and Matthew D'ancona, Deputy Editor of the Sunday Telegraph,Ìýdiscuss the tensions between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown over the publication of Lord Turner'sÌýpensions report.
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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.

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.
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.
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.
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