COVER STORIES
COVER: Troubled Anniversary
When Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia, he brought the promise of thoroughgoing economic and military reform. A year later, he has consolidated his grip on both power and public affection, but just what has he delivered?

RUSSIA: Young and Lost in St. Petersburg
The face of despair in the former Czarist capital
The New Plague: HIV is spreading at an alarming rate
An Ill Wind: Tuberculosis' mounting toll

E U R O P E
GERMANY: Radical History
The Foreign Minister is brought face to face with his past

DIVORCE: Becker vs. Becker
Tennis star Boris fights a trans-Atlantic child custody battle

UNITED STATES
INAUGURATION: Where's the Champagne?
Washington celebrates: a guide to the parties

CRIME: Texas and the Seven Hoods
The escape was planned for months-and it had a mastermind

A S I A
THAILAND: Thais Love Thaksin
Can the billionaire new Prime Minister deliver on his promises?

S O C I E T Y
THE SEXES: I Surrender All
Is a submissive wife the key to a happy marriage?

S C I E N C E
GENETICS: Monkey with a Difference
An extra gene raises scientists' hopes-and ethical concerns
Engineering Humans: What should the rules be?

SPACE: Planetary Puzzler
A distant, giant world has astronomers scratching their head

B U S I N E S S
AVIATION: Slicing Up the Sky
What the end of TWA portends for airlines-and passengers
The Congestion Crisis: Five steps to a solution

I N N O V A T O R S
TRAVEL: Old Paths for New
Who will take us around the world in the new millennium?

T H E   A R T S
CINEMA: Macho man Mel Gibson reveals his feminine side

MUSIC: Grammy fortune smiles on Destiny's Child

BOOKS: A brilliant first novel about a child genius
A follow-up coming-of-age memoir that falls just short

TRAVELER'S ADVISORY

LETTERS

NOTEBOOK

MILESTONES

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