COVER

Brussels Burnout (Cover Story)

The French and the Dutch have rejected the E.U. constitution and spurned their political leaders. Where does Europe go from here?

ASIA

A Matter Of Trust (Cover Story)

Faced with plunging popularity, economic woes and a brewing corruption scandal, President Arroyo wants to prove that she can lead the Philippines to salvation

"Family Comes Last" (Cover Story)

An interview with Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

BUSINESS

Faking It

Beijing's inability to curb rampant intellectual-property theft is infuriating its trading partners

GLOBAL ADVISER

Leaves of Glass (TIME Global Adviser)

Glassblower Dale Chihuly plants a different kind of bloom in London's Kew Botanical Gardens

Leaves of Glass (TIME Global Adviser)

Glassblower Dale Chihuly plants a different kind of bloom in London's Kew Botanical Gardens

After the Flood (TIME Global Adviser)

After decades of neglect, Italy's Villa Gregoriana is restored to its former glory

Energized Bunny (TIME Global Adviser)

Can a new computer gadget make wi-fi warm and fuzzy?

One Giant Leap (TIME Global Adviser)

No one needs to be frog-marched to this South African hotel

WORLD

The Comeback Cleric

Eight years after leaving office, Rafsanjani is poised to become Iran's President again. Will he win over the West this time?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

For Better, For Worse

Photographer Chien-Chi Chang follows the conveyor belt of brokered marriages in Double Happiness

Taking Aim at Mao

A new biography of Mao Zedong claims that the Chinese leader was beyond redemption

A Spectator to Insanity

In the Time of Madness recalls the mayhem, terror and excitement of Indonesia during Suharto's fall

How to Lose Friends

Kishore Mahbubani explains how the U.S. squandered the trust that it used to inspire

BRIEFING

China's Spring Chill (Notebook)

A string of arrests in the months before the Tiananmen anniversary is more than just a roundup of usual suspects

Importing Instability (Notebook)

A deadly suicide bombing in Kandahar could point to international terrorism's return to Afghanistan

Verbatim (Notebook)

Quotes of the Week