Is Your Computer Watching You? Programs you may have downloaded onto your computer have the ability to monitor what you do — even when you're not online
The Privacy Divide Governments differ on how much and what type of privacy should be protected
E U R O P E Germany: Germany Pays Up German government and business agree to compensate the slave laborers who worked for the Nazis during the war
Germany: Sharing the Burden TIME talks with author Carola Stern about her call for all Germans to help compensate former forced laborers
Sweden: A Taxing Problem The European Commission forced Sweden to change its strict restrictions on alcohol imports. Now their high liquor tax may go too. Will a rise in drinking result?
B U S I N E S S Spain's Telefónica Troubles Will chairman Juan Villalonga be forced to resign amid allegations that he has violated insider trading laws?
He's Having a Mall J.W. (Joe) Kaempfer is bringing discount culture to the staid commercial enclaves of Europe
M I D D L E E A S T On the Road to Peace Getting Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak to parley at Camp David was no mean feat. But just as difficult was the dogged diplomacy that brought them there in the first place
T E C H N O L O G Y Stamping Out Mines Two machines designed in the U.K. offer hope for ssafe and speedy removal of war's deadly leftovers
S O C I E T Y What Money Can't Buy In a scathing book, super-shopper Mouna Ayoub claims her life married to a rich Saudi was hell
T H E A R T S Fashion: Forty Years of Valentino Valentino has been dressing the world's richest women since he was 27. This year he celebrates with big plans for the future
Cinema: Unleashing a Storm The storm in the The Perfect Storm is this year's big digital creation. Is it believable?
Theater: Wickedly Good Fun Director Cameron Mackintosh stages a musical version of The Witches of Eastwick in London
