The Race Is On (Campaign 2008)
With candidates on both sides declaring, it feels like 2008's U.S. presidential election season is already in full swing. Now all the presidential hopefuls have to do is work out their answers to tricky problems like Iraq or religion, find the right staff—and raise a lot of cash. A guide to a very open race


Economists' Long Term Fears for the World (TIME's Board Of Economists)
TIME's panel of experts predicts continued growth for 2007. But the U.S. and Europe remain unprepared for their long-term decline in power


Ode to a Murdered Turkish Editor
Elif Shafak looks back on the life of Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor murdered in Istanbul


New Asian Mission for Papal Favorite (Religion)
Benedict's church looks eastwards for potential new converts

Salvagers Fill Their Shipwreck Shopping List (Britain)
Pollution fears from storm-damaged container ship give way to harvest from the sea

10 Questions For Serbian Moderate PM Candidate Bozidar Djelic (Interview)
Djelic talks to TIME about NATO, Kosovan independence and the ghost of Milosevic


In the Hall of the Mountain King (Time Traveler)
A new spa proves irresistible in the Swiss hamlet of Arosa

Country Aria (Curtain Raiser)
Grand country houses are the perfect setting for English opera

The Royal Retreat (Check In)
Cleanse the body and nourish the soul at Dubai's Royal Mirage resort

The Robots are Coming (On Show)
Sci-fi humanoids and robotic dogs are on show in New York

Looking Radiant (Tech Watch)
Get energized with illuminated clothing


A Prejudice Goes Pop
Mika is the latest music sensation on the cusp of stardom, and it's O.K. to let yourself like him


Putting More Boots on the Ground
Which Way Forward?; A Tyrant's Tawdry End; Funds to Fight Malaria