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Wednesday 16th November 2005
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0607
Treating young offenders like adult criminals increases their chance of re-offending according to an investigation carried out on behalf of a charity.

0609
President Bush has arrived in Japan for the start of his tour of Asia.

0615
The business news with Greg Wood.

0625
The sports news with Garry Richardson.

0630
To what extent has the mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq by American authorities embarrassed the American Administration?

0635
America has admitted using the chemical White Phosphorus as an incendiary weapon in Iraq.

0640
A consignment of British troops is preparing to leave Germany for Afghanistan where Britain is going to take command of the Allied Rapid Reaction Force.

0645
A look at the papers from Britain and Jerusalem.

0650
We take a look at the events of Yesterday In Parliament.

0652
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair is frustrated about the lack of public debate over what kind of policing we should be having in the 21st Century.

0705
America has admitted using the chemical White Phosphorus to flush out insurgents in Iraq.

0710
Liam Fox talks to us about the Conservative leadership contenders.

0715
The business news with Greg Wood.

0721
French MPs have approved plans to extend special powers by three months to try to bring the wave of urban rioting under control.

0735
We talk to Trade and Industry Secretary Alan Johnson about the latest trade talks in Hong Kong.

0740
Every secondary school in England is to be given £500 by the Government to set up a charity bank account.

0745
Thought For The Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue.

0750
What kind of policing do we want? Sir Ian Blair says he is frustrated about the lack of public debate over the question.

0810
It has been four years since the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan yet the country remains insecure. We talk to Jaap de Hoop Schaeffer the Secretary General of NATO about what lies ahead in Afghanistan.

0822
According to English Heritage traditional farm buildings are vanishing from our countryside.

0825
We talk to Manfred Nowak, the UN's special rapporteur on torture, about torture in Iraq.

0828
The business update with Greg Wood.

0834
The Child Support Agency is facing yet more criticism after it revealed that it has had to pay compensation to more than thirty five thousand people for mishandling their claims. David Laws and Lord Hunt are on the line.

0849
We talk to Lord Tebbit, a David Davis supporter, about the recent poll that suggests David Cameron is leading the Conservative leadership contest.

0855
Steven Tindale, the Director of "Greenpeace UK", and Jonathan Porrit, who works with the Government on the Sustainable Development Commission, discuss the Government's environmental record.
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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.

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.
50th anniversary of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.
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, 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.
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