U N I T E D S T A T E S
: Bring on the Supremes
Amid the electoral roil, the nation's highest and most awe-inspiring court allows itself to be heard
: In the court of Judge Sauls
: G.O.P. vote tampering in Seminole?
LAW: DNA Can Exonerate
But can anything be done about wrongful incarceration?
MEDICINE: The Latest Downfall of Robert Downey
His new arrest supports the idea that drugs rewire the brain
E U R O P E
HEALTH: Mad As Hell
Leaders talk down the bse panic, but consumers stay nervous
Victims: Why did five people die in one English town?
THE NETHERLANDS: Lawful Death
The Dutch parliament votes to legalize euthanasia
THE BALKANS: On the Edge of War
An Albanian insurgency in southern Serbia piques tensions
FRANCE: Where to Park the Magots?
Parisians fear an offensive from abandoned pet monkeys
A F R I C A
SOUTH AFRICA : Nowhere to Run
Judge Richard Goldstone wants a permanent war crimes court
T H E C AR I B B E A N
HAITI: The Cocaine Connection
The troubled nation has become a post office for drug dealers
A S I A
CHINA: The Acid Test
One woman's journey through disfigurement and corruption
JAPAN: Did Somebody Mention Pinochet?
Peru's ousted ex-President Fujimori copes with exile in Japan
B U S I N E S S
ENTERTAINMENT: The Kingdom of the Clan
The Diggs brothers rap as Wu-Tang and as a conglomerate
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
ENVIRONMENT: The Green Wave in Automobiles
Honda and Toyota combine gas engines and electric motors
INNOVATORS: New Lights of the Spirit
From a multimedia bishop to a Muslim academic in Geneva, meet Time's visionaries of faith for the new millennium
T H E A R T S
: Australian painting's best-kept secret
: M. Night Shyamalan's eye for the unseen
BOOKS: A judgment of
The we never knew - fortunately
LETTERS
NOTEBOOK
MILESTONES
PERSONAL TIME
PEOPLE
ESSAY