WAR AND TERROR

Can The Afghans Come Together? (The War On Terror/After The War)

Unity looks far away as rival pretenders to power seize fiefdoms all across the country

And Justice For... (The War On Terror/The Legal War)

The White House wants to try terrorists in secret. Is this really in America's best interest?

PERSONAL TIME

New Hope for Failing Hearts (Personal Time/Your Health)

With transplants so scarce, thousands of patients could get the boost they need from a small, implanted pump

Harvesting Stock-Market Losses (Personal Time/Your Money)

Losing money this year? Who isn't? But there's still time to convert those beaten-down stocks into tax savings

The Write Stuff (Personal Time/Your Technology)

Want a computer you can scribble on? Meet the Tablet PC. I got my hands on an early version

TIME 100

Making The World Safer (TIME 100: The Next Wave/Innovators/Security)

Seven whose imagination and technological know-how help make our lives more secure

A Killer Drone (TIME 100: The Next Wave/Innovators/Security/The General)

Building a Better Smallpox Vaccine (TIME 100: The Next Wave/Innovators/Security/The Vaccine Maker)

The most common smallpox vaccine has deadly side effects. Research on an alternative vaccine is under way

NATION

If Not Terror, What Was It? (After The Crash/Air Safety)

With no evidence of sabotage in the New York City crash, the focus shifts to the plane and its pilots

THE ARTS

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Selling in Tongues (Global Business/Exporting)

Translation services are booming because global customers want to buy in their native language

Local English (Global Business/Exporting)

More cultures adopt their own versions of the "global tongue"

Cheap Euro Airfares (Global Business/Business Travel)

Global firms push execs onto the E.U.'s new discount airlines

Tokyo Tempts (Global Business/Global Life)

The city as natives know it offers simple delights at low prices

High-Tech Nomads (Global Business/High Tech)

These engineers work as temps on wireless projects all over the world