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The Canadian Prime Minister has made a televised apology for a corruption scandal within his party and pledges to call a general election once an inquiry issues its findings. |
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Zacarias Moussaoui - the only person in the United States charged over the September 11th terror attacks - is to plead guilty to some charges. |
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Business news with Rebecca Marston. |
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Sports news with Garry Richardson. |
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Tony Blair will today make his first campaign speech defending Labour's record on immigration and asylum. |
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Road hauliers and farmers are meeting in Stirling later today to discuss the possibility of protests over the high cost of diesel fuel. |
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The trial begins in Madrid today of Al-Qaeda suspects who are accused of being involved in the US terror attacks in 2001. |
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University lecturers are debating whether to call for a national boycott of Israeli academics over the conflict in the Middle East. |
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A review of the today's papers in the UK and Rome. |
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Our political correspondent Robert Orchard reports on the election campaign trail. |
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Will a Japanese apology for its wartime record ease weeks of worsening tensions with China? |
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University heads have been angered by government plans to increase the cost of visas for overseas students studying in the UK. |
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We ask Labour National Executive Committee member Ann Black why her party has been threatening to get tough with the workshy this week by docking their benefits. |
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Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker and Green Party spokesman Keith Taylor on why all the main parties seem to be ignoring the environment during this election campaign. |
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Road hauliers and farmers say they are considering pre-election protests over petrol duty. |
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 0722 |
Business update with Rebecca Marston. |
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Solicitors representing British residents in Guantanamo say the British Government has reversed its decision not to intervene on their behalf. |
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 0727 |
Sports update with Garry Richardson. |
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The Chinese ambassador in London Zha Peixin on whether Japan's apology for its wartime aggression in Asia will soothe relations with China. |
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Our reporter Sarah Nelson examines the facts around removal levels of failed asylum seekers. |
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Royal Marines are preparing to scale 200 ft high cliffs in Devon later today to help conservationists install web cams on a cliff-side bird colony. Want to watch those birds? View the webcam here. |
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 0746 |
Thought for the day with Akhandadhi Das, a Vaishnav Hindu teacher and theologian. |
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Former Independent MP for Tatton, Martin Bell on the seriousness of the charge that Tony Blair's administration is ducking difficult issues. |
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Broadcaster Sir David Attenborough and Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett on why the environment isn't figuring in the election campaign. |
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Hear a political poem from wine-loving poet Felix Dennis. |
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Catch up on election issues with Jim in our battle-bus in Edinburgh. |
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Business update with Rebecca Marston. |
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Writers Alison Kennedy and Julian Fellowes along with Spectator's theatre critic Toby Young on the election. |
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Our political editor Andrew Marr with an update of the election campaign. |
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