In this issue
Edition: Asia
Edition: Asia
Vol. 161, No. 13
COVER
Awestruck
A surprise attack aimed at Saddam, plus the kickoff of the air and ground assault, shake the Iraqi regime. Inside the allied plan to finish it off for good
SPECIAL REPORT
80 Days that Changed the World
A TIME special anniversary issue looking back at the most significant events of the past 80 years
ARTS
Beautiful Garbage
Artist Jerry Swaffield wants to rummage through your rubbish—and make something beautiful of it
The Tone Is Jet Black
Hollywood's new color coordination: mix a Chinese action star with an African-American actor
He Shall Bear Witness
A Frenchman's memoirs shed new light on the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge
HEALTH
On the Trail of an Asian Contagion
A deadly new virus from China sparks fears of a global pandemic and frustration over Beijing's secretive health-care system
TRAVEL
Unspoiled Vietnam
(Time Traveler)
The Thrill of Getting There First
Keeping Time (Time Traveler)
What to do and see in Asia this month
Detour: China Beach, Vietnam (Time Traveler)
Beggars with great tans

Back to Brideshead
A Pope Who Engages Secularists
Pictures of the Week
Turning Up the Heat on Polygamists
Twilight and True Blood at Comic Con
How Sudan Was Brought to Court
Facebook: Movement or Business?
A New Cold War in the Caribbean?
Should Genetic Tests Be Regulated?
Hasbro's Legal War On Scrabulous