COVER
The 2009 TIME 100: The World's Most Influential People (TIME 100)
In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people who most affect our world
Leaders & Revolutionaries (TIME 100)
From a Kennedy to the London mayor, the men and women who shape politics
Builders & Titans (TIME 100)
The Twitter guys, Jamie Dimon, T. Boone Pickens and other business gurus
Artists & Entertainers (TIME 100)
Rush, Zac, M.I.A. and more who make us laugh or think or shout or sing along
Heroes & Icons (TIME 100)
Those who inspire: Michelle Obama, Somaly Mam, Tiger Woods and, of course, George Clooney
Scientists & Thinkers (TIME 100)
Nouriel Roubini (the savant who predicted the crash) and other intellectuals who interpret our world
POSTCARD FROM
London
The U.K. capital's anxious professionals are flocking to psychics and astrologers. As recession bites, a boom in the occult is on the cards
BRIEFING
The Moment: Mexico City
A flu virus spreads fear and illness around the world
ESSAY
Silvio Berlusconi: An Italian Mirror
Silvio Berlusconi may seem buffoonish, but he embodies his country's attributes perfectly
GLOBAL ADVISER
Step Into the Age of Excess at the Victoria & Albert Museum (On Show)
A new exhibit at the London museum explores baroque — the first global art style — as a triumph of form over function
Eat Your Greens in Paris (Amuse-Bouche)
Restaurants in the City of Light have neglected vegetables for years. That's changing — and how
Netbooks: A Perfect Travel Companion (Tech Watch)
These lightweight processors are perfect gadgets for on-the-road surfing and e-mail
Kalimantan's Camp Orangutan (Diversions)
Visit the Camp Leakey rehabilitation center in southern Borneo, where former pets are groomed to return back to the wild
LETTERS
Navigating America's Other War
Democracy in South Africa; IMF Loans