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Politics: Agent Provocateur
Behind Michael Moore's new Bush-bashing bonanza • FULL STORY

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HIGHLIGHTS

• The Fear Factor
Many analysts believe it's the No. 1 reason for today's high oil prices, and that it will last as long as Al Qaeda does

• Business: Joburg's New Vibe
After a decadelong decline, South Africa's commercial hub is buzzing again. Crime has fallen sharply, and both businessmen and investors are coming back.

FROM THIS WEEK'S ISSUE

WORLD AFFAIRS

• ZAKARIA: THE SAUDI TRAP
A trip through the kingdom reveals what really needs to be done in the war on terror

• The Fear Factor• Secrets Of Unit 1391• Dangerous Straits• Muddling Through, Take 2• A Free Press, for Sale• The Gay-Marriage Flap• Innocents Abroad• Blending In: Americans Don't Wear Speedos... But I Do.• The Re-election Risk

WORLD BUSINESS

• BUSINESS: JOBURG'S NEW VIBE
After a decadelong decline, South Africa's commercial hub is buzzing again. Crime has fallen sharply, and both businessmen and investors are coming back.

• A Few Words Conveying a Lot

SOCIETY AND THE ARTS

• POLITICS: AGENT PROVOCATEUR
Behind Michael Moore's new Bush-bashing bonanza

• Movies: European Idol• Was the Bard a Woman?• Beauty and the Beast• Snap Judgment: Books• A Real Italian Classic• The Twelfth Book of Revelation

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• THE LIFE IN A CELL
Stem-cell researchers find fresh hope for curing deadly diseases—along with new controversies

DEPARTMENTS

• PERISCOPE

• Perspectives• Samuelson: Picking Sides For the News• Mail Call: Scandal in Iraq• The Tip Sheet• Letter From America• The Last Word: Paul Allen

FROM THE PREVIOUS ISSUE

WORLD AFFAIRS

• EGYPT: KEY TO THE MIDEAST
If the G8 nations really want to spread reform throughout the region, they should look first to Cairo

• What Could They Be Thinking?• Interrogation: A Tortured Debate• Kurds: Rebels With a Cause• As the Shadows Fell• 'God Has a Plan,' My Dad Always Said• Nancy's Next Campaign• Nuclear Families• Europe's Slow Triumph• Indonesia: A Crowd Pleaser• Interview: 'I Will Never Give Up'• Chavez Is Down, But Is He Out?• Now It's Round Two• Books: The Realist

WORLD BUSINESS

• MICROSOFT'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Battered by pirates and struggling to turn a profit, the brash American software giant is no longer trying to change China. Instead China's changing the company.

• Vegas Rolls the Dice in Macao• Automobiles: China Hits the road• Gotta Turn Chinese• Brewery Wars: A Prince Among Beers• Sloan: Nice Place to Visit

SOCIETY AND THE ARTS

• MOVIES: THE NEVERENDING STORY
How does Wong Kar-wai know when a film is done? When he runs out of funds—or a festival looms. Thank goodness for Cannes.

• The Actress: A Gamble Worth Taking• A Gold Medal for Generosity?• Empty Starting Blocks• Portugal: Forget The Football• Books: The Realist• Snap Judgment: Books• Books: Beyond Bloom

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• THE TALKING CURE
The spread of depression to new parts of the world is rejuvenating the field of therapy

• Youth: A Different Way of Healing

CURRENT ISSUE

•	Oil: The Fear Will Last As Long As Al Qaeda
•	Israeli Jail Specializing in Nightmares
•	France: The Gay Marriage Flap
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SPECIAL SECTION

Dateline: Switzerland

•	Coverage of the big issues and leading players at the World Economic Forum

SPECIAL SECTION: ISSUES 2004

Power: Who's Got It Now

•	America's Imperial Anemia
•	Iraq Effect: D.C. Upside Down
•	Nepotism: Another American Tradition
•	The Internet: A Net of Control?

SPECIAL SECTION

• People poised to make a difference in the new year. Plus, updates from our nominees for 2003

SPECIAL SECTION: THE WAR IN IRAQ

•	Complete Web and magazine coverage, plus multimedia and interactives

PERSPECTIVES

""We will continue on this path in fighting the enemies of Allah."
—The Organization of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, in a statement on an Islamic Web site saying that American hostage Paul Johnson had been beheaded

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