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BURMA: Dissidents and Traffic Jams
A year after Aung San Suu Kyi's release from house arrest, authorities ignore her while supporters' cars clog her street

Interview with Suu Kyi: Seeking dialogue and not getting it

PHILIPPINES: Peace for an Angry Island
The Moros of Mindanao get a promise of eventual autonomy

INDONESIA: Rallying Around Megawati
Supporters howl when a scared President deposes his rival

"I Am the Chairwoman": Fighting peacefully for freedom

CHINA: Miffed at German Criticism
A human-rights rebuke offends Beijing and could hurt trade

BOMBAY: A Falling Real Estate Market
After defying gravity for two years, prices return to earth

LATIN AMERICA

BRAZIL: A Shadowy Figure Murdered
Did passion kill him, or was it being privy to corruption?

PANAMA: Drug-Tainted Campaign Funds
The President's admission could set off a series of scandals

MIDDLE EAST

SAUDI ARABIA: Fallout from the Bomb
Questions about the safety of the U.S. troops--and the regime

UNITED STATES

FILEGATE: A Funny Thing Happened
Scandal-hungry Republicans hoped to get at Bill and Hillary but are waylaid--for now--by low-level bunglers

VIEW FROM WASHINGTON: Dole's Harsher Edge
The Republican candidate tries to stake out tough positions

EUROPE

RUSSIA: Down to the Wire
Continuing intrigue in the Kremlin is a mere taste of what may come, as the Russians elect a President this week

AFRICA

ZAIRE: The Genocide Spreads
Hutu are massacring Tutsi in yet another country

BUSINESS

TRAVEL: Room for Growth at Hilton
With the industry booming, Hilton is relying on CEO Stephen Bollenbach's dealmaking to make it a hot property

BIZWATCH: Microsoft paranoia, Cezanne envy
Also: Help wanted--big companies are hiring

SOCIETY AND SCIENCE

MEDICINE: How to Beat HIV
Hit it hard, hit it early. Or so researchers now believe

ENVIRONMENT: Yet Another Peril of Global Warming
If the climate changes, bugs, germs and other pests may thrive

THE ARTS

COVER: The Invasion Has Begun!
People of Earth, get ready: here comes Independence Day, Hollywood's ultimate disaster epic about aliens bent on destroying the planet. It's part of a new armada of movies and TV shows in which the paranormal and the paranoiac meet

BOOKS: Nancy Friday confronts The Power of Beauty

NOTEBOOK

MILESTONES

PEOPLE

ESSAY

COVER IMAGE: Photograph for TIME by David Strick--Outline

RUSSIA: Down to the Wire
Continuing intrigue in the Kremlin is a mere taste of what may come, as the Russians elect a President this week

GERMANY: Trading with Touchy China
A human-rights resolution miffs China and could hurt trade

TURKEY: A New Course
The stop-Welfare coalition fails, and Erbakan gets his chance

VIEW FROM WASHINGTON: Dole's Harsher Edge
The Republican candidate tries to stake out tough positions

MIDDLE EAST

SAUDI ARABIA: Fallout from the Bomb
Questions about the safety of the U.S. troops--and the regime

UNITED STATES

ELECTIONS: Newt's Cookie Monster
Georgian Michael Coles is rich enough to try to oust Gingrich

FILEGATE: A Funny Thing Happened
Scandal-hungry Republicans hoped to get at Bill and Hillary but are waylaid--for now--by low-level bunglers

AFRICA

ZAIRE: The Genocide Spreads
Hutu are massacring Tutsi in yet another country

ASIA

BOMBAY: A Falling Real Estate Market
After defying gravity for two years, prices return to earth

LATIN AMERICA

BRAZIL: A Shadowy Figure Murdered
Did passion kill him, or was it being privy to corruption?

BUSINESS

COVER: Branson Takes On the Colonies
The outrageous chairman of the Virgin companies is flying high. But as with his balloons, there's some hot air involved

Takeoff: Launching a new airline for Europe

TRAVEL: Room for Growth at Hilton
With the industry booming, Hilton is relying on CEO Stephen Bollenbach's dealmaking to make it a hot property

PERSONAL FINANCE: Deadbeat and Upbeat
Americans are briskly shedding their debts by going belly-up

BIZWATCH: Microsoft paranoia, Cezanne envy
Also: Help wanted--big companies are hiring

SOCIETY AND SCIENCE

MEDICINE: How to Beat HIV
Hit it hard, hit it early. Or so researchers now believe

ENVIRONMENT: Yet Another Peril of Global Warming
If the climate changes, bugs, germs and other pests may thrive

THE ARTS

BOOKS: Nancy Friday confronts The Power of Beauty

TRAVELER'S ADVISORY

NOTEBOOK

MILESTONES

PEOPLE

ESSAY: Did they really go that-a-way? Roger Rosenblatt on the conspiracies among the dead

COVER IMAGE: Branson at his Manhattan megastore. Photograph for TIME by Ted Thai

SAUDI ARABIA: Fallout from the Bomb
Questions about the safety of the U.S. troops--and the regime

UNITED STATES

ELECTIONS: Newt's Cookie Monster
Georgian Michael Coles is rich enough to try to oust Gingrich

FILEGATE: A Funny Thing Happened
Scandal-hungry Republicans hoped to get at Bill and Hillary but are waylaid--for now--by low-level bunglers

EUROPE

RUSSIA: Down to the Wire
Continuing intrigue in the Kremlin is a mere taste of what may come, as the Russians elect a President this week

GERMANY: Trading with Touchy China
A human-rights resolution miffs China and could hurt trade

TURKEY: A New Course
The stop-Welfare coalition fails, and Erbakan gets his chance

VIEW FROM WASHINGTON: Dole's Harsher Edge
The Republican candidate tries to stake out tough positions

ASIA

BURMA: Dissidents and Traffic Jams
A year after Aung San Suu Kyi's release from house arrest, authorities ignore her while supporters' cars clog her street

PHILIPPINES: Peace for an Angry Island
The Moros of Mindanao get a promise of eventual autonomy

BOMBAY: A Falling Real Estate Market
After defying gravity for two years, prices return to earth

LATIN AMERICA

BRAZIL: A Shadowy Figure Murdered
Did passion kill him, or was it being privy to corruption?

PANAMA: Drug-Tainted Campaign Funds
The President's admission could set off a series of scandals

AFRICA

ZAIRE: The Genocide Spreads
Hutu are massacring Tutsi in yet another country

BUSINESS

TRAVEL: Room for Growth at Hilton
With the industry booming, Hilton is relying on CEO Stephen Bollenbach's dealmaking to make it a hot property

PERSONAL FINANCE: Deadbeat and Upbeat
Americans are briskly shedding their debts by going belly-up

BIZWATCH: Microsoft paranoia, Cezanne envy
Also: Help wanted--big companies are hiring

SOCIETY AND SCIENCE

MEDICINE: How to Beat HIV
Hit it hard, hit it early. Or so researchers now believe

ENVIRONMENT: Yet Another Peril of Global Warming
If the climate changes, bugs, germs and other pests may thrive

THE ARTS

BOOKS: Nancy Friday confronts The Power of Beauty

NOTEBOOK

MILESTONES

PEOPLE

ESSAY: Did they really go that-a-way? Roger Rosenblatt on the conspiracies among the dead

COVER IMAGE: Photograph for TIME by David Strick--Outline