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COVER: Trouble in Paradise
France's nuclear blast on Mururoa atoll sets off a chain reaction of rage and indignation around the world and raises questions about the future of the force de frappe

View from the South Pacific: Adventures with Greenpeace

View from Paris: Why France needs to test

View from Washington: Paris' explanation is a charade

HONG KONG: Politics Is in the Air

Local elections are coming, and a lusty democracy is born

WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Host with an Attitude

A U.N. conference comes in for surly treatment in China

THE BALKANS: The First Milestone

Negotiators agree to recognize Bosnia and split it up

THE U.S.: Betrayed by His Kisses

An inside look at Packwood's last hours before resigning

JUSTICE: Light at the End of the Trial

The O.J. Simpson case slouches slowly towards its close

IRAQ: A Defector Talks to TIME

Hussein Kamel al-Majid gives his first major interview

THE MIDDLE EAST: A Controversial Birthday Bash

Jerusalem's 3,000th stirs up a storm of protest and opposition

LIBERIA: Peace May Be at Hand

Cease-fire, a new government and now a military pullback

COLOMBIA: The Drug Lords' Nemesis

Prosecutor Alfonso Valdivieso is zealous in pursuing justice

SCIENCE: What Killed the Trilobites?

Massive volcanoes in Siberia nearly wiped out all life on earth

SPORT: A Very Happy Return

Monica Seles reclaims her game--and her life

RACING: All the King's Horsepower

Doohan speeds on his way toward consecutive world titles

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Show Business: There she stands, Miss America! But in the pageant's 75th year, what does she stand for?

Multimedia: Why do so many people feel lost in cyberspace?

Press: J.F.K. Jr. takes a political plunge with George.

SIGHTINGS

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