COVER
The Lessons of Flight 253 (United States)
Missed signs, cumbersome lists and spotty screening permitted a terrorist to take a makeshift bomb on a Christmas flight to Detroit. What the U.S. should learn from a near calamity
WORLD
Angela Merkel's Moment
A trailblazer and the unchallenged leader of Europe's largest economy, Germany's Chancellor now faces an uncomfortable question, How should her country use its power?
ASIA
Postcard from Banda Aceh
Five years after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, a reporter returns to the disaster's ground zero. A town rebuilt, but scars remain
LETTERS
Inbox
GLOBAL BUSINESS
India's Outsourcing Giants Go Global (Trade)
After cashing in on globalization's first wave, India's IT giants are discovering their continued success may depend on international expansion
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Beyond the Bullets (Books)
The modern art of conflict-ridden Pakistan finally gets some much needed exposure
GLOBAL ADVISER
A Perfect Day in ... Edinburgh
Visiting Scotland's capital? Let the locals tell you how to do it right
Recovering from Holiday Season Indulgence? (Amuse-Bouche)
Chinese herbalists may have just the tonic
Terror on The Seas (Curtain Raiser)
Extreme 40 sailing is not for the fainthearted
Powder Rooms (Check In)
The Viceroy Snowmass Hotel near Aspen, Colorado, is not your typical backcountry outpost