COVER
Crunch Time (Cover | United States)
Inside the bruising tactics of the Bush and Kerry campaigns
Ground War
Only a few states are really up for grabs. And a desperate battle is being fought to win them
EUROPE
West Meets East (Special Report | Europe and China)
Europe is courting China for its vast market — and because an East-West partnership might constrain U.S. power
Pack Your Bags for the Orient Express (Special Report | Europe and China)
European firms are rushing to cash in on the trade boom with China, but it's a risky business
The Art of Trade (Special Report | Europe and China)
A London exhibition explores the West's centuries-old fascination with the Orient
The Capital of Cost Cutting (Special Report | Europe And India)
Outsourcing firms are picking up more European clients
Welcome to Paris (Special Report | Europe and China)
China's middle classes — 50 million strong and growing — is on the move
AFRICA
10 Questions: Wangari Maathai (Africa | Q&A)
Kenya's environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner talks to TIME
Caught Between Continents
Would-be immigrants to Italy are stranded in Libya
GLOBAL ADVISER
A Whale Of A Time (Global Adviser | Next Time You're In ... Tonga)
Don't just take photographs ... swim with the world's largest mammals
Welcome to Wonderland (Global Adviser | Check In)
A Sri Lankan hotel combines the serendipitous with the surreal
A New Tonic For Old Gins (Global Adviser | Grapevine)
As tastes change, some distillers have decided to change the taste
Backstreet Beijing (Global Adviser | Time Traveler)
Get to the Chinese capital's old alleys, or hutongs, before the developers do
FASHION
Selling By The Stars (Fashion | Paris)
Karl Lagerfeld brought muse Nicole Kidman, as the Paris shows spotlighted designers' passion for Hollywood's biggest stars