COVER

Up to a Better Tomorrow

Its citizens habitually try to block reform, but behind the protests France is changing, slowly but surely

A Massive Project

Few areas of French policy were so in need of reform as social housing — and reform has come

EUROPE

The Faith that has No Place

After years of worshipping in squalid makeshift mosques, Muslims in Athens await an official house of prayer

10 Questions for Romano Prodi (Interview)

The Incoming Prime Minister talks to TIME about his plans for Italy — and his rapport with President Bush

BUSINESS

Slinging Lessons

With the Slingbox, it's about to get a lot easier to catch what's on your home TV, wherever you are in the world.

ARTS

Leader of the Pack (Art)

A scary musical for kids is just the latest fantasy frontier for British master storyteller Neil Gaiman

BRIEFING

China's Grim Harvest (Notebook)

New rules should clean up China's use of organs procured from executed prisoners, ending an unhealthy trade

ENVIRONMENT

The Waters Of Life

Egypt has long thought of the Nile as its own, drawing far more from it than the river's southern countries. How ambitious new plans are beginning to redress the balance

GLOBAL ADVISER

Pleasure Factory (Next time you're in ... Zurich)

A onetime industrial slum has morphed into Zurich's hippest hangout

Under the skin (Curtain Raiser)

A Shomei Tomatsu retrospective surveys his images of Japan from the past fifty years

Heads and Tails (Amuse Bouche)

Sample Cajun delicacies at the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival