In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 166 No. 9
COVER
Why You Can't Ignore Kanye
More GQ than gangsta, Kanye West is challenging the way rap thinks about race and classand striking a chord with fans of all stripes
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WORLD
Killers in the Neighborhood
Exclusive: How the death squads came to Washash and turned Shi'ites and Sunnis against one another
NOTEBOOK
Was Mohammed Atta overlooked?
The former 9/11 commission chairman, Tom Kean, is lashing out at the Bush Administration

Twilight Sequel New Moon Sets Records at the Box Office
Climate Central: Training Pilots to Land on Skis
Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
Cartoons of the Week
The Weekly Acoustic News
Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World
Silvio Berlusconi and the Politics of Sex
Pictures of the Week
Short List: TIME's Weekly Critics' Picks
Piecing Together Nabokov's Last Novel