COVER

Battle for the Soul of the Internet (TECHNOLOGY)

The world's largest computer network, once the playground of scientists, hackers and gearheads, is being overrun by lawyers, merchants and millions of new users. Is there room for everyone?

NATION

Going Wild (National Parks)

Overrun by visitors and blighted by development, the national parks try some drastic remedies

WORLD

Back to the USSR? (Former Soviet Union)

Not really, but election results in Belarus and Ukraine reflect a desire to move closer to Moscow

Bridging the Divide (Middle East)

Plans for an Israel-Jordan summit in Washington herald another step toward peace in the region

Africa: Exodus From Rwanda (Africa)

The fighting seems to be over. But the wholesale flight of Hutu foreshadows new and different tragedies.

SCIENCE

Jupiter's Inferno

A comet's violent collision with the giant planet is proving spectacular

Why We Went to the Moon (Space)

On the 25th anniversary of Apollo 11, TIME's correspondent at the Kennedy White House tells how the quest began

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Hitting the Great Divide (Health Care)

The abortion issue, mostly ignored for months, suddenly threatens the outlook for Clinton's plan

SOCIETY

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BUSINESS

Fly It? They Own It (Companies)

Now that United Airlines employees have bought control, can they do what it takes to run it?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: Miracle Surgery (Arts & Media / CINEMA)

When a big movie like Speed or Wolf has an ailing screenplay, Hollywood calls in the script doctors

BOOKS: Soggy Saga (Arts & Media / BOOKS)

A Russian's novel is a bad imitation of a Russian novel

SPECIAL SECTION

Hell and High Water (Disasters)

Freakish rains flood three Southern states, leaving damage that Georgians compare to Sherman's march

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