The End Of Poverty (World)
In a world of plenty, 1 billion people are so poor, their lives are in danger. How to change that for good


When History Turns A Corner
People power is changing the face of the Middle East, but the democracy deal isn't sealed—yet

Escaping Arafat's Shadow
For his first interview with an English-language magazine since taking office in January, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Time's Jerusalem bureau chief, Matt Rees, and correspondent Jamil Hamad last Saturday in his West Bank office. After buzzing an aide for a cigarette (he does not carry his own pack, believing, he joked, that "this keeps down my consumption"), Abbas talked for an hour about his challenges.

Was The Killer Next Door?
Dennis Rader was a husband, father, church leader —and is now the man accused of terrorizing Wichita


Still Short In Iraq
Even if the insurgency in Iraq abates, how well prepared is the U.S. military to get on with the task of nation building?