Terror on the Tracks (Cover Story)
Europe's deadliest bombing attack in years and a claim that al-Qaeda was behind it put the continent on edge. Inside the hunt for the killers


Out of Control
South Korea invites political, diplomatic and economic turmoil by impeaching its President

The Path To Impeachment
How South Korea's Roh Moo Hyun went from savior to pariah

A New vision for Malaysia
Malaysians expected Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to be cautious, but he has quickly emerged as a bold reformer

"I Have a Different Style"
An Interview with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Breaking Away
How Malaysia's new Prime Minister compares to his predecessor

Postmortem (Viewpoint)
A courageous doctor prods Beijing to admit that Tiananmen was a "mistake"

What Women Want (Movies)
Sylvia Chang's triumphant 20:30:40 tracks three Taipei ladies from youth to the cusp of middle age


Culinary Revolutions (TIME Global Adviser | Diversions)
With these eateries, it's not just the menu that will leave you in a spin

But Does it Make toast? (TIME Global Adviser | Check In)
The world's luxury hotels are jumping on the high-tech bandwagon

Tokyo: Bittersweet Symphony (TIME Global Adviser | Next Time You're In...)
Check out some of Japan's more unusual chocolates

Coffee, Tea or Nicotine Patch? (TIME Global Adviser | Long Haul)
The friendly skies are a whole lot cleaner these days—which is bad news for the tobacco-dependent


Milestones
Achille Lauro hijacker dies

Verbatim
Quotes of the Week

Letters
The Families That Own Asia