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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
No. 23
COVER
America's Medicated Army
(United States)
Thousand of troops are being given antidepressant drugs to deal with battle field stress. A TIME investigation reveals combat's heavy toll on their mental health — and why the military's efforts to treat it may be making the problem worse
BRIEFING
Farewell to Arms
(The Moment)
Australia withdraws most of its ground troops from Iraq
UNITED STATES
How He Did It
(Campaign '08 / Obama)
By building a new political machine, Barack Obama became the first insurgent Democrat in decades to dethrone a front runner. In an exclusive interview, he describes his path to a historic victory
ASIA
Lee's Blue House Blues
South Korea's President Lee Myung Bak rode a groundswell of support into office, but "the Bulldozer" is discovering that in Asia, fickle voters sometimes push back
TECHNOLOGY
Who Will Rule The New Internet?
Apple, Google and Facebook all want to build the next great platform. Inside the struggle for Web supremacy
GLOBAL BUSINESS
The Big Trouble In Small Loans
(Banking)
As large banks pile into microfinance, will profits get ahead of people?
LETTERS
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