COVER STORIES
Special Report : The Hand Of Death
SCENES FROM THE AIDS FRONT
No other place on earth has been as devastated by the virus as southern Africa. This is the story of what happens when a disease infects not just individuals but entire societies-swallowing families, communities and hopes, and raising the question of whether the rest of the world's reluctance to do more against this modern curse amounts to an enormous crime against humanity

ASIA
INDONESIA: Parading On His Reign
With students on the streets of Jakarta and parliament anxious to impeach, President Abdurrahman Wahid faces a highly uncertain future
Interview: Amien Rais wants Gus Dur gone

EUROPE
TERRORISM: The Lockerbie Verdict
Twelve years after a mid-air explosion caused 270 deaths, a unanimous ruling sets one Libyan free and convicts another
Evidence: The shadowy world of intelligence agencies
Tripoli: Once and future Bride of the Mediterranean

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
RECYCLING: How Do You Junk a Computer?
Old PCs have an afterlife, but they have to come out of the closet

TECHNOLOGY: Face Readers
Watching the spectators at the Snooper Bowl

RITALIN: Not Just for Little Boys
What's good for Johnny may help his mom too Columbine Copycat? The case of Al DeGuzman

ANIMALS: Man's Worst Friend
A fatal mauling has made San Francisco cringe at its dogs

SPORT
CRICKET: The Toughest Test
Can international captains restore the game's reputation?

T H E   A R T S
CINEMA: Anthony Hopkins returns as everyone's favorite psychopath in the sequel to The Silence of the Lambs

ART: Is Sol LeWitt's minimalism too little of a good thing?

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