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America's Medicated Army (United States)

Thousand of troops are being given antidepressant drugs to deal with battle field stress. A TIME investigation reveals combat's heavy toll on their mental health — and why the military's efforts to treat it may be making the problem worse

ASIA

Lee's Blue House Blues

South Korea's President Lee Myung Bak rode a groundswell of support into office, but "the Bulldozer" is discovering that in Asia, fickle voters sometimes push back

TECHNOLOGY

LETTERS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Cellular Seduction (Books)

Wacky science, gore and sex abound in novelist Hideaki Sena's kitsch horror classic

ESSAY

Poverty Trap

The recent anti-immigrant riots in South Africa reflect globalization's damaging side

GLOBAL ADVISER