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0607: A report from John Sudworth in Seoul on the first regular rail service between North and South Korea.
0609: Anne Darwin will appear in court today charged with deception; her husband John is in custody on separate charges related to his 5 year disappearance.
0615: The business news.
0623: The US central bank is expected to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point to 4.25% when Federal Reserve officials meet Today.
0627: The sports news.
0630-0700
0632: Ambulance workers say plans to answer more emergency calls with vehicles staffed by only one person could put lives at risk.
0635: Taleban forces have fled the town of Musa Qala in Afghanistan leaving it in control of British, American and Afghan troops after a long fight.
0638: Aboriginal leaders in Australia have called for a judge in Queensland to be sacked, after nine men who raped a ten-year-old girl two years ago were not sent to prison.
0640: The government is unveiling its 10-year vision for children, aiming at improving services and quality of life.
0645: The planning process for major infrastructure proposals, like ports and power stations, could be halved under a shake-up unveiled by ministers.
0650: The Oscar winning "the Lives of Others" is showing at this years Havana Film festival. Our correspondent in Cuba, Michael Voss joined the audience.
0655: A new report by the conservation charity World Wide Fund for Nature, warns penguins are under threat from global warming.
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0709: The acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Vince Cable, is pressing the government to take steps that would allow it to nationalise the Northern Rock bank.
0712: Nine people who pleaded guilty to raping a 10-year-old girl have avoided prison sentences - causing outrage in Australia today.
0716: The business news.
0719: Pirates have taken control of a ship thought to be carrying tens of thousands of tonnes of benzene off the coast of Somalia.
0722: Leading physicists are angry at what they say is a shortfall of 80 million pounds in their research budget.
0726: The sports news.
0730-0800
0733: General Mike Jackson discusses the situation in Kosovo.
0743: We talk to Andy Stangeway who has spent the last 3 years visiting 162 islands around the coast of Scotland.
0746: Thought For The Day with Vishvapani, a member of the Western Buddhist Order.
0750: Schools in England will be asked to offer more services to parents, under a 10-year government Children's Plan.
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0810: We talk to David Cameron who believes banks should not always pass on interest rate increases.
0816: NHS Trusts in England want to answer more emergency calls with vehicles staffed by just one crew member.
0824: There's an interesting book of poetry appearing on the shelves. It's a collection of poems written in Guantanamo Bay.
0829: The sports news.
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0834: How often do you see a young girl dressed in skimpy clothes? Should we be worried about the sexualisation of young girls?
0840: The former US presidential candidate John Kerry says that America's climate policy will change whichever new president is elected.
0844: The business news.
0847: An new television network will hit the German airwaves in the new year. The whole channel is devoted to the subject of death.
0852: Fabio Capello today emerged as the favourite to succeed Steve McClaren as England manager.
0855: After 27 years and lots of hype what was the Led Zeppelin concert like last night?
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We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
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The legendary Jazz saxophonist talks about his time in prison, phone calls with John Coltrane, 9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor. | | | | President Pervez Musharraf (17/11/07)
James Naughtie interviews asks the President of Pakistan when he will lift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism. | | |
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