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Edition: Asia
Edition: Asia
Vol. 169, No. 18
COVER
The Most Influential People in The World
Here's our list of the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world
The Alt TIME 100 (Essay)
A list for the rest of us, featuring lots of reality-TV stars, plus Sanjaya's hair
GLOBAL ADVISER
Elba Room
(Grapevine)
You'll dream of permanent exile on this rustic farm
Get a Kick Out of Cans (The best-ever ... tinned tapas)
A Barcelona bar has raised tinned tapas to a modern art form
It's a Shore Thing (Your Health)
Seaweed is showing up in an increasing variety of products, from skin creams to sports socks
Globetrotting (TIME Traveler)
From Spain to East Timor, six great routes for runners
BUSINESS
Altitude Sickness
India's soaring air-travel industry is starting to fall back to earth because aged airports can't carry the load
ARTS
Photography: Disappearing Act
A new book of pictures of Shanghai provides a haunting memory of the city's fast-vanishing past
Books: Alone on the Range
A Eurasian writer's childhood in the U.S. heartland underlines the link between intolerance and fear
BRIEFING
Verbatim
Quotes of the Week
Inbox

Tech Buyer's Guide
Haus Beautiful: the Impact of Bauhaus
Pictures of the Week
Photos: Bernie Madoff's Stuff Goes Up for Auction
Does Mexico City Need a Red-Light District?
The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
2012: End-of-World Disaster Porn
The Troubled Journey of Major Hasan
Photos: A Muslim Candidate's Unconventional Strategy
U.S. Crime Writer Tackles a Real Hong Kong Cold Case