--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: October 13th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 14 | Asia, South Pacific image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # October 13, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 14October 13, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 14  Issue name October 13th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 14 | Asia, South Pacific Issue date October 13, 2014 Location Asia, South Pacific [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentHealthIdeasWorld ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Alan Cumming's Boyhood Was No Cabaret The actor's funny, heartbreaking new memoir recalls his struggles with an abusive father and his journey from the Scottish Highlands to Broadway [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Harvest Boon: 7 Great Fall Books A month of reaping great reads ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### The Race to Stop Ebola in Africa What the world needs to do to fight the deadly virus [Health](/section/health/) ### Ebola Arrives in America The West African epidemic lands stateside ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Our Dysfunctional Financial System Tapes of what really happens between bankers and regulators show how far we have to go ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Hong Kong Stands Up Why the territory’s fight for democracy is a challenge for China [World](/section/world/) ### Marina’s Moment Born into poverty, Marina Silva has a chance to unseat Dilma Rousseff and become Brazil’s next President. Can she do it? [World](/section/world/) ### Plotting Putin’s Downfall Russia’s President let Mikhail Khodorkovsky out of prison. Was that a bad miscalculation? [World](/section/world/) ### World (2 Oct 2014) [World](/section/world/) ### America’s Real Problem in Iran: Ayatullah Khamenei The country’s most powerful person isn’t interested in diplomacy [World](/section/world/) ### The Culture (2 Oct 2014) [World](/section/world/) ### Milestones (2 Oct 2014) [World](/section/world/) ### A Risky Business [World](/section/world/) ### Meet Pepsi's Indra Nooyi The Big Soda boss is pledging a less sugary future October 13th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 14 | Asia, South Pacific ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"October 13th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 14 | Asia, South Pacific","item":"https://time.com/magazine/south-pacific/3456001/october-13th-2014-vol-184-no-14-asia-south-pacific/"}]}]} ```