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 |  |  |  |  0607 | The Arab Parliament, with members from the 22 countries of the Arab League, has an inaugural session in Cairo today. |  |  |  0609 | The Institute for Public Policy Research is concerned for the number of countries likely to fail to meet their Kyoto commitments on greenhouse gas emissions. |  |  |  0615 | The business news with Greg Wood. |  |  |  0630 | Kerry Packer, the man who turned cricket upside down, has died. |  |  |  0632 | The statement from the American Embassy after the interview with Ambassador Tuttel on the Today programme generates plenty of paper coverage. |  |  |  0636 | An Athens newspaper has named a man it says is the MI6 station chief in Greece, and has repeated claims about the alleged mistreatment of 28 Pakistani-born detainees after the London bombings in July. |  |  |  0641 | A look at today's papers from Shanghai and Britain. |  |  |  0647 | Many professionals believe next year we will see a further acceleration of the use of the internet, our guest editor Sir John Bond looks into this. |  |  |  0655 | A UN peacekeeper has been killed and four others wounded in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |  |  |  |  |  0709 | The long awaited snowfall has begun in Kent this morning. |  |  |  0714 | Our first guest editor for the festive season is Sir John Bond, Chairman of HSBC; we put together a profile of his life. |  |  |  0717 | We are joined by The Reverend David Coffey and Richard Dowden to register their objection to the debt cancellation deal that has been done with Nigeria. |  |  |  0721 | A business update with Greg Wood. |  |  |  0727 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. |  |  |  0730 | The Bush administration is embroiled in a series of political difficulties which may cause problems for future elections, Senator Edwards looks at future challenges. |  |  |  0738 | Sir John Bond our guest editor has little time for hobbies but is a fan of Harley Davison motorbikes, we look into the growing interest in bikes previously associated with bearded rebels. |  |  |  0745 | Thought for the day with Reverend Angela Tilby, Vice Principal at Westcott House in Cambridge. |  |  |  0750 | Kerry Packer was Australia's richest man, his influence was vast; in television, newspapers, gambling and of course cricket. |  |  |  |  |  0810 | It is not often that an official statement issued after an interview gets into the headlines, but that's what's happened since our interview with the American ambassador Robert Tuttle was broadcast yesterday; Henry Hogger joins us. |  |  |  0825 | We ask two pungent observers, the novelist Will Self and the artist Ralph Steadman to reflect on the past year. |  |  |  0832 | The growing economic power of China is likely to be one of the most important changes in the early part of this century; Martin Wolf, David Wall, Dr Yiyi Lu and Prof Michael Enright discuss. |  |  |  0846 | Who Runs Britain? Find out more finalists. |  |  |  0851 | A business update with Greg Wood. |  |  |  0855 | We interview Sir John Bond, the chairman of HSBC and our guest editor for the day to find out his opinions on China. |  |  |
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 |  |  | 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 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). |  |  |  | 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.
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|  |  |  | Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell. The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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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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