NATION

Culture of Deception (Whitewater)

A tale of manipulation emerges from the fog of testimony -- and a new special prosecutor arrives

Map (Chronicles)

New Yorker vs. National Enquirer

WORLD

Death To the Author (Bangladesh)

As Muslim mobs demand her death, a writer faces government charges

Ferry Tales (Cuba)

Castro threatens to flood the U.S. with refugees

Invasion on Hold (Diplomacy)

The U.S. is nose to nose with Haiti, but Clinton has not yet decided how or when to intervene

The Swagger of Defeat (Rwanda)

In exile, the Hutu army is stealing food, intimidating refugees and plotting a return to power

Thieves in the Night (Bosnia)

Defiance and desperation drive Bosnian Serbs to raid a U.N. arms depot and provoke a NATO air strike

Uncivil Disobedience (Nigeria)

Striking workers and street rioters hope that economic chaos will topple the military regime

SCIENCE

Dante Tours the Inferno

A slipup mars a robot's successful foray into a volcano. Is Dante ready to explore the planets?

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The 95% Solution (Health Care)

As Clinton's reform heads for a cliffhanger, he turns it over to George Mitchell

SOCIETY

Apologists For (Crime)

Murder The FBI launches a probe of abortion-clinic violence, shining a spotlight on extremists who defend homicide

RELIGION

A Sexual Showdown

Will the bishops of the Episcopal Church tacitly embrace the new morality?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Someone's on The Line (Fraud)

Telephone companies struggle to disconnect wily thieves who rip off cellular customers

BUSINESS

Come Together, Right Now

Entire industries, from railroads to banks, are being reshaped by a round of mergers that make the '80s look tame

Whittling Down (Entrepreneurs)

An ambitious media mogul sheds projects as he struggles to keep his education-reform project alive

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

TELEVISION: I Was a Teenage Teenager (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)

The boys hot-rod and grope the girls, the girls get pregnant and go to prison in a series inspired by teen Z movies of the 1950s

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