Table of Contents Subscribe to TIME More Stories {A Brief} History of Heroes TIME loves a Hero The Heroes Brave Hearts Simona Pari & Simona Torretta Sorious Samura Ilya Lyubimsky Ervigio Corral Torres Vika & Olya Kallagova Creator Nick Hornby Sylvie Guillem Alchemist Sabriye Tenberken Innovator Jane Goodall Carlo Petrini Claude Nobs Activist Fadéla Amara Jan Pfeiffer Aida Seif El Dawla Olympians Otylia Jedrzejczak Hicham El Guerrouj Helping Hand Vilho Kivikangas Emma Thompson Marie Cammal Anita Roddick Crime Fighter Carla del Ponte Reformer Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Hate Buster Hasan Saltik Inspiration Ellen MacArthur Mstislav Rostropovich Steffi Graf Green Team Orri Vigfússon TIME Archive Heroes 2004 [4/28/03] Asian Heroes 2004 — ADVERTISEMENT — Our Top Stories On New Year's Eve, the Miseries of Minsk As Russia hikes up the cost of gas for Belarus, the mood turns gloomy Mogadishu at 60 Miles an Hour Arms merchants are once again doing brisk business after a rapid change of power in this tough town, but so far the peace has held The Year of The Nuke A rundown of the world's nuclear powerhouses, and what to expect in the coming months QUICK LINKS Simona Pari & Simona Torretta :: Sorious Samura :: Nick Hornby :: Sabriye Tenberken :: Jane Goodall :: Fadéla Amara :: Otylia Jedrzejczak :: Jan Pfeiffer :: Vilho Kivikangas :: Carlo Petrini :: Aida Seif El Dawla :: Claude Nobs :: Ilya Lyubimsky :: Emma Thompson Carla del Ponte :: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala :: Hasan Saltik :: Ellen MacArthur :: Orri Vigfússon :: Hicham El Guerrouj :: Marie Cammal :: Anita Roddick :: Mstislav Rostropovich :: Steffi Graf :: Ervigio Corral Torres :: Sylvie Guillem :: Vika & Olya Kallagova Back to TIMEeurope.com Home  Copyright © 2004 Time Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Subscribe | Customer Service | Search | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Media Kit | Press Releases Try AOL UK for 1 month FREE | Try FOUR free issues of TIME TIME Global Adviser | TIME Next | Secret Capitals EDITIONS: TIME.com | TIME Asia | TIME Canada | TIME Europe | TIME Pacific | TIME For Kids