The Comment Channel
Leading article: We are repeating the mistakes of the past

Extra police have been drafted into Windsor after several nights of clashes between white and Asian youths outside an Asian-owned dairy, apparently over plans to build a mosque on the site
Leading article: A good start, but no more than that

One cheer for Monterrey, which is where ministers from the G8 rich nations and from the emerging economies of China, India, Brazil and South Africa have been meeting to discuss climate change
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The Third Leader: Never never land
- John Dugard: Despite 'withdrawal', the siege goes on
- David McKittrick: The dismantling of a military machine
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Catherine Townsend: Sleeping around
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Cooper Brown: He's Out There
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Julia Stephenson: The Green Goddess
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The Third Leader: Street life
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Tomo Krizner: Sudan sees UN intervention as an invasion
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: An eclectic country which retains its island mentality
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Dominic Lawson: The best demonstration of the Muslim case would be a great march denouncing violence
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Beauty is not enough
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Terence Blacker: It's just not funny (whoever makes the joke)
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Joan Bakewell: The power and glory of poetry