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ThursdayÌý8th December 2005
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0610
Condoleezza Rice has announced that the UN Convention Against Torture will apply to American interrogators in the US and now alsoÌýoverseas.

0614
The law lords will rule today on whether intelligence obtained throughÌýtorture is admissible in this country.

0620
TheÌýbusiness news with Rebecca Marston.

0628
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0631
The kidnappers in Iraq have extended their deadline by two days and said they will kill theirÌýhostages if their demands are not met.

0635
David Cameron is expected to organise hisÌýShadow Cabinet today.

0640
Tony Blair is meeting six European leaders today to settle the row over the EU budget.

0642
TheÌýRed Cross has a new emblem, a red crystal, which paves the way for Israel to join the movement after nearly six decades of exclusion.

0644
TheÌýpaper reviews from Britain and Cairo.

0650
A look at the events of Yesterday In Parliament.

0655
MPs will be told today how many animals are being used for laboratory tests.

0709
Norman Kember'sÌýkidnappers have threatened to kill him unless Iraqi prisoners are freed.

0715
We speak to Iztok Mirosi, the Ambassador of Slovenia about Tony Blair'sÌýEU budget proposals that would involve big cuts in handouts to smaller newly joined countries such as Slovenia.

0720
TheÌýbusiness news with Rebecca Marston.

0723
David Cameron promised to tackle the lack ofÌýwomen MPsÌýfrom his party. What can he do?

0725
We heard last night thatÌýLady Thatcher had been admitted to hospital after complaining of feeling faint.

0727
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0731
How will theÌýLiberal Democrats react to the new leader of the Conservatives? We speak to Charles Kennedy.

0740
Hear the Today Programme report from 25 years ago when John Lennon was shot outside his apartment building in Manhattan.

0745
Thought For The Day with Anne Atkins, Novelist and Columnist.

0750
The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, has appealed for intervention from the international community to tackle the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.

0810
We speak toÌýWilliam Hague, who is nowÌýShadow Foreign Secretary, andÌýask him why he has returned to the front bench.

0825
Hear a Jim Naughtie report about a young British conductor who made a public debut yesterday at the opening of the opera season at La Scala.

0830
John Lennon was shot 25 years ago today. Here on Radio 4 various fans and friends will be rememberingÌýhim in two-minute interviews played between programmes. Hear one recorded by Libby Purves.

0832
TheÌýbusiness update with Rebecca Marston.

0838
We talk to Ahmed Hashim, a Professor of Military Stategy at the US Naval War College, about the kidnapped peace activist Norman Kember.

0841
Arnold Schwarzenegger has to decide today whether to save the life of a notorious convicted killer. HeÌýis under considerable pressure fromÌýdeath penalty opponents and fellow Hollywood stars.

0850
Will being an Old Etonian be a curse or a blessing for David Cameron? Two former pupils, Lord Onslow and Jacob Rees Mogg, tell us their views.
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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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