COVER
Life in Hell: A Baghdad Diary (Cover Story)
In more than 20 trips to the ravaged city, TIME's Aparisim Ghosh has navigated countless perils. His extraordinary story offers a rare insight into the daily life of Iraqi citizens
ASIA
The War for China's Soul
As Christianity begins to reshape the nation, TIME learns new details about a crackdown on one church
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
My Kingdom for a Sheep
How an Indian prince bought an Australian sheep farm and lost what may have been the world?s greatest fortune
GLOBAL ADVISER
Peak Time (TIME Global Adviser)
Banyan Tree's new resorts in China's mountainous southwest offer serious relaxation, Himalayan-style
Distilled Wisdom (Next Time You're in ... Singapore)
La Maison du Whisky's Singapore offshoot hopes to educate the Southeast Asian market
The Hard Stuff (Grapevine)
Dishwasher claimed too many wine glasses? Try high tech, unbreakable Kwarx
Go by the Board (Tech Watch)
Nip to the shops on a motorized skateboard
Wing It (TIME Traveler)
With as many as 1,900 bird species on their doorsteps, Asia's cities are a birdwatchers' paradise
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Bespoke Banking (Global Business | Private Banking)
Asia's burgeoning class of millionaires and billionaires offers a vast new market for the world's wealth managers. A Special Report on the private-banking bonanza
How to Clone Switzerland (Global Business | Private Banking)
Tiny Singapore is becoming a wealth-management haven by cleverly mimicking what made Zurich and Geneva rich
Putting on the Ritz (Global Business | Global Investing)
You don't have to be superrich these days to invest like a multimillionaire
BRIEFING
North Korea's Rising Waters (Notebook)
A looming humanitarian crisis could make it tougher for the rest of the world to crack down on Pyongyang
Much Ado About Abe (Notebook)
Will the man likely to be Japan's next Prime Minister pick up where Koizumi left off?
Milestones (Notebook)
Events of the Week
Letters (Notebook)
The War That Never Ends