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Tuesday 14th June 2005
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0607
The national Lottery is undergoing some changes.

0609
Only a quarter of Italians turned out to vote in Italy's referendum on relaxing the country's fertility laws.

0615
business update from Greg Wood.

0625
Sporting news from Steve May

0632
Michael Jackson has been found "Not Guilty" on all charges.

0635
Tony Blair meets Jacques Chirac today. John Pienaar has been travelling with the prime minister on his tour of europe - he tells us what the British leader is hoping to get from the meeting.

0638
A summery of this morning's newspapers from Britain and Moscow.

0640
Yesterday In Parliament with David Wilby.

0643
Malcolm Wicks, Minister for Energy explains the potential benefits of a government funded scheme to explore means to combat global warming - by capturing Carbon Dioxide emissions and pumping them into holes in the Black Sea.

0713
Michael Jackson has always maintained his innocence and as his 4 month child abuse trial ended last night he was found "Not Guilty" on all charges. Daniel Lak has been following the case, as has Paul Gambacini, music journalist and broadcaster. 

0722
Of all the problems with the EU, the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is seen as the most damaging - except, of course, by the French. It accounts for almost half of all European Union spending - and Britain has sworn to reform it. However the National Farmer's Union says its already being reformed.

0724
The latest business update from Greg Wood.

0728
The latest sports news from Steve May.

0739
Can the passing of a law that establishes government control over half of all Lottery spending really be justified? Stephen Bubb runs the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. The Conservative MP Theresa May and Labour MP Richard Caborn also discuss.

0742
Could English trees be some of the first casualties of climate change? Some of the experts gathering today for a conference at Surrey University think so.

0746
Thought for the Day with Rev Dr Giles Fraser - Vicar of Putney.

0751
Tony Blair meets Jacques Chirac today but so poor are relations between the two that they won't even hold a joint press conference. Peter Mandelson is the latest to weigh into the European debate. We also hear from Lord Powell who was instrumental in the negotiation of the rebate. 

0810
After being found "Not Guilty" on all 10 counts of child abuse Michael Jackson still looks like a broken man. Arts correspondent David Sillitoe looks at Jackson's past and problems while Professor Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School gives an insight into the experiance of a high-profile celebrity trial, and Uri Geller sheds some light on how Jackson will be coping.

0821
Will Royal Ascot be marred by its temporary re-location to York?

0831
Another 19 million pounds has been earmarked to help with a planned increase in the number of African troops in Darfur. Amelia Bookstein from CAFOD told us about the latest situation there as did International Development Secretary Hilary Benn who is in Sudan on a fact-finding mission.

0840
The latest business news from Greg Wood in Paris.

0847
Pink Floyd will play again - for Live 8.

0850
Did Michael Jackson only ever end up in court because of a constructed image of strangeness and super-celebrity? Toby Miller, professor of Sociology at the University of Calafornia and British publicist Max Clifford discuss.

0855
Europe Editor - Mark Mardell's predictions for Europe - Will Chirac be defeated?
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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, as Nick 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 fails John and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
Jim introduces a very strange sounding 
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
- 23th July 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
- 25th October 2003
Interruption
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.
Laughing matter
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
Weathermen
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, in Rome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2
First BBC interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaks to our reporter Zubeida Malik about his ordeal and how he continues to campaign 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).
Jim Naughtie interviews the Nigerian High Commissioner in Britain, Dr Christopher Kolade, 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. First 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 to 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 to James Naughtie
Her questions surrounding the White 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.
Michael Jackson complaint
Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.
Saudi ambassador on war
Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
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