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	FRIDAY 3 AUGUST 22:30 BST - BBC TWO FROM KIRSTY WARK Hello, DARFUR We begin tonight with Sudan as the myriad Darfur rebel factions arrive in Tanzania for UN sponsored negotiations ahead of peace talks with the Sudanese government. After what was described by some in the media as Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy's diplomatic triumph of agreeing to send troops to Sudan, we examine the challenges facing the UN over its resolution on Darfur. Is there the international will to make it work? Christian Aid has told Newsnight that the UN mandate is weak and the wording gives the Sudanese Government the chance to wriggle out of their commitments. They feel it could take over nine months to deploy the 26,000 peacekeeping troops and there isn't enough of a sense of urgency. Marry that to a seemingly reluctant support for the plan from Sudan's president who only last week accused Britain and the US of overplaying the problem in Darfur. I'll be interviewing the Sudanese Ambassador to the UN live. REPOSSESSIONS The number of home repossessions in Britain has risen by an extraordinary 30% in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2006. Why is it happening now and is this an indicator of worse to come in the housing market? EU CONSTITUTION Then we turn to the big political story that's been rumbling and grumbling this week. Have crucial parts of the draft European Treaty been lost in translation or not? How different is this draft treaty - published now in English - from the old one, and do the changes justify the government decision to abandon its manifesto commitment on a referendum? Political Editor Michael Crick investigates and then the Europe Minister Jim Murphy goes head-to-head with his political shadow, Mark Francois, over the issue of a referendum. POLITICAL BLOGS Some may describe Newsnight's daily e-mail as a bit of a blog but it's only an infinitesimal part of the vast blogging universe. It is especially populated in the US where it is now having a significant impact on politics. This weekend, starting today, each of the eight US democratic contenders will be at a big political blogging convention in Chicago. We delve into the world of political blogging with a leading political blogger here, Iain Dale. THE WEEK ON NEWSNIGHT Don't forget The Week on Newsnight is at 0030 on News24, or you can watch online - click here for this and other video highlights.
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	FROM MARTHA KEARNEY I had an unfortunate experience with the Theatre of the Absurd in my first term at university. Fresh from stage triumphs at school (my Mrs Sowerberry in Oliver was magnificent and unmarred by the fact I am tone deaf), I auditioned and got a part in Ionesco's The Lesson. I don't think there had been much competition. My sole line, as I recall, was "I have got toothache" repeated about 65 times. I should think that was a pain experienced by the audience too. ABSURDIA Absurdia - a trio of plays at the Donmar in London - seemed to get a much warmer reception from the audience. Two are by N F Simpson who was highly acclaimed in the fifties and the third is a new work by Michael Frayn. I will be seeing if my guests Natalie Haynes, Tristram Hunt, Tony Parsons and Kerry Shale found the absurd amusing. MALCOLM AND BARBARA: LOVE'S FAREWELL We will begin by talking about the controversial documentary Malcolm and Barbara, Paul Watson's programme which has been at the centre of a row this week. The programme charts eleven years in which Malcolm Pointon gradually wastes away from Alzheimer's. His wife describes the destruction of the husband she had loved dearly. WAITRESS The indy film Waitress has been a big hit in the US. Jenna is a waitress who works in a diner, lives her life through dreaming up new pie recipes, partly as a form of escapism from a bad marriage. It was written and directed by Adrienne Shelly whose success was brutally destroyed when she was murdered last summer. ATTACK OF THE UNSINKABLE RUBBER DUCKS We will also be discussing Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks which is Christopher Brookmyre's latest book. This time his hero Jack Parlabane is investigating from beyond the grave. Woo woo, as one of the characters says. And we'll be playing out with Richard Hawley and a track from his new album. Join us later Martha Kearney
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