Person of the Year 2003: The American Soldier (Cover Story | Person of the Year)
They swept across Iraq and conquered it in 21 days. They caught Saddam Hussein. They are the face of America, its might and good will, in a region unused to democracy

People Who Mattered: Jiang Yanyong (Cover Story | Person of the Year)
The doctor who blew the whistle on China's SARS epidemic


SARS Gets Loose in the Lab
An army medical researcher in Taiwan falls ill, prompting quarantines and questions

Pax Interrupta
For the first time in 140 years, Bhutan goes to war

Searching for the Stork
A TV personality's struggle to have children casts harsh light on Japan's conservative healthcare establishment

Eulogy: Blas Ople
Remembering the Philippines' wily Foreign Secretary

Milestones
Events of the Week

Letters
The Love Him, Hate Him President

Paradise to Let (TIME Global Adviser)
Looking for idyllic privacy? Why not rent a private island for a week?

Best Boots Forward (TIME Global Adviser | Style Watch)
Our top five picks for fashionable cold-weather footgear