COVER
Act Two (Cover Story)
Hurricane Rita brings a second cruel assault on the Gulf Coast. How well did we apply Katrina's lessons?
Global Warming: The Culprit? (Cover Story)
Evidence mounts that human activity is helping fuel these monster hurricanes
ASIA
How to Keep Talking
The inside story of how a veteran U.S. diplomat and his chain-smoking Chinese counterpart hammered out a deal on North Korea's nukes
Hide and Seek with Kim Jong Il (Essay)
Giving North Korea a light-water reactor won't stop the bomb-making
Eating Disorder
China's appetite for exotic wildlife has spawned a thriving black market in Asia's endangered species. Will pangolin be eaten into extinction?
Vanishing Victuals
Some of the endangered animals ending up on gourmet tables
BRIEFING
A London Bomber's Asia Tour (Notebook)
A TIME investigation finds a connection between the alleged 7/7 ringleader and Southeast Asian terror groups
Jakarta's Flu Scare (Notebook)
Is Indonesia's goverment prepared for a possible bird flu outbreak?
Verbatim (Notebook)
Quotes of the Week
Letters (Notebook)
An American Tragedy
WORLD
How to Change Without a Revolution (Viewpoint)
The German election reveals less about the country than you might think
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Big B
With a return to TV and a series of acclaimed cinema roles, Amitabh Bachchan proves there can be second acts in Bollywood
SPECIAL REPORT
Making a Difference
TIME's 2004 Asian heroesone year on
GLOBAL ADVISER
Combat Chic (TIME Global Adviser)
Beirut's nightclubs make the Lebanese civil war seem like a good-time era
A Race with a View (TIME Global Adviser)
The America's Cup qualifiers head to Sicily later this month
Tunnel Visions (TIME Global Adviser)
Take a trip back to the Cold War era in Scotland's Secret Bunker
A Saucy Joint (TIME Global Adviser)
Brave the crowds and rude servers for some of London's bestand cheapestSouth Asian cuisine
Family Reunion (TIME Global Adviser)
For the first time in nearly 600 years, the Limbourg brothers' exquisite manuscript illuminations come together in Nijmegen
Island Shopping (TIME Global Adviser)
Mauritius' best kept secret isn't a beachit's the bargain designer duds