The Strange Case of Haji Bashar Noorzai
An Afghan Warlord. Accused Drug Kingpin. American Informant. Inside the Afghan Drug War


Back to the Couch (Medicine)
First there was psychotherapy, then pills took the lead. Now the talking cure is getting a new hearing

Indonesia's Foreseeable Floods
Jakarta's failure to fix its serious infrastructure problems may have exacerbated the havoc wreaked by a week of devastating rains

Netting Bangladesh's "Big Fish"
In Dhaka, the interim government is rounding up top Bangladeshi politicians on corruption allegations

Raising the Climate Stakes
A U.N. panel calls global-warming evidence "unequivocal" and lays the blame on humans