COVER
Boris Becker: Broken Promise
In the wake of scandal and divorce, can the king of Wimbledon put the pieces back together?
EUROPE
New Fly Zone
Will transatlantic cooperation on defense aviation ever really take off?
Building Europe's Military
TIME talks with EADS co-CEO Rainer Hertrich about the future of cross-border defense
Vladimir Putin: Master of the Moment
Russian president is long on passion but short on solutions for his country
Showdown in Genoa
The city goes all out to protect summit guests, but will attempts to placate the protesters really work?
Picking Up the Pieces
Berlin's new mayor faces crippling municipal debt and the prospect of fresh elections in the fall
Maman? Papa? Oncle?
A woman, her brother, a petri dish and an egg donor cause legal and ethical furor in France
A Midwinter's Tale
Descendants of early polar explorers relive a hot night in Antarctica
BUSINESS
Eurogloom
The optimists were wrong. Europe can't escape this economic slowdown
AFRICA
Emotional Intelligence
'Soul City', South Africa's wildly popular soap opera, spreads public-health messages across the continent
ARTS
Welcome To the World of Helmut Newton (People)
He has been called a misogynist, a monster and a genius. He calls himself "a pretty weird guy"
Return of the Wanderer
French-born singer Manu Chao is back, touring with an album that mixes rock and world music
Give Me an M
Mathieu Chedid's alter ego: funk-glam-rocker M
MIDDLE EAST
A Long, Hot Summer
In a spate of rioting, Algeria's Berbers rise up against joblessness, corruption and police brutality
Silvan Shalom: The Money Man
Is Israel's Finance Minister a prime minister in waiting?
FOOD & WINE
It Was a Very Good Year
World wine production and consumption are on the rise. But so too are the prices for Bordeaux's best
BRIEFING
World Watch (Notebook)
A weekly roundup of news from around the globe