TIME International, July 29, 1996 Vol. 148 No. 5




COVER: Terror on Flight 800
Destined for Paris, a TWA Boeing 747 bursts into flames at dusk, falling into the sea off the coast of New York and setting the waters ablaze. Now, even as America mourns the 230 victims, the country must discover whether the catastrophe is the latest angry assault on its soul

The Groups Most Likely: America's bitterest enemies

Old Terrors: The unhealed wounds of Lockerbie

Security: The U.S. not been as diligent as other nations at putting tough protective measures in place at airports

TWA: Its fall and rise and fall

Among the Rescuers: Roger Rosenblatt in East Moriches


ASIA

INDIA: The Silent Scourge
India is poised to become the aids capital of the world as hiv shows signs of moving out of the big cities and into the vastly populated but undeveloped countryside where some people haven't heard of the disease, much less learned to prevent it.

SRI LANKA: Out of the Jungle
Tiger guerrillas mount a devastating assault on an army camp

CHINA: A Mayor with the Midas Touch
Dalian's Bo Zilai knows a beautiful city helps attract investors


EUROPE

BOSNIA: An Ill Wind from Montenegro
The opportunistic life of Radovan Karadzic hits a barrier


BUSINESS

MERGERS: Time Warner Gets Its Cable Guy
The company's merger with Turner Broadcasting gets a thumbs up from the FTC

DISPUTES: Lloyd's of London Mounts a Comeback
But many American "Names" aren't buying the recovery plan


SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

MEDICINE: Children's Cancer, Babies' Blood
A new treatment for leukemia may also offer hope for AIDS

HEALTH: It's the Nicotine, Stupid
A recent report shows why Dole is wrong on tobacco


THE OLYMPICS

ATLANTA: Let the Games Begin
Finally, after months of anxiety and hype, the centennial Olympics blast off with a gaudy, giddy spectacle

Dan O'Brien: The decathlete's greatest rival is himself

Cuba: Will Fidel lose more athletes in Atlanta?


THE ARTS

CINEMA: Eddie Murphy rebounds in The Nutty Professor

CINEMA: Demi Moore's Striptease is neither raunchy nor witty

CINEMA: Schwarzenegger goes smartly back to basics in Eraser

BOOKS: Random House's new Dictionary is very incentivizing

PUBLIC EYE: U.S. political novelist "Anonymous" is revealed


SIGHTINGS

PEOPLE

ESSAY: Lance Morrow on disasters and vulnerability


COVER IMAGE: Photograph by Jon Levy--AFP

INSET: Photograph for TIME by Ross Kinnaird--Allsport

Copyright 1996 Time Inc. All rights reserved.




COVER: Terror on Flight 800
Destined for Paris, a TWA Boeing 747 bursts into flames at dusk, falling into the sea off the coast of New York and setting the waters ablaze. Now, even as America mourns the 230 victims, the country must discover whether the catastrophe is the latest angry assault on its soul

The Groups Most Likely: America's bitterest enemies

Old Terrors: The unhealed wounds of Lockerbie

Security: The U.S. not been as diligent as other nations at putting tough protective measures in place at airports

TWA: Its fall and rise and fall

Among the Rescuers: Roger Rosenblatt in East Moriches


EUROPE

BOSNIA: An Ill Wind from Montenegro
The opportunistic life of Radovan Karadzic hits a barrier


AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA: A Tough Act to Follow
Mandela prepares himself and his country for his successor


THE OLYMPICS

ATLANTA: Let the Games Begin
Finally, after months of anxiety and hype, the centennial Olympics blast off with a gaudy, giddy spectacle

Dan O'Brien: The decathlete's greatest rival is himself

Cuba: Will Fidel lose more athletes in Atlanta?


BUSINESS

MERGERS: Time Warner Gets Its Cable Guy
The company's merger with Turner Broadcasting gets a thumbs up from the FTC

DISPUTES: Lloyd's of London Mounts a Comeback
But many American "Names" aren't buying the recovery plan


SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

MEDICINE: Children's Cancer, Babies' Blood
A new treatment for leukemia may also offer hope for AIDS

HEALTH: It's the Nicotine, Stupid
A recent report shows why Dole is wrong on tobacco

PUBLIC EYE: Margaret Carlson on Joe Klein
U.S. political novelist "Anonymous" is revealed


THE ARTS

CINEMA: Eddie Murphy rebounds in The Nutty Professor

CINEMA: Demi Moore's Striptease is neither raunchy nor witty

CINEMA: Schwarzenegger goes smartly back to basics in Eraser

BOOKS: Random House's new Dictionary is very incentivizing


SIGHTINGS

PEOPLE

ESSAY


COVER IMAGE: Photograph by Jon Levy--AFP

INSET: Photograph for TIME by Ross Kinnaird--Allsport

Copyright 1996 Time Inc. All rights reserved.





COVER: Terror on Flight 800
Destined for Paris, a TWA Boeing 747 bursts into flames at dusk, falling into the sea off the coast of New York and setting the waters ablaze. Now, even as America mourns the 230 victims, the country must discover whether the catastrophe is the latest angry assault on its soul

The Groups Most Likely: America's bitterest enemies

Old Terrors: The unhealed wounds of Lockerbie

Security: The U.S. not been as diligent as other nations at putting tough protective measures in place at airports

TWA: Its fall and rise and fall

Among the Rescuers: Roger Rosenblatt in East Moriches


EUROPE

BOSNIA: An Ill Wind from Montenegro
The opportunistic life of Radovan Karadzic hits a barrier


BUSINESS

MERGERS: Time Warner Gets Its Cable Guy
The company's merger with Turner Broadcasting gets a thumbs up from the FTC


THE OLYMPICS

ATLANTA: Let the Games Begin
Finally, after months of anxiety and hype, the centennial Olympics blast off with a gaudy, giddy spectacle

Dan O'Brien: The decathlete's greatest rival is himself

Cuba: Will Fidel lose more athletes in Atlanta?


SOCIETY

PUBLIC EYE: Margaret Carlson on Joe Klein
U.S. political novelist "Anonymous" is revealed


THE ARTS

CINEMA: Eddie Murphy rebounds in The Nutty Professor

CINEMA: Demi Moore's Striptease is neither raunchy nor witty

CINEMA: Schwarzenegger goes smartly back to basics in Eraser


SIGHTINGS

PEOPLE

ESSAY: Lance Morrow on disasters and vulnerability


COVER IMAGE: Photograph by Jon Levy--AFP

INSET: Photograph for TIME by Ross Kinnaird--Allsport

Copyright 1996 Time Inc. All rights reserved.