C O V E R
T H E   O L Y M P I C   G A M E S

COVER: 16 Days of Glory
Sydney looks back on a happy and harmonious sports fest

ATHLETICS: Cathy Comes Home
Freeman achieves more than a gold medal in the 400 m

POLE VAULT: Head over Heels
Feisty Tatiana Grigorieva gives Stacy Dragila a height fright

HOCKEY: Giving Them Stick
The Hockeyroos prove they are one of the world's best teams

BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Sand Ball
Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst send the Brazilians nuts

VIEWPOINT: Land of Mirages
The Australia American journalists see is a strange place

SAILING: Setting a New Course
The 470-class gold medalists have a secret weapon

WRESTLING: Impossible Dream
Rulon Gardner can hardly believe he beat Alexander Karelin

TAEKWONDO: Petite packs punch

OLYMPIC SCENE: Boxing with Felix

A S I A
INDONESIA: Doctor's Excuse
Protests erupt as Suharto is ruled medically unfit for trial

JAPAN: Up in Smoke
Anti-cigarette activists try to rally against the tobacco lobby

E U R O P E
YUGOSLAVIA: A Dictator's Comeuppance
Slobodan Milosevic lost the election but he won't go quietly

DENMARK: A Ringing No
The impact of Danes' rejection of the euro will be felt for years

M I D D L E   E A S T
ISRAEL: Will Bibi Be Back?
Benjamin Netanyahu may re-enter the political fray

B U S I N E S S
CELL PHONES: Cause for Concern?
Manufacturers will now disclose how much radiation they emit

OIL: Pumping Up Prices
The new leader of OPEC leads an increasingly defiant cartel

S C I E N C E   A N D   S O C I E T Y
SPACE: NASA in Hollywood
Its best missions behind it, the agency is desperate for a hit

ARCHEOLOGY: Egypt's City of Mummies
Treasures from one of the richest finds since King Tut's tomb

A R T S
SHOW BUSINESS: Gore Vidal relives The Golden Age of politics in a new novel and a Broadway revival

EXHIBITIONS: Iceland's museum of private parts

CINEMA: A coldly glamorous Ben Affleck
The seductive world of The Emperor and the Assassin

MUSIC: First-class tripping with Brad Mehldau

Emmylou Harris returns with another heartbreaker

LETTERS

NOTEBOOK

PERSONAL TIME

PEOPLE

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