COVER

Italy's Cup (Cover Story)

After a final that had drama from the first minute to last, the Azzurri win the World Cup for the fourth time

ASIA

GLOBAL ADVISER

Reading Rooms (TIME Global Adviser)

Reading's new Forbury hotel brings luxe lodgings to Britain's Blackberry set

Top Banana (TIME Global Adviser)

Suni Magyar's Kampala boutique sells fashionable, folksy crafts for any home

Mapping Out the Future (TIME Global Adviser)

Geographical mashups are bringing online maps to a whole new level

BUSINESS

Japan Takes Flight

As the economy lifts off, central bankers appear poised to end the country's easy-money era

BRIEFING

Dangerous Dive (Notebook)

The perils and politics of swimming in China's Pearl River

Letters (Notebook)

The End of al-Zarqawi