TIME International

COVER: India's Voters Throw the Rascals Out
Pundits predicted the elections would be chaotic and produce no consensus. Not so. Peacefully, thoughtfully, the Indian people sent a clear message: the Congress party, led by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, had to go. It was the worst defeat ever for the party that has ruled the country for most of the past 45 years. The big winner was the Hindu nationalist organization that will now try to form a governing coalition

MIDDLE EAST

QANA: What Really Happened?
Israel, whose artillery fire bludgeoned a U.N. base here on April 18, insists the attack was a disastrous accident. But a top-level U.N. inquiry now concludes that "it is highly unlikely" that Israeli gunners simply erred

ISRAEL: Which Way to Peace?
Shimon Peres and Benjamin Netanyahu woo the voters in the middle, who will choose the country's next Prime Minister

UNITED STATES

CRIME: Death of a Scientist
A famous Japanese researcher is gunned down in California

SPECIAL REPORT

TRAVEL: Getting Away to Terra Incognita
As global tourism flourishes, once little-trod paths have become superhighways. Where to escape the rush? TIME's correspondents and contributors offer some suggestions. These spots may not be familiar, but they're fabulous

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

TECHNOLOGY: Mario's Super Comeback
An advance look at Nintendo's dazzling new system
Shigeru Miyamoto: The Spielberg of video games

MEDICINE: A Pill to Treat Impotence?
Searching for a painless solution to an embarrassing problem

COVER: The Real Science of Tornadoes
It's twister season, in Hollywood and in Kansas and real-life scientists are chasing tornadoes all across the American plains to understand what triggers nature's most terrifying storms
The Movie: Does it live up to the hype?
Weather Voyeurism: Destructo-videos are hotter than ever
World of Storms: Telling a tornado from a typhoon

THE ARTS

THEATER: Two nonrevivals make Broadway's final curtain

CINEMA: Someone flapping his way into the hearts of millions, again

MUSIC: The single makes a comeback -- as a CD

MULTIMEDIA: Canada's Robert Lepage is a one-man Hamlet

TO OUR READERS

TRAVELER'S ADVISORY

NOTEBOOK

MILESTONES

PEOPLE

ESSAY

COVER IMAGE: Photograph by John Moore -- AP

MUTUAL DEFENSE: A Push Toward Self-Reliance
European leaders lack the muscle to tackle global security problems. That must change, governments vow, as they hatch plans for a new European command structure

VIEWPOINT: Backsliding in Bosnia
Richard Holbrooke says some Dayton signatories are faltering

ASIA

COVER: India's Voters Throw the Rascals Out
Pundits predicted the elections would be chaotic and produce no consensus. Not so. It was the worst defeat ever for the party that has ruled the country for most of the past 45 years

MIDDLE EAST

QANA: What Really Happened?
Black banners in this southern Lebanese village decry the "barbarity" of Israel, whose artillery fire bludgeoned a U.N. base here on April 18. Israel insists the attack was a disastrous accident. But a top-level U.N. inquiry now concludes that "it is highly unlikely" that Israeli gunners simply erred

ISRAEL: Which Way to Peace?
Shimon Peres and Benjamin Netanyahu woo the voters in the middle, who will choose the country's next Prime Minister

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA: De Klerk Takes a Walk
Ending his alliance with Mandela, the former President says it's time to establish a "strong and vigilant opposition"

LATIN AMERICA

GUATEMALA: An American Nun's Ordeal
Sister Dianna Ortiz's search for the man she says led a gang that raped her has thrown a spotlight on the secret ties between the CIA and the Guatemalan military