COVER

The Struggle for the Soul of Islam (Cover Story)

Three years after 9/11, an inside look at the ongoing battle between moderates and hard-liners over the future of a faithand its relationship with the West

ASIA

Time for Healing

After six years, populist reformer Anwar Ibrahim is released from prison. But will he be able to make a political comeback in what is a very different Malaysia?

BRIEFING

Awkward Fallout (Notebook)

Seoul's admission of nuclear experiments raises uncomfortable questions

Galloping into China (Notebook)

Philip Morris steals a march on its rivals with a new joint venture in the Mainland

A Disappearing Act (Notebook)

Jiang Zemin gets painted out of the picture in a mysterious set of photos

Milestones (Notebook)

Kobe Bryant's charges dismissed

Verbatim (Notebook)

Quotes of the Week

BUSINESS

Crude Awakenings

Asian businesses reeling from record-high oil prices are realizing higher costs may be here to stay. How fast economies adapt will be the difference between growth and stagnation

The Sweet Allure of Tech

Masses of starry-eyed Indians are trying to cash in on the country's tech boom. But where are the jobs?

Where's the Music? (Technology)

MP3 players are hot in Asia, but online stores such as iTunes are still closed to the region's market

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Force of Nature (Movies)

Mira Nair, Indian director of the surprise hit Monsoon Wedding, releases her biggest movie yet

The Magic of Facts (Books)

Amitav Ghosh's masterful new novel, The Hungry Tide, is a wellspring of facts contained within the body of fiction

Missing the Train (Books)

The casualties in A Private Life are those who fall by the wayside as China careens toward capitalism

GLOBAL ADVISER

Womb With a View (TIME Global Adviser)

Sonographic snapshots of Baby as a fetus make very cool keepsakes, but are they safe?

Bubbly's Best (TIME Global Adviser)

France's famous Champagne region

Capturing Genius (TIME Global Adviser)

A Paris show reassembles the classic work of three of photography's masters

Tech Watch (TIME Global Adviser)

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