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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
November 22, 2004 / No. 46
COVER
Into The Hot Zone
(Middle East)
After weeks of preparation, the U.S. launches a full-scale assault to take back Fallujah. TIME follows one platoon as it carries out the most dangerous operation since the beginning of the war
ASIA
China's Shadow Banks
(Business)
Illegal lenders are siphoning money from state-owned banks, but they may do more good than harm
SOUTH PACIFIC
Caught In Their Own Web
(Crime)
TIME looks inside the police investigation into internet child pornography that has led to hundreds of arrests in Australia

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Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art
Ask Your Questions: Garrison Keillor
Weekly Acoustic News: Thanksgiving Edition
The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
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The Road on Film: Beautiful, Bleak
Obama's First State Dinner
The Princess and the Frog: Big Fun on the Bayou
Me and Orson Welles: Zac Efron Takes the Stage