COVER

Darkness Falls (Special Report)

One troubled student rains down death on a quiet campus

LIFE

Built for Speed (Sport)

At the age of 22, rookie Lewis Hamilton is already hailed as a future champion of Formula One

ARTS

So Last Century

Two Paris exhibitions celebrate a jeweler and two painters whose breakthrough year was 1900

Western Wives, Iraqi Lives (Books)

A tale of two Englishwomen abroad offers a wrenching chronicle of a 30-year national meltdown

LETTERS

As the World Warms (Inbox)

Cutting Carbon Emissions: Idea No. 52; Fighting to Live; In the Footsteps of R.F.K.?

ESSAY

Blast from the Past

A grenade explodes at a TIME writer's home in a Serbia still haunted by its violent history

GLOBAL ADVISER

Natural-Born Artist (Sculpture)

Sculptor Andy Goldsworthy's dirty work is a breath of fresh air

Find it in the Atlas (Time Traveler)

The mountains of Morocco offer wild treks, peaceful havens — and rose water

Rock Around the Dock (If You're in ... Dusseldorf)

Düsseldorf's MedienHafen is a hip center for great restaurants, swish bars and dimly lit lounges

Signs of Progress (Tech Watch)

The first sign language video dictionary for mobile phones has been developed in England