COVER

SPECIAL SECTION

Damned Anyway (War on Terror)

Even outside the control of the Taliban, the plight of Afghan women seems hopeless

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Lost Romantic

Hong Kong director Yonfan creates lavish cinematic worlds of glamour and romance

ASIA

Terror Made in the U.S.A.

Would-be Vietnamese and Cambodian "freedom fighters" are operating from the most unlikely of bases: the U.S.

BRIEFING

Starting Time

U.S. health czar Tommy Thompson, Eulogy;CHANG HSUEH-LIANG, SIX YEARS AGO IN TIME and more.

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