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Friday 21st December 2007
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0700-0730

0709
 The only man to be charged with the Omagh bombings has been acquitted.

0714 The business news.

0721 Rail and road travel is going to be difficult over the Christmas and New Year break.

0725 Are foreign nationals serving prison sentences of under a year being looked over for deportation?

0728 The sports news.

0730-0800

0730 We speak to General Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Iraq.

0740 Does reading in dim light ruin your eyesight? Does shaving hair make it grow faster?

0745 Thought for the day with Reverend Vincent Nichols.

0750 Will the people responsible for the Omagh bombing ever be brought to justice?


0800-0830

0810
 In his first interview since the MET was found guilty of putting the public at risk over the Stockwell shooting, we speak to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair.

0825 The sports news.


0830-0900

0830
 Japan has dropped plans to hunt Humpback Whales on its annual whaling outing.

0837 The business news.

0842 Mathmaticians believe they have solved the question of why traffic jams form.

0849 The head of the Border and Immigration Agency responds to the allegation that some foreign criminals are not being sent home.

0855
Should it be illegal to pay for sex?

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Thought for the Day

Thought for the Day for today and the last week can be heard from the Religion and Ethics Website

The Blunder Clips

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.
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.

Sonny Rollins (26/11/07)
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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