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Town Hall Titans
Meet five big city bosses — the mayors of Rome, London, Stockholm, Berlin and Paris — who are tackling the challenges of contemporary urban life with new energy and ideas.
The Action Man
Walter Veltroni / Rome
The Traffic Cop
Ken Livingstone / London
The Homemaker
Annika Billström / Stockholm
The Glamour Guy
Klaus Wowereit / Berlin
The Quality Controller
Bertrand Delanoe / Paris

What's Right With Germany [July 26, 2004]
Europe Then and Now [Aug. 18, 2003]
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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: Veltroni | Livingstone | Billstrom | Wowereit | Delanoë | Back to TIMEeurope.com Home
FROM THE MAY 16, 2005 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2005.

Photo-montage by Gareth Burgess. Veltroni: Nick Cornish for Time; Billström: Leif R. Ransson—Scanpix; Wowereit: Herlinde Koelbl—Focus; Delanoë: Frederic Le Lan—REA; Livingstone: Rune Hellestad—Corbis

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