FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

Mean Streets (Cover Story)

Asia tries to cut fatality rates on the regions roads, the worlds most chaotic and dangerous highways

ASIA

Terrorism's Harvest

How al-Qaeda is tapping into the opium trade to finance its operations and destabilize Afghanistan

Unnatural Disaster

South Asia reels from a double blow of flooding and drought, problems that will only get worse without better water management

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

To the Limit (Arts/Theater)

Cate Blanchett's Hedda pushes the envelope