What Makes a Hero? (HEROES | A SEARCH FOR MEANING)
TIME salutes people who remind us what it means to make a difference


Life After Cheesecake
Hanna and Magdalena Graaf, Sweden

A Stone in the Eye Of Brute Force
Nebahat Akkoc, Turkey

Goodwill Comes In Waves
Brother Isidoro Macias, Spain

Metering Out Hope
Hannes Urban, Austria

Noble Dream
Christina Noble, Ireland

The Naked Chef Bares His Heart
Jaime Oliver, Britain

International Velvet
Simon Panek, Czech Republic

Peter's Sense of Charity
Peter Hoeg, Denmark

On the Shoulders Of A Giant
Dikembe Mutombo, Congo


Found What He's Looking For
Bono, Ireland

Dying To Get Aids Drugs To All
Zackie Achmat, South Africa

At War Against War Crimes
Natasa Kandic, Serbia

She Took a Bullet for Peace
Caoimhe Butterly, Ireland

Economic Justice, Cup By Cup
Leonard Von Baelen, Belgium


One Woman's Wealth Of Care
Albina Du Boisrouvray, France

The Children's Crusade
Carine Russo, Belgium

The Kids Are Alright
Roger Daltrey, Britain


Can France Put a Cork In It?
With U.S. boycotts hurting French wine exports, Chirac and winemakers alike are trying to make amends

Dogfight
Amid a down market in regional jets — with recovery on the way — Bombardier and Embraer show their teeth

A Cutthroat Business
Do shavers really want triple-blade disposables?


A Suicidal Spring
Suicide by self immolation is a worrying trend in the Czech Republic

True Freedom?
For whom should assisted suicide be available

Britain's Secret Army
The U.K.'s top cop shows how the army and police used loyalist killers during the Ulster Troubles


Padua (ON YOUR OWN TIME | PADUA)
It?s not flashy, just quietly beautiful and deeply satisfying. Padua brims with subtle charms


Not Your Mother's Bingo
The pensioners' pastime is getting a makeover. Are ladettes going to swap cocktails for game cards?

Acting Out Against Racism (HEROES | FIGHTING HATE)
Iris Berben, Italy

Hunting Down The Naked Truth (HEROES | FIGHTING HATE)
Mirceau Dinescu, Romania

Power Comes To The French Slums (HEROES | FIGHTING HATE)
Claude Bebear, France

Think Locally And Grow Globally (HEROES | FIGHTING HATE)
Andrea Riccardi, Italy


A Light In The Black Triangle (HEROES | GREEN TEAM)
Josef Krecek, Czech Republic

A Whale of Opportunity (HEROES | GREEN TEAM)
Asbjörn Björgvinsson Iceland

Setting Free The Bears (HEROES | GREEN TEAM)
Yannis Boutaris, Greece


A Rock In A Hard Place
Sergei Kostin, Ukraine

Lifeboats in the Fields of Poland
Tomasz and Barbara Sadowski, Poland

Tools That Change Lives
Nick Moon, Britain Martin Fisher, Africa


Turning Fear Into Magic (HEROES | INSPIRATIONS)
J.K. Rowling, Britain

Surgical Strike For Peace (HEROES | INSPIRATIONS)
Dr. Khaled Abu Ajamia, West Bank

The Joy Of Becks (HEROES | INSPIRATIONS)
David Beckham, Britain

Cracking Down on al-Qaeda
Stefano Dambruoso, Italy

Disquiet On The Chechen Front (HEROES | INSPIRATIONS)
Anna Politkovskaya, Russia

The British Way Of War (HEROES | BRAVE HEARTS)
James Moulton, Britain


Uday's Maiden? (NOTEBOOK | IRAQ)
A medieval torture device is found at the administrative compound of the Olympic committee in central Baghdad

The Comeback Kid (NOTEBOOK | WORLDWATCH)
Will the Argentinians forgive Carlos Menem for the colapse of their economy in 2001?

Heavy Metal (NOTEBOOK | BIZ WATCH)
Engineering CEO's face tough times


My Life as a Dog
Dan Rhodes' novel is a dark and beguiling tale about the strange affections of a man and his pooch

The Bad in Goodness
In his last two books, Richard Price journeyed to the streets. In this powerful novel, he explores himself

The Berlin Wall Lives!
Goodbye Lenin!, an unlikely comedy fueled by nostalgia for East Germany, is a box-office smash

Moving the Mountain (ARTS | MOVIES)
A meditation on memory and denial, Atom Egoyan's Ararat explores the Armenian genocide of 1915

A Masterpiece Remade (ARTS | MUSEUMS)
Vienna's glorious Albertina Palace reopens