To Our Readers
COVER:
New Voice for Asia
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's No. 2, is a rising star among the
region's leaders, but now he's walking a political tightrope.
Can he restore confidence in his country's economy without
alienating his boss, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad?
Next Generation:
Fresh faces are popping up across Asia
Anwar Interview:
"What is success without freedom?"
INDONESIA:
The Killer Haze
Smoke from raging forest fires chokes much of Southeast Asia,
producing an environmental and public-health disaster
PHILIPPINES:
The President Gets the Message
Half a million of his countrymen tell Ramos not to run again
VIETNAM:
The More Things Change...
A leadership shuffle does little to address growing
dissatisfaction over an economic slump and stalled reforms
JAPAN:
Red Tide
After unprecedented success among voters tired of corruption,
the Communist Party has begun to think mainstream
LATIN AMERICA
RELIGION:
Samba Sunday
Charismatic Roman Catholics have put a new kind of
sizzle into Brazil's faith
The Darkness At Noon
Out-of-control forest fires in Borneo and Sumatra have
left millions shrouded in a dangerous haze
MIDDLE EAST
Who Follows the Leader?
Palestinian politics after Arafat becomes a more compelling
question following the great survivor's health scare
A Different Justice:
Two British nurses await their fate in
Saudi Arabia after being accused of murder
