JANUARY 2004       VOL. 51, No. 1 Cover Story KEEPING THE FAITH: JOHN PAUL II's 25th ANNIVERSARY   John Paul’s Final Mission, Valérie Thorin, Jeune Afrique/L’intelligent, Paris History’s Turning Point, Maciej Lukasiewicz, Rzeczpospolita, Warsaw Radical Traditionalist, Alberto Aziz Nassif, El Universal, Mexico A World Leader in His Time, The Irish Times, Dublin A Pope from the Third World, Michael Campbell-Johnston, Guyana Chronicle, Georgetown Features   MALAYSIA AFTER MAHATHIR Retiring the Mahathir Model, The Nation, Bangkok Rural Malaysia Mired in Poverty, Anil Netto, Inter Press Service, Rome Summit’s Tale of Lost Opportunity, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland Six Countries, Six Days, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila BOLIVIA’S POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE Overthrown! Semana, Bogotá The Lessons of Bolivia, Tomás Linn, Búsqueda, Montevideo Andean Time Bomb, María Elvira Samper, Revista Cambio, Bogotá BROKEN DREAMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST Hope Diminishes and Disappears, Natan Zehavi, Zman Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Happy Ramadan! Ahmad Sub Laban, Palestine Report, Jerusalem The Coup by the Left’s Generals, Liron Nagler-Kohen, Hatzofeh, Tel Aviv Intersecting Journeys, Suad Amiry and Batya Gur, Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris Departments   VIEWPOINTS An Oligarch’s Arrest Appointment of a Gay Episcopal Bishop NATIONS The Chinese Curse on Sri Lanka, The Island, Colombo Politics Is About to Get Interesting, The Guardian, London Kenya’s Filthy Rich Civil Servants, The East African, Nairobi STATE OF THE DEBATE Egypt: A Writer's Rejection South America: Free Trade at the Crossroads Colombia: Uribe Pays for Political Stumbles Sudan: An End to War? Ivory Coast: Death of a Journalist Georgia: Presidential Preview Switzerland: Right-Wing Surge Japan: Climate of Fear Nepal: Downward Spiral PEOPLE Humaira Awais Shahid: Fighting Forced Marriages Wei Siang Yu: Sex and the City-State ARTS “All Fired Up” Der Spiegel, Hamburg New Picasso Museum Has a Family Feel, El Mundo, Madrid COVER: Pope John Paul II celebrates a Mass of beatification for Anton Martin Slomek in Maribor, Slovenia, Sept. 19, 1999. (AFP/Corbis) Cover Design: Laura R. Custus Front Page About Us World Maps Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East EYE ON THE UNITED STATES In the Grip of the Right Folha de São Paulo, São Paulo Chasing the Latino Vote, La Jornada, Mexico City BOOKS The Antidote to Suicide Tiempos del Mundo, Montevideo SOCIETY Radio Hope in Kabul Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich Out with the Old Sunday Observer, Dar es Salaam SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Bringing Space Exploration Down to Earth, Xinmin Weekly, Shanghai A Matter of Personality Iton Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv COMMENTARY Red Cross Symbol Fails to Translate in Iraq The Times, London From the Tigris to the Mekong Libération, Paris Reforming the U.N.’s Security Council: Where Are the Arabs? The Daily Star, Beirut Anti-Semitism Lurking in the Globalization Debate? Die Zeit, Hamburg Back Front Page Home About Us