COVER

Collateral Damage (Cover Story)

With political support hemorrhaging, President Bush is staking his re-election on eventual success in Iraq

ASIA

The Sonia Shock (Cover Story)

Sonia Gandhi rides a wave of resentment among India's rural poor to an electoral upset

SPORTS

The Appeal of the Familiar

Liverpool's English fans don't fancy the idea of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin buying a stake in their football club. So much for the irresistible forces of globalization

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BRIEFING

Can Nauru Stay Afloat? (Notebook)

Phosphate exports once made Nauruans among the worlds richest people, but those days are long gone