The Scandal's Growing Stain (Cover Story)
Abuses by U.S. soldiers in Iraq shock the world and roil the Bush administration. The inside story of what went wrong—and who's to blame


Tribal Tribulations
A campaign to flush out Islamic militants hiding in Pakistan's Wild West tests the will of Islamabad and the U.S.


How the Incumbent Rules
In Canberra, staying in power is easier than winning it in the first place


Trouble Brewing
Why are the world's largest beer brewers fighting over a company in northeast China?

Law and Borders
New Zealand worries that its amiable image is attracting entirely the wrong kind of people


Troy Story (Arts/Cinema)
How did an Iliad adaptation turn into an endless moviemaking odyssey? Blame hurricanes, turtles, Bulgarian weight lifters ...

Trousers on the Prowl (Arts/Fashion)
In Sydney, the catwalks accentuate the masculine


Seabed Sickness
After a year of fierce public debate, a controversial law on ownership of the nation's foreshores and seabed passed its first reading in Parliament