COVER
The Decade From Hell
9/11. Earthquakes. Epidemics. Two stock-market meltdowns. As 2010 approaches, a look back at the past 10 years, awful times that they were
WORLD
Could Zuma Be What South Africa Needs?
Despised by South Africa's élite and reviled by liberals, Jacob Zuma was supposed to spell disaster for his country. But his presidency has started well. Can he deliver on that promise?
'We Have to do Things Differently' (Interview)
South African President Jacob Zuma on how to fix policy implementation, the problems of alcohol and violent television and why the country's greatest strength is its unity in diversity
POSTCARD FROM
Postcard: Kiev
At the Junior Eurovision contest, songs about schoolyard crushes mean big business, especially for the former Soviet bloc. Finding Europe's next pop superstar
ESSAY
Overexposed
They are odd, the British. They will snigger about sex, then surround themselves with it
GLOBAL ADVISER
10 Reasons to Visit Hong Kong's NoHo (TIME Traveler)
Just a few minutes away from Hong Kong's buzzing SoHo district is NoHo, its hipper, more laid-back younger cousin
See the Asia Pacific Triennial (Curtain Raiser)
Held in Brisbane, the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial will see participation from 25 countries, many for the first time
Glam It Up at London's Sanctum Soho (Check In)
You can check out any time you like from this London townhouse, but you may never leave
Monkey Business in Borneo's Rain Forests (Great Outdoors)
Malaysia's Bako National Park, in Sarawak, Borneo, offers a chance to catch proboscis monkeys and other creatures in their wondrous awkwardness
LETTERS
Give 'Em Hell, Hillary (Inbox)
The Boxer's Next Fight; What the Jesuits Taught Me; The Threat of Tuna Extinction