COVER

The Gleam Team (Cover | Election 2004)

Newly anointed running mate John Edwards is giving John Kerry's campaign a much-needed injection of charisma

John Edwards: The Natural (Cover | Meet John-John)

Sunny yet driven, John Edwards was born to run, but has he come too far too fast?

RACE FOR THE WHITEHOUSE

Kerry-Edwards — and Moore? (Election 2004 | The Opposition)

Michael Moore's scathing anti-Bush documentary is scoring at the box office. But will it have an impact at the ballot box?

A Nation Divided (Election 2004 | The Europe Effect)

While Kerry's campaign gears up, America is split over whether Bush is a strong leader or a liability

EUROPE

Escape From Tax Hell (Europe | Tax)

Governments across the Continent are finally asking: Can lower taxes revive their economies?

Want Lower Taxes? Go East (Europe | Tax Harmonization)

The German chancellor is a major player in the fight against tax cuts

Blame Game (Europe | The Atocha Bombing)

Fingerpointing at Spain's 3/11 commission

AFRICA

GLOBAL TECH GURUS

The Innovation Specialists (Digital | Tech Influentials)

From Net entrepreneurs to nanotechnologists, meet 10 leaders of today's tech revolution

GLOBAL ADVISER

Par Excellence (Global Adviser | Time Traveler)

Drinking and driving takes on a new meaning at the Machrie

It's All In The Bag (Global Adviser | Style)

Practical and glamorous: The must-have accessory is a handbag par excellence

A Very Smart Phone (Global Adviser | Tech Watch)

If you're stuck on a question — any question — the answer is just a text message away

BRIEFING

Judgement Days (Notebook | Iraq War Fallout)

Faulty intelligence before the war in Iraq means the chickens are coming home to roost for the coalition of the willing

Biz Watch (Notebook)

Vous deteste SUVs; Microsoft Cuts; Tobacco Firm Coughs Up;

World Watch

Unstoppable Flu; Against the Wall; New Words

VIEWPOINT

Dictators in the Dock (Viewpoint | Milosevic & Saddam)

International law expert Michael Byers on the differing trials of two dictators