October 10, 2005 | Vol. 166 No. 15

Asia's Heroes (Asia's Heroes)

TIME celebrates inspirational figures in the arts, sports, business and more-and highlights the extraordinary courage shown in the wake of the tsunami

The Kindness of Strangers (Asia's Heroes)

Confronted with the devastation of the tsunami, ordinary people performed extraordinary acts

Zaeema Ismail (Asia's Heroes)

Holding Her Family Together

Help International Phi Phi (Asia's Heroes)

Paradise Resurrected

Sangduen "Lek" Chailert (Asia's Heroes)

Thailand's Elephant Woman

International Crisis Group (Asia's Heroes)

The Problem-Solvers

Suciwati Munir (Asia's Heroes)

Taking Up the Struggle for Justice

Charm Tong (Asia's Heroes)

Educating Burma

Chen Guidi & Wu Chuntao (Asia's Heroes)

The Odd Couple

Mohamed Hamid (Asia's Heroes)

The Pirate Fighter

Bernard Krisher (Asia's Heroes)

A Can-Do Yank in Cambodia

Sania Mirza (Asia's Heroes)

On Top of Her Game

Park Ji Sung (Asia's Heroes)

Bringing a little Seoul to Manchester United

Lin Hwai-min (Asia's Heroes)

Staging a Revolution

Bill Kong (Asia's Heroes)

Chinese Film Champion

Masamoto Yashiro (Asia's Heroes)

Cleaning Up Japan Inc.

Ken Watanabe (Asia's Heroes)

Lord of the Samurai, Protector of Geishas

Zhang Jingchu (Asia's Heroes)

A Passion for Acting

Li Yuchun (Asia's Heroes)

Loved for Being Herself

Nobu (Asia's Heroes)

Japan's Celebrity Chef to the Stars

The Making of a Hero (Asia's Heroes)

An essay by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Bali: Once Again (Notebook)

Bombers target Indonesia's resort island for a repeat of the October 12, 2002 attacks

Catch of the Century (Notebook)

Japanese scientists capture a live giant squid on film for the first time

Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Notebook)

A row between the captain and coach of India's national team captivates the cricket loving nation

Milestones (Notebook)

Verbatim (Notebook)

Letters (Notebook)