COVER

Terror on the Tracks (Cover Story)

Europe's deadliest bombing attack in years and a claim that al-Qaeda was behind it put the continent on edge. Inside the hunt for the killers

ASIA

Out of Control

South Korea invites political, diplomatic and economic turmoil by impeaching its President

A New vision for Malaysia

Malaysians expected Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to be cautious, but he has quickly emerged as a bold reformer

Breaking Away

How Malaysia's new Prime Minister compares to his predecessor

Postmortem (Viewpoint)

A courageous doctor prods Beijing to admit that Tiananmen was a "mistake"

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

What Women Want (Movies)

Sylvia Chang's triumphant 20:30:40 tracks three Taipei ladies from youth to the cusp of middle age

GLOBAL ADVISER

Culinary Revolutions (TIME Global Adviser | Diversions)

With these eateries, it's not just the menu that will leave you in a spin

But Does it Make toast? (TIME Global Adviser | Check In)

The world's luxury hotels are jumping on the high-tech bandwagon

Coffee, Tea or Nicotine Patch? (TIME Global Adviser | Long Haul)

The friendly skies are a whole lot cleaner these dayswhich is bad news for the tobacco-dependent

BRIEFING

Milestones (Notebook)

Achille Lauro hijacker dies

Verbatim (Notebook)

Quotes of the Week

Letters (Notebook)

The Families That Own Asia