FOOTBALL
Euro Mania! (Cover Story | Euro 2004 Portugal)
The Continent's best footballers and their feverish fans are in Portugal for the Euro 2004 championship. Europe is ready and willing to be transfixed
A Last Chance To Sparkle (Cover Story | Euro 2004 Portugal)
Fading stars are looking to exit in glory
Catch Some Rising Stars (Cover Story | Euro 2004 Portugal)
Euro 2004 is filled with young, gifted players who are ready to shine. Meet the hot prospects
The Most Famous Man in the Middle (Cover Story | Pierluigi Collina)
The game's most recognizable ref, a celebrity in his own right, is taking part in his last European Championships. Don't expect the tall guy with the killer stare to go unnoticed
EUROPE
Can This Man Beat Blair? (Britain | Politics)
Have the elections helped Michael Howard in his quest to unseat Tony Blair?
There's No Place Like Home (Europe| Italy's Hostages)
A freed Italian hostage tells of life in captivity in Iraq
MIDDLE EAST
A Kingdom in Crisis (Middle East | Saudi Arabia)
Al-Qaeda steps up attacks on Westerners and its campaign to bring down the House of Saud. The threat has never been greater
LATIN AMERICA
The New Druglords (Latin America | Columbia)
Colombia's paramilitaries take over the drug trade
BRIEFING
The Unusual Suspect (Notebook | War On Terror)
Has the mastermind of the Madrid bombs been captured in Milan?
Biz Watch (Notebook)
Here Comes iTunes; France's Real Power Brokers; Disney Woes;
World Watch (Notebook)
G-8 fall-out; Kurds back Iraq Plan; eBay weirder sales;
GLOBAL ADVISER
History by the Glass (Global Adviser | Euro 2004 | Porto)
Portugal's best-loved export has a colorful past (and makes a delicious present)
Essential Steps (Global Adviser | Euro 2004 | Braga)
Climb a stairway to heaven in the nation's holy city
Tragic Love (Global Adviser | Euro 2004 | Coimbra)
Hotel sits on a tale of romance and royal intrigue
The Diners' Port of Call (Global Adviser | Euro 2004 | Food)
Feeling a little peckish after all that sporting excitement?
Best In Glass (Global Adviser | Euro 2004 | Leiria)
The quality is clear to see in all its works
ARTS
Turkish Delight (Arts | Ballet)
In Paris, dance legend Pina Bausch offers a calm, funny take on everyday life in stormy Istanbul