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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
No. 14
COVER
While You Were Sleeping
Dreams were long dismissed as neurological garbage, but now scientists are beginning to probe the secrets of our nightly visions
SOUTH PACIFIC
Waves of Devastation
(Briefing)
The tsunami is but the latest misery to hit a long-suffering people
ASIA
Sri Lanka: Endless War
Sri Lanka has been in the grip of a bloody civil conflict for more than two decades. Can the cycle of violence ever be broken?

Cartoons of the Week
The Financial Crisis: What Would the Talmud Do?
Top 10 Scared Stock Traders of the Week
Body of Lies: Leonardo of Arabia
John McCain, Stop Singing My Song!
French Novelist Le Clézio: A Nobel Surprise
10 Questions for Lance Armstrong
Photos: The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
How Nobel Winners Spend Their Prize Money
Postcard: British Cops Get Tough