HEROES
What Makes a Hero? (HEROES | A SEARCH FOR MEANING)
TIME salutes people who remind us what it means to make a difference
HEROES | HELPING HANDS
Life After Cheesecake
Hanna and Magdalena Graaf, Sweden
A Stone in the Eye Of Brute Force
Nebahat Akkoc, Turkey
Goodwill Comes In Waves
Brother Isidoro Macias, Spain
Metering Out Hope
Hannes Urban, Austria
Noble Dream
Christina Noble, Ireland
The Naked Chef Bares His Heart
Jaime Oliver, Britain
International Velvet
Simon Panek, Czech Republic
Peter's Sense of Charity
Peter Hoeg, Denmark
On the Shoulders Of A Giant
Dikembe Mutombo, Congo
HEROES | ACTIVISTS
Found What He's Looking For
Bono, Ireland
Dying To Get Aids Drugs To All
Zackie Achmat, South Africa
At War Against War Crimes
Natasa Kandic, Serbia
She Took a Bullet for Peace
Caoimhe Butterly, Ireland
Economic Justice, Cup By Cup
Leonard Von Baelen, Belgium
HEROES | ALCHEMISTS
One Woman's Wealth Of Care
Albina Du Boisrouvray, France
The Children's Crusade
Carine Russo, Belgium
The Kids Are Alright
Roger Daltrey, Britain
BUSINESS
Can France Put a Cork In It?
With U.S. boycotts hurting French wine exports, Chirac and winemakers alike are trying to make amends
Dogfight
Amid a down market in regional jets — with recovery on the way — Bombardier and Embraer show their teeth
A Cutthroat Business
Do shavers really want triple-blade disposables?
EUROPE
A Suicidal Spring
Suicide by self immolation is a worrying trend in the Czech Republic
True Freedom?
For whom should assisted suicide be available
Britain's Secret Army
The U.K.'s top cop shows how the army and police used loyalist killers during the Ulster Troubles
ON YOUR OWN TIME
Padua (ON YOUR OWN TIME | PADUA)
It?s not flashy, just quietly beautiful and deeply satisfying. Padua brims with subtle charms
SOCIETY
Not Your Mother's Bingo
The pensioners' pastime is getting a makeover. Are ladettes going to swap cocktails for game cards?
HEROES | HATE BUSTERS
Acting Out Against Racism (HEROES | FIGHTING HATE)
Iris Berben, Italy
Hunting Down The Naked Truth (HEROES | FIGHTING HATE)
Mirceau Dinescu, Romania
Power Comes To The French Slums (HEROES | FIGHTING HATE)
Claude Bebear, France
Think Locally And Grow Globally (HEROES | FIGHTING HATE)
Andrea Riccardi, Italy
HEROES | THE GREEN TEAM
A Light In The Black Triangle (HEROES | GREEN TEAM)
Josef Krecek, Czech Republic
A Whale of Opportunity (HEROES | GREEN TEAM)
Asbjörn Björgvinsson Iceland
Setting Free The Bears (HEROES | GREEN TEAM)
Yannis Boutaris, Greece
HEROES | INNOVATORS
A Rock In A Hard Place
Sergei Kostin, Ukraine
Lifeboats in the Fields of Poland
Tomasz and Barbara Sadowski, Poland
Tools That Change Lives
Nick Moon, Britain; Martin Fisher, Africa
HEROES | INSPIRATION
Turning Fear Into Magic (HEROES | INSPIRATIONS)
J.K. Rowling, Britain
Surgical Strike For Peace (HEROES | INSPIRATIONS)
Dr. Khaled Abu Ajamia, West Bank
The Joy Of Becks (HEROES | INSPIRATIONS)
David Beckham, Britain
Cracking Down on al-Qaeda
Stefano Dambruoso, Italy
Disquiet On The Chechen Front (HEROES | INSPIRATIONS)
Anna Politkovskaya, Russia
The British Way Of War (HEROES | BRAVE HEARTS)
James Moulton, Britain
BRIEFING
Uday's Maiden? (NOTEBOOK | IRAQ)
A medieval torture device is found at the administrative compound of the Olympic committee in central Baghdad
The Comeback Kid (NOTEBOOK | WORLDWATCH)
Will the Argentinians forgive Carlos Menem for the colapse of their economy in 2001?
Heavy Metal (NOTEBOOK | BIZ WATCH)
Engineering CEO's face tough times
ARTS
My Life as a Dog
Dan Rhodes' novel is a dark and beguiling tale about the strange affections of a man and his pooch
The Bad in Goodness
In his last two books, Richard Price journeyed to the streets. In this powerful novel, he explores himself
The Berlin Wall Lives!
Goodbye Lenin!, an unlikely comedy fueled by nostalgia for East Germany, is a box-office smash
Moving the Mountain (ARTS | MOVIES)
A meditation on memory and denial, Atom Egoyan's Ararat explores the Armenian genocide of 1915
A Masterpiece Remade (ARTS | MUSEUMS)
Vienna's glorious Albertina Palace reopens