In this issue
Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
No. 49
COVER
Can Bush Find An Exit?
(Cover Story)
The President is about to get a very public intervention from the Baker Commission. Will Bush listen to an old family friend, or will stubbornness prevail?
ASIA
Capitalism Comes to Afghanistan
The commercial landscape is rife with risk, but hardy entrepreneurs and multinational giants are betting that the Afghan economy will rise from the ashes
NOTEBOOK
Fiji's Fuse Burns Faster
Fiji's Fuse Burns Faster
Labor Picks a New Leader
Labor Picks a New Leader
Add Soap, Spin
An Indonesian mining company blamed for a disastrous flood of mud in Java tries a novel way of cleaning up its image

Twilight Sequel New Moon Sets Records at the Box Office
Climate Central: Training Pilots to Land on Skis
Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
Cartoons of the Week
The Weekly Acoustic News
Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World
Silvio Berlusconi and the Politics of Sex
Pictures of the Week
Short List: TIME's Weekly Critics' Picks
Piecing Together Nabokov's Last Novel