COVER
The Global Warming Survival Guide
How scientists, businesses and politicians are searching for ways to avert calamitous climate change
ESSAY
The Optimist of Iraq
Yasser Obaid Hussein once had big dreams. Now he's happy just to be alive
POSTCARD FROM
Postcard: Belfast
Long distrusted by the region's Catholics, Northern Ireland's police want to recast the force as neutral and nonpartisan. On patrol in a city still polarized
GLOBAL BUSINESS
A Sharp AIM (Markets)
Small firms are flooding London's Alternative Investment Market. Is it smart to let so many of them in?
ARTS
Rediscovered Master (Exhibition)
Neglected for centuries, Piero della Francesca's greatness shines anew in a hometown show
GLOBAL ADVISER
Reproductive System (Diversions)
Can't afford your favorite painting? To Shenzhen with you
Preservation Order (Amuse Bouche)
Bergen's unpretentious Pinvinen gastropub serves Scandinavian food the way it used to be
Creative Marketing (Next Time You're In ... Singapore)
Bored of Singapore's endless malls and chain stories? Try some alternative retail therapy at Maxwell Road's Market of Artists and Designers
Social Fabric (Style Watch)
Asian labels are cottoning on to the fact that green is more than just the color of money
Mr. Universe (Check In)
With his Philippe Starck-designed Faena Hotel and Universe in Buenos Aires, Argentine Alan Faena is going where no fashion magnate has gone before
BRIEFING
Inbox
What's in Store for '07; Spotlight on the Vice President; War in High Res; Juiced for WebTV; Enduring Faith