Is A Human Pandemic Next? (Avian Flu | Gauging the Threat)
Bird flu is erupting across Asia, devastating the region's poultry population. And this could be just the beginning

Market Jitters (Avian Flu | Gauging the Threat)
SARS was an economic disaster. Could bird flu be as bad?

A Long, Slow Journey (Avian Flu | Gauging the Threat)
Searching for a bird flu vaccine

Just The Facts (Avian Flu | Gauging the Threat)
Frequently Asked Questions about avian influenza


Dead Men Tell No Tales (Letter from China)
A disgraced city official plunges to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed?


Old Tactic, New Peril (Notebook | Afghanistan)
In Afghanistan and Iraq, enemies of the U.S. War on Terror step up their recruitment of suicide bombers

A Long Road Home (Notebook | Korea)
In North Korea, prisoners of a fifty-year-old war still languish

Milestones
TV pioneer Jack Paar dies

Verbatim
Quotes of the Week

Letters
Who is the real Howard Dean?

Grab Your Party Frock (TIME Global Adviser | Curtain Raiser)
How far will you go for a party? Check out Alice Is Wonderland deep in the Australian outback

Triumphal Arch (TIME Global Adviser: Diversions)
Shanghai's hottest new bar is a focal point for the city's most discerning style aficionados

Love Is in the Air (TIME Global Adviser | Cost of Living it Up)
Want to make a romantic statement? Take to the skies

"Fruity, With a Hint of Chemicals" (TIME Global Adviser | Grapevine)
South Africa's wine growers go to war against offensive preservatives

Oxford: Pitt Stop (TIME Global Adviser | Next Time You're In...)
Journey to the farthest reaches of the Victorian world at the gloriously eccentric Pitt Rivers Museum

Style Watch (TIME Global Adviser)
Keep on Truckin'