COVER STORY
METROPOLIS WOW
Eagerly embracing wealth and change, Shanghai has become the world’s most happening city
CULTURE: To be Shanghainese is to be neither Eastern nor Western
UNITED STATES
THE CAMPAIGN: Bush and Kerry are both keen to court women voters
IN THE ARENA: Joe Klein on the wins and spins of the first debate
MIDDLE EAST
IRAQ: An eyewitness account of the battle for the city of Samarra
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN: The newly free nation heads for presidential elections
EUROPE
E.U.: Not everyone in Club Europe is ready to welcome Turkey
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
ANZUS: The U.S. alliance is in top shape, but will it stay that way?
EDUCATION: Labor’s funding plan gets an F from private schools
ENVIRONMENT: The fate of forests has become a burning issue
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
MEDICINE: Why Vioxx was yanked off U.S. pharmacy shelves
FASHION: Milan’s borrowing spree
THE ARTS
PHOTOGRAPHY: Richard Avedon
EXHIBITIONS: Art that rocks!
CINEMA: Back to a digital future
BOOKS: A poet’s pub crawl
LETTERS
NOTEBOOK
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