Complete list of articles

MIDDLE EAST
IRAQ: The government, the U.S. and Moqtada al-Sadr have much at stake in the battle for Najaf

INTERVIEW: P.M. Iyad Allawi

TERRORISM SUMMIT: What went on at a March meeting of al-Qaeda high-ups

ASIA
SINGAPORE: Lee Hsien-Loong is only the third P.M. in 35 years

UNITED STATES
GOING OUT: Gay New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey quits amid a flurry of political intrigue

VIEWPOINT: Charles Krauthammer on the stem-cell debate

EUROPE
MEDICINE: Health-care systems in the E.U. need urgent surgery

BUSINESS
INTERNET: Maverick Jeffrey Citron is shaking up the web phone biz

SOCIETY
FATHERHOOD: Modern dads feel overextended and unappreciated

COVER
YEAR OF THE CATS Civilization is killing off lions, tigers and others. But rescue work is underway

OLYMPICS
KICKOFF: The Games open with a spectacle - and a doping scandal

THE ARTS
ART: OUT OF A PETRI DISH

MUSIC: k.d.'s Canadian ode

CINEMA: Bourne-again Joan

LETTERS
NOTEBOOK
MILESTONES
APPRECIATION: Julia Child
ESSAY: Keillor on Kafka