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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
No. 6
COVER
The Strange Case of Haji Bashar Noorzai
An Afghan Warlord. Accused Drug Kingpin. American Informant. Inside the Afghan Drug War
SOCIETY
Back to the Couch
(Medicine)
First there was psychotherapy, then pills took the lead. Now the talking cure is getting a new hearing
NOTEBOOK
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

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