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Today in Times Comment

• William Rees-Mogg: There is no call for Conservative defeatism; time may work on Mr Cameron’s side
• Tim Hames: If Wendy Alexander cannot stop Alex Salmond, the impact on Labour will be seismic
• Melanie McDonagh: Madeleine - more than one family’s tragedy. Collective compassion for a child is anything but shallow – it is people showing the best of themselves
• Martin Fletcher: Sunni and Shia families both say they will flee again the moment the US troops depart
• Caitlin Moran: Anecdotal evidence indicates that working from home is genuinely growing in popularity
• Anjana Ahuja: Some Islamic scholars believe an embryo to be a human being only after the 40th day
• Anatole Kaletsky: A glance at the broader financial markets suggests that this banking crisis may, indeed, be a storm in a teacup
• Sir Clive Woodward: In business or in sport, you’re only a winner if you grasp the basics

And from the rest of the papers…

• Madeleine Bunting: (The Guardian) - Greens need to grasp the nettle: aren't there just too many people?
• Max Hastings: (The Guardian) - I hang my head in shame at what my trade has made of the McCann story
• Jackie Ashley:  (The Guardian) - Come on, Gordon - give us a referendum on the EU
• Bruce Anderson: (The Independent) - The Conservative leader may yet succeed in harmonising blue votes and green concerns
• Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: (The Independent) - Brown's 'big tent' looks like one-party rule
• Miles Kington: (The Independent) - Why cricket held a great appeal for Luciano Pavarotti
• Janet Daley: (The Daily Telegraph) - Everybody knows what is wrong with British life. We are now in danger of the British electorate becoming a dispensable extra unless we now focus on the 'how' of politics. Cameron must tell us his solutions
• Philip Johnston: (The Daily Telegraph) - The new Statistics Board is meant to have enough teeth to deal with ministers caught manipulating statistical releases to suit their own ends. It certainly has its work cut out
• Sam Leith: (The Daily Telegraph) - The bizarre workings of the luxury market mean that expense is everything and quality is nothing. Depressingly it seems people really are that shallow
• Peter McKay: (Daily Mail) - How the McCann case highlights our true attitude towards EU membership

And from around the world…

• Jackson Diehl: (Washington Post) - Iraq is moving toward a new political order, just not the one the Bush Administration wanted
• Brian Katulis: (Washington Post) - Three crucial questions for Gen. David Petraeus in anticipation of his report to Congress on the surge
• In The New York Times: The Op-Ed page asked six experts on the Iraq conflict to come up with three questions they would pose to the United States ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, and the top American general there, David Petraeus
• John Fund: (The Wall Street Journal) - You wouldn't want to be in Hsu's of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama
• Scott Borgerson and Franklyn Griffiths: (International Herald Tribune) - The United States and Canada need to stop posturing and begin to cooperate in their dealings on the Arctic
• Hady Amr: (Lebanon Daily Star) - Avoiding the emergence of two Lebanons