Italy's Cup (Cover Story)
After a final that had drama from the first minute to last, the Azzurri win the World Cup for the fourth time


10 Questions: Ma Ying-jeou (Interview)
TIME talks to the Taipei mayor and KMT party chairman


Reading Rooms (TIME Global Adviser)
Reading's new Forbury hotel brings luxe lodgings to Britain's Blackberry set

The Great Outdoors (TIME Global Adviser)
Trekking in the footsteps of Alexander

Top Banana (TIME Global Adviser)
Suni Magyar's Kampala boutique sells fashionable, folksy crafts for any home

One Night in Johannesburg (TIME Traveler)
TIME's experts give their tips on how to spend your time

Mapping Out the Future (TIME Global Adviser)
Geographical mashups are bringing online maps to a whole new level

Japan Takes Flight
As the economy lifts off, central bankers appear poised to end the country's easy-money era


Chasing Cambodia's Ghosts
A Canadian prosecutor seeks justice before Cambodia's newly-formed genocide tribunal

Q & A: Lieut. General David Richards
"We Can't Let Afghanistan Drift Back to Pre-9/11"

Dangerous Dive
The perils and politics of swimming in China's Pearl River

Milestones

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Letters
The End of al-Zarqawi