
C O V E R S T O R Y
ONE OF US
Robert Wright on why people still back Clinton
GLASS HOUSES
Margaret Carlson on Republican adultery
B U S I N E S S
CAPITALISM IMPERILED
With shares and currencies gyrating, governments are finding it harder to resist temptation to meddle in the markets
VIEWPOINT
David C. Roche on why Brazil matters
T H E A R T S
CINEMA
Taiwan's movies win awards, not viewers
E N D P A G E S
SPOTLIGHT
MILESTONES
ESSAY
Memories of a personal opium war
TRAVEL WATCH
No place like a home away from home
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A S I A
THE PLOT TO KILL THE DALAI LAMA
India: Police arrest two men in an alleged scheme to blow up the Tibetan spiritual leader on behalf of a rival Buddhist sect
FAITH HEALING
Pakistan: With his country on the verge of collapse, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attempts to impose strict Islamic law
WAR TALK
Iran and the Taliban turn up the heat
GROWLING STOMACHS
Indonesia: Looting and demonstrations rise along with the price of rice
FAMILIAR STORY
Cambodia: Hun Sen backs his rivals into a possible compromise
VIEWPOINT
Jeffrey A. Winters on Malaysia's thunderbolt
FAMILY FEUD
Religion: The empire of Korean-born Rev. Sun Myung Moon is tarnished by scandal and squabbling within his immediate family
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