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Friday 8th February 2008
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07:10 Is it possible to have quasi-legal rights for one part of a community governed by a common legal system?

07:15 More and more of us are suffering sleepless nights over money problems say Citizens Advice Experts.

07:20 A look at today's papers.

07:25 Can Benazir Bhutto's political party survive long-term without her?

07:28 A look at the sports news with Rob Nothman.

0730-0800

07:30 Do we need a national strategy on suicide?

07:35 A look at today's papers.

07:40 We look at the mystery of three German U-boats from the second world war scuttled in the Black Sea.

07:45 Thought for the day with Sir Johnathan Sacks.

07:50 Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, tells us about the urgency for Africa to solve the Kenyan Crisis.


0800-0830

08:10 Is there room for any aspect of Sharia law in this country? Former home secretary David Blunkett and the Bishop of Southwark Reverend Tom Butler.

08:15 The International Centre of Photography in New York has recovered the legendary lost negatives of the war photographer Robert Capa.

08:25 A sports update with Rob Nothman.



0830-0900

0830 The Scotland yard investigation into the death of Benazir Bhutto has found the opposition leader was not shot but died due to the impact of a suicide blast.

08:35 Children in England may be starting school too young and facing too many tests.

08:40 Business update with Greg Wood.

08:42 John McCain calls on conservatives to rally behind him as Mitt Romney ends his US presidential campaign.

08:45 We speak to our Economics Editor Evan Davies about likelihood of the government breaking its golden rule of keeping net debt below 40 percent of national income.

08:50 Thinkers in the climate change debate suggest that scientists may have underestimated the likely magnitude of global warming.

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Thought for the Day

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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!

Jim crashes the pips
James Naughtie keeps going on and on and on until Continuity cuts him off.
- 9th January 2008
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.

Zbigniew Brzezinski (01/02/08)
He used to be Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, and now he's advising presidential candidate Senator Obama. We hear his vision for US Foreign policy.
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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