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WednesdayÌý22ndÌýFebruary 2006Ìý
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0609
InÌýDarfur despite a peace agreement struck a year ago, violence continues. Hilary Benn, the International Development Secretary, is holding talks with the Sudanese government in Khartoum today.

0611
The Government says it isÌýready to deal with bird flu; but it appears that there are no stocks of vaccine.

0614
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0626
Arsenal claimed a shock victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League last night. Gary Richardson has this story and others in theÌýsports news update.

0630
A charity working withÌývictims of crime says that relatives of people who've been murdered aren't being treated properly.

0634
Churches and other faith groups have issued a joint statement saying they believe thatÌýreligious schools should teach children about faiths other than their own.

0640
Is the net closing onÌýGeneral Ratko Mladic one of the world's two most wanted war crimes suspects? The Serbian government is denying reports that he has been arrested.

0645
AÌýreview of the papers form the UK and Israel.

0648
TheÌýUgandan President Yoweri Museveni has held a final campaign rally ahead of elections tomorrow. The President warned Ugandans not to be influenced by what he described as 'foreign meddlers'.

0651
The Government's plans for merging the four police forces in Wales have been criticised by the Welsh Affairs Committee of MPs.Ìý The Committee's chairman is Labour MP, Hywel Francis.

0655
We now know that theÌýPrince of Wales regards himself as a "dissident" working against political opinion. That's according to a statement from his former private secretary Mark Bolland on the first day of a High Court case brought by the Prince.

0709
Edward McMillan-Scott MEP, a member of the European parliament foreign affairs committee, talks about the hunt for General Ratko Mladic, whoÌýis wanted by the International tribunal in the Hague for war crimes.

0711
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence says everyone needs to be screened for signs of malnutrition. Andrea Sutcliffe is deputy chief executive of NICE.

0715
The charity, Victim Support, has published a report which says that relative of murder victims are getting a raw deal from the criminal justice system. Peter Dunn is one of the authors of the report.

0720
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0722
The UK freestyle mogul champion, Simon Bates, tells us why he is not at the Winter Olympics in Turin.

0725
In Iraq, one of the holiest sites in the Muslim world has been badly damaged in a bomb attack.

0727
The sports news with Gary Richardson.

0730
The International Development Secretary, Hilary Benn, talks about his recent trip to Darfur, and the current situation in the region.

0740
Moles have come under attack recently in a House of Lords Debate. The Conservative peer, Lord Kimball, was one of those who spoke out against the animal.

0750
Thought for the Day with Anne Atkins, novelist and columnist.

0755
You may not have heard of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, but it isÌýimportant: it is a piece of legislation which will make it easier for government to change primary legislation without parliamentary consent. We speak to the cabinet minister, Jim Murphy, who is in charge of the bill, and the Conservative MP, Kenneth Clarke.

0810
The relatives of murder victims feel they're getting a raw deal from the criminal justice system according to the organisation Victim Support. Frances Lawrence, the widow of the murdered school teacher Philip Lawrence, speaks to the programme.

0817
The spiritual leader of Iraq's Shia community Ayatollah Said Ali al-Sistani has called for a week of mourning following the attack in the past few hours on the Askari shrine in Samara. Robert Hillenbrand is Professor of Islamic Art at Edinburgh University.

0820
This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most important events in the history of the former Soviet Union -ÌýKhruschev's speech denouncing Stalin as a tyrant.

0826
TheÌýsports news with Gary Richardson.

0830
Should the heir to the throne be acting as a dissident, working against the prevailing political consensus, commenting on matters of public debate? The official biographer of the Queen, William Shawcross, and Tristram Hunt, the author and historian, tell us what they think.

0838
As part of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Action Week Polly Billington has been to Ipswich to find out what happens when mainstream politics interacts with grassroots campaigns.

0845
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0850
Edward Garnier, a member of the Conservative's home affairs team, and Rose Dixon, from the charity SAMM, "support after Murder and Manslaughter", discuss the claim thatÌýrelatives of the victims of murder are let down by the criminal justice system.

0853
Is it possible to reconcile the growth in air travel with the need to hit targets on CO2 emissions?

0856
The work of Michael Young,Ìý who wrote a classic account of the communities he observed in the East end of London, has been updated and is a remarkable account of what is going on in that are today. The shadow education secretary, David Willets, and Rushanara Ali, the associate director of the Young Foundation, speak to the programme.
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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.

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)
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 who 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.
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