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Today in Times Comment

• The Prince of Wales: The modern curse that divides us from Nature
• Anatole Kaletsky: A week of stupid politics but good economics
• Libby Purves: Doing your VAT return is like being a stripper in an empty room
• Ben Macintyre: Private. Snoopers/good neighbours keep out
• Magnus Linklater: Can you sing your way out of recession?
• Matthew Parris: The land of my African boyhood lives on
• Carol Midgley: Listen up, celebrities, we want rows, not raunch
• Ann Treneman: Tax bombshell starts a war that rival armies fight with relish
• Leading Article: X for Unknown
• Leading Article: Blackmail in Bangkok
• Leading Article: A Time To Give

And from the rest of the papers...

• George Pitcher: (The Telegraph) -  case: Courts should dispense justice, not comfort
• Adam Edwards: (The Telegraph) - Death of pubs will be death of UK
• Liz Hunt: (The Telegraph) - Britain's Josef Fritzl, Baby P: the system needs to change
• Leading Article: (The Telegraph) - Banks run risk of nationalisation
• Ken Livingstone: (The Guardian) - Death of the old dogmas
• Jonathan Steele: (The Guardian) - This is no sop. It is a vote to end the occupation of Iraq
• Timothy Garton Ash: (The Guardian) - Only a strategic partnership with China will keep this new dawn bright
• Leading Article: (The Guardian) - Buddy, can you spare a dime?
• Robert Fisk: (The Independent) - 'Nobody supports the Taliban, but people hate the government'
• Adrian Hamilton: (The Independent) - Hillary would be Obama's first mistake
• Matthew Norman: (The Independent) - Funny how liberalism's enemies embrace it when they need it
• Leading Article: (The Independent) - Time for a royal intervention
• Quentin Letts: (The Daily Mail) - He bawled abuse, like a drunk entering a Wild West saloon
• Robert Shrimsley: (Financial Times) - A visit to the economic doctor

And from around the world...

• Gail Collins: (The New York Times) - Count these blessings
• Nicholas D. Kristof: (The New York Times) - Giving thanks to heroes
• David Ignatius: (The Washington Post) - Life after Foggy Bottom
• Fay Vincent: (The Wall Street Journal) - Corporate Jets and Congress
• Aaron David Miller: (International Herald Tribune) - Getting right with Israel
• Andreas Lorenz and Wieland Wagner: (Spiegel) - Who Will Rule North Korea After Kim?