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0709 Barack Obama has claimed victory in the battle to be the Democratic presidential candidate.
0712 Should private firms be brought in to run failing NHS hospitals in England?
0716 The business news.
0719 Following the UN's food summit in Rome, Adam LeBor, author and critic of the UN, discusses how to deal with rogue member states.
0722 Some councils are telling cyclists they can go the wrong way down one way streets.
0728 The sports news.
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0730 As part of our special series on elderly care, a 70-year-old woman agreed to act as an undercover reporter in a care home and reported on her experiences.
0740 The paper review.
0742 One of Hillary Clinton's key backers assesses her candidacy.
0745 Thought for the day with Anne Atkins.
0750 Brigadier Julian Free, who has just returned from six months as Britain's second most senior commander in Iraq, tells us why Iraq seems to be getting safer.
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0810Barack Obama says he has secured the Democratic nomination for the US presidential election, rival Hillary Clinton refuses to concede. We examine the results of this historic night.
0820Should private firms be brought in to run failing NHS hospitals in England?
0825 Do we need a national day to celebrate Polish achievements?
0828 The sports news.
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0830 The rise in the cost of food has caused real hardship for millions of people. Could GM crops offer the solution?
0838 The business news.
0842 The US is offering people from France's Islamic community free trips to the States in an attempt to show the French youngsters that the US is about much more than invading Iraq.
0847 England star Paul Gascoigne was last night sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Football agent Eric Hall talks about his friendship with the footballer.
0855 Martin Green, chief executive of the association that represents care homes in England, tells us what lessons can be learnt from our investigations.
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 |  |  | Gil Scott-Heron (04/03/2008) Life hasn't been easy for the 'god-father of rap', but as US politics gets interesting again, he's making a comeback. |  |  |  | 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 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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