COVER
Odd Man Out
The U.S. Secretary of State has fallen far short of national expectations
"The Only Voice I Listen To Is The President's."
The Secretary of State talks to TIME
ASIA
Getting Radical
Fringe elements are growing in Malaysian Islam
Is Hong Kong Dying?
Sin-ming Shaw on why the SAR may be RIP
Independence Day
East Timorese embrace their country's first free elections
Adrift and Unwanted
A Norwegian ship saves 460 asylum seekers
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Korea's Big Moment
South Korean films are developing commercial appeal — at home and abroad
Burdened with Good Looks
Actor Jang Dong Gun can't get any peace
Sons of the Desert
Modernity in the Tuareg desert
BRIEFING
Starting Time
For the week of September 10, 2001
TRAVEL
A Walk on the Wild Side in India's Himalayas
Trekking where the people and the air are at their most raw