A S I A
PHILIPPINES: School for Hackers
The Love Bug's Manila birthplace is just one of many Third World virus breeding grounds

CHINA: The China Drive
As Washington prepares to vote on trade, GM finds profits in the Middle Kingdom

VIETNAM: Loose Ends
Motivated by family history, two Americans set out to to find a maimed woman who came to symbolize a tragic war

THAILAND: Collision Course
The country's brash central banker pulls no punches

AFGHANISTAN: 'Washington Needs An Enemy'
Web-only Interview: A leading member of Afghanistan's Taliban speaks about terrorism, Osama bin Laden and human rights
• An Eye for an Eye
Web-only Interview: Afghanistan's Minister of Justice gives his first ever interview to a foreign journalist

T H E   A R T S
CINEMA: Devil in the Making
Chinese director Jiang Wen promises to wow them at Cannes, even as Beijing censors attempt to block his latest effort

BOOKS: High Kicks
The rise and fall of Japanese football

E N D   P A G E S
TRAVEL WATCH
Laos Unplugged: Living Life in the Slow Lane

SPOTLIGHT

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