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 |  0607 | Hurricane Rita is going to hit the coast of the United States. James Coomerasamy is in New Orleans, |  |
 |  0609 | Should our state pensions system be scrapped? |  |
 |  0615 | Business news from Greg Wood. |  |
 |  0626 | Steve May with the sports news. |  |
 |  0632 | Daniella Relph in Galveston, Texas where Hurricane Rita is likely to hit early Saturday morning.
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 |  0634 | City leaders in Basra say that want an apology over the rescue of two captured soldiers, Richard Galpin reports. |  |
 |  0637 | The EU have backed down from a demand that the UN nuclear watchdog should report Iran to the Security Council, Tim Franks reports. |  |
 |  0639 | The widow of one of the July 7 bombers has spoken publicly about the attack, condemning what he did. Our correspondent is Danny Shaw. |  |
 |  0642 | Today's newspaper review comes from the UK and Mexico. |  |
 |  0647 | The MOBOs took place last night. Our entertainment reporter Colin Paterson was there. |  |
 |  0650 | The Scottish National Party starts its conference in Aviemore today, its leader, Alex Salmond told us what's at stake. |  |
 |  0654 | A study in the British Medical Journal says children with a stutter should be treated early - Rosie Hay is an NHS speech and language therapist. |  |
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 |  0709 | Hurricane Rita is expected to make land fall late tonight near Galveston, and Daniella Relph reports from the city. |  |
 |  0716 | A £2.4m donation to the Lib Dems before the election is to be investigated by the Electoral Commission. Our correspondent James Hardy has more. |  |
 |  0719 | Business news with Rebecca Marston. |  |
 |  0723 | The loyalist riots in Northern Ireland earlier this month were a clear sign the peace process still has some way to go. James Shaw reports. |  |
 |  0726 | Sports news with Steve May. |  |
 |  0732 | Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt on the debate over the Government's plans for private providers in the NHS. |  |
 |  0745 | A Labour minister uses the language of the U-turn - disarming honesty or a clever ruse? |  |
 |  0748 | Thought for the Day with Reverend Roy Jenkins. |  |
 |  0751 | Is Hurricane Rita evidence of global warming? |  |
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 |  0810 | Do the rules of engagement need to change in Iraq? We ask the Leader of the Opposition, Michael Howard. |  |
 |  0824 | Is Bob Dylan still smarting from being called a Judas for going electric back in '66? |  |
 |  0834 | Why bookseller, Waterstones want to get their hands on Ottakars. |  |
 |  0842 | Rebecca Marston has the business news. |  |
 |  0846 | Why our love of crisps and lipstick could be endangering Orang Utangs in Malaysia and Indonesia |  |
 |  0849 | Professor Simon Baron Cohen, the director of the Autism Research Centre, tells us about his theory of what he calls assortative mating. |  |
 |  0854 | Jamie Coomarasamy talks to the few remaining residents of New Orleans, among them a woman now running from her second hurricane in a month. |  |
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