COVER
Master Of The Universe
From no one to no. 1 in five years, and media boss Jean-Marie Messier ain't done yet
EUROPE
Sicilian Scorcher
After weeks of grumbling, Mount Etna blows its stack, wreaking havoc and threatening nearby towns
Read Any Good Fruit?
The E.U. approves tough new labeling for GM food, pleasing activists and complicating trade relations
A Whale of a Fight
Norway and Japan lead poor nations into battle for commercial whaling
BUSINESS
The Taxman in the Sky
A Dutch entrepreneur wants to install wireless tracking devices in cars as a way to tax drivers
ARTS
Mies is More
Two exhibitions put flesh on the man who perfected bare-bones architecture
AFRICA
The Hunter-Litigators
Southern Africas San tribes are challenging the right of commercial interests to profit at their expense
PROFILE
Messenger to Moscow (Asia)
They didn't like all that Condoleezza Rice had to say, but the Russians loved the way she said it
SPORTS
Play and Pay (Sport)
European soccer's big leagues are eager to recruit Japanese players — and not just for their ball skills
SOCIETY
A Flawed Beauty
The focus on desirable, prize-winning looks has created purebred dogs in Britain with a slew of health problems