A S I A
INDONESIA: No Pain, No Gain
As East Timorese decide on their future, continuing violence threatens to muddy the outcome of the historic vote

• Interview: Xanana Gusmão looks to independence

• Viewpoint: Megawati and the army still don't get it

SOUTH KOREA: Samsung Slugger
Lee Seung Yup sets his sights on the Asian home-run record

INDIA: Lost Tribe
In the hills of Mizoram, some locals are convinced they are descended from one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel

LINE OF FIRE: Fighting Unfit
Neither China nor Taiwan can afford a war now

T H E   W O R L D
LATIN AMERICA: Chokepoint
Efforts to make the Panama Canal profitable prompt a furor as rights are granted to a Hong Kong shipping company

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SPOTLIGHT

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