COVER

The Scandal's Growing Stain (Cover Story)

Abuses by U.S. soldiers in Iraq shock the world and roil the Bush administration. The inside story of what went wrongand who's to blame

ASIA

Tribal Tribulations

A campaign to flush out Islamic militants hiding in Pakistan's Wild West tests the will of Islamabad and the U.S.

GLOBAL ADVISER

Hello, Kitty (TIME Global Adviser)

Hong Kong's caf society welcomes your four-legged companions

Diners' Club (TIME Global Adviser)

Dining societies can be an entre to fine food and friendship

Check In (TIME Global Adviser)

From Street to Suite

Grapevine (TIME Global Adviser)

Tokyo's Holy Spirits

BUSINESS

Trouble Brewing

Why are the world's largest beer brewers fighting over a company in northeast China?

BRIEFING

Wen Words Matter (Notebook)

With all eyes on China's superheated economy, Premier Wen Jiabao is watching what he says

Hearts and Pockets (Notebook)

Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra travels to the country's restive south to smooth over tensions

What Buddha? (Notebook)

Why few Chinese can see the nation's latest superlative monument

Milestones (Notebook)

Commemorating Dien Bien Phu

Verbatim (Notebook)

Quotes of the Week

Letters (Notebook)

Iraq: State of Siege