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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
Dec. 19, 2005
COVER
The Best Photos of the Year
(Cover Story)
They are the indelible images that captured the events and emotions of 2005: natural disasters, war, democracy's spread, sorrow and fleeting glimpses of beauty
NOTEBOOK
Couture for the Globe
The fight for fair trade hits the runway
Down with The King?
Bhutan's monarch is pushing his subjects to adopt democracy
Gunfire in Guangdong
Police open fire on protesters in a southern Chinese village
SPORT
Keep It Simple, Sport
Never mind the drawing board: Australia's coaches must go back even further

Cartoons of the Week
Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
The Weekly Acoustic News
Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World
Photos: Silvio Berlusconi and the Politics of Sex
Pictures of the Week
Short List: TIME's Weekly Critics' Picks
Piecing Together Nabokov's Last Novel
Photos: Peru's Sacred Glacier Is Melting
New Moon Review: Team Jacob Ascending