COVER

Making of a Hero

Expectations are sky-high for director Zhang Yimou's ambitious star-studded martial-arts flick

TRAVEL

Sample the Suds in Bangalore

Bangalore's hip young population has made it the fastest-growing city in India -- and earned it the nickname 'Pub City'

ASIA

Singapore Sleepers

With intelligence from Afghanistan, the island state uncovers an alleged terrorist plot

SOCIETY

Rent Boys

Japan: Male hosts are hot on television, in print — and in their bars

BRIEFING

Starting Time

Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle kicked off a Democratic offensive against President George W. Bush's economic policies