COVER
Person of the Year 2003: The American Soldier (Cover Story | Person of the Year)
They swept across Iraq and conquered it in 21 days. They caught Saddam Hussein. They are the face of America, its might and good will, in a region unused to democracy
People Who Mattered: Jiang Yanyong (Cover Story | Person of the Year)
The doctor who blew the whistle on China's SARS epidemic
BRIEFING
SARS Gets Loose in the Lab (Notebook)
An army medical researcher in Taiwan falls ill, prompting quarantines and questions
Pax Interrupta (Notebook)
For the first time in 140 years, Bhutan goes to war
Searching for the Stork (Notebook)
A TV personality's struggle to have children casts harsh light on Japan's conservative healthcare establishment
Eulogy: Blas Ople (Notebook)
Remembering the Philippines' wily Foreign Secretary
Milestones (Notebook)
Events of the Week
Letters (Notebook)
The Love Him, Hate Him President
GLOBAL ADVISER
Paradise to Let (TIME Global Adviser)
Looking for idyllic privacy? Why not rent a private island for a week?
Best Boots Forward (TIME Global Adviser | Style Watch)
Our top five picks for fashionable cold-weather footgear