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Today in Times Comment

• Anatole Kaletsky: The Treasury needs a new golden rule fast
• John Sentamu: Once again we must cry out for the poor
• Alice Thomson: No PM, however dour, can resist the charms of a stately pile
• Camilla Cavendish: Testing doctors is no magic cure for anything
• Matthew Parris: They don't tell us. Any other questions?
• Adam Sherwin: A message to cinemas: turn it down, we're all going deaf
• Carol Midgley: I can't believe they've made me feel sorry for Opik
• Peter Riddell: Warwick, not Glasgow, can hurt Brown
• Leading Article: Pre-School Choice
• Leading Article: The Case Against al-Bashir
• Leading Article: Water World

And from the rest of the papers...

• Mary Riddell: (The Telegraph) - Brown does not deserve too damning an end-of-term report
• Iain Martin: (The Telegraph) - Barack Obama lifts the spirits, but he's not 'The One'
• Sir Reg Empey and David Cameron: (The Telegraph) - The Tories want to make a stand in Ulster
• Leading Article: (The Telegraph) - Disarming strategy
• William Kristol: (The Guardian) - In JFK's footsteps
• George Monbiot: (The Guardian) - Don't be fooled by the climate change bill. Carbon trading torpedoes it
• Charlotte Higgins: (The Guardian) - Cherish our museums. They see the bigger, civic picture
• Leading Article: (The Guardian) - The message that matters
• Steve Richards: (The Independent) - Here are a few items for Gordon Brown to put on his holiday 'to do' list...
• Johann Hari: (The Independent) - Crime problem? Just lock 'em in the lavatory
• Janet Street-Porter: (The Independent) - 'Healers' on the run – with your money
• Leading Article: (The Independent) - Adulation needs to be tempered with realism
• Editorial: (The Daily Mail) - Return of the trade union dinosaurs
• Robert Shrimsley: (The Financial Times) - Alternative therapy for evil homeopaths

And from around the world...

• Roger Cohen: (The New York Times) - Karadzic and War’s Lessons
• Annette Heuser: (The Washington Post) - A European honeymoon
• Robert D. Novak: (The Washington Post) - They fight but can't vote
• Daniel Henninger: (The Wall Street Journal) - Starbucks Nation
• O. Glenn Smith: (International Herald Tribune) - Harvest the sun - from space
• Ertugrul Ozkok: (Hurriyet) - The sole formula to end crisis in Turkey