ANALYSIS
The Gentle Dragon: China's 'Charm Offensive'
Jocelyn Chey

COMMENTARY
A New Search for Peace in the Middle East
Mark Matthews
Accept Israel as the Jewish State?
Daniel Pipes
Islamist Leadership in the United States
Tashbih Sayyed

ECONOMIC WATCH
How the Next US President Might Deal With Trade
Edward Gresser

FEATURE
Armenian Ghosts Refuse To Go Away
Jacques N. Couvas

FORUM
Is Shia-Sunni Violence in Pakistan an Al Qaeda Ploy?
B. Raman

HOMELAND SECURITY
Global Cyber-Crime Case Cracked
Shaun Waterman

MIDDLE EAST IN FOCUS
Lebanon Crisis Not Over Yet
Maria Appakova

WORLD PERSPECTIVES - Niger Teeters on the Brink
Introduction
Stephen Osmond
Population Explosion Threatens Development Gains
Integrated Regional Information Networks
Why are so Many Mothers Dying in Niger?
Integrated Regional Information Networks
News Filtering out of North Niger Suggest Grave Conditions
Integrated Regional Information Networks

 

EDUCATION
Blooming Achievers
Ann Geracimos

HEALTH
Challenges in Dental Care: An Indian Perspective
Ramesh Avadhani
Europe 'Forgetting' AIDS
David Cronin
Bionic Woman Comes to Life?
Jen Waters

HOME
Hardwood Upgraded
Christian Toto

REVIEWS
A Writer's Los Angeles and the Love of his Life
Martin Rubin
The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman he Loved
Judith Freeman

Cradle of Humanity
J. Ross Baughman
Tribes of the Great Rift Valley
Elizabeth L. Gilbert

Former TV News Anchor Looks Back at Sixties
Claude R. Marx
Boom: Voices of the Sixties
Tom Brokaw

Love, Race and Simpatico
Carol Herman
Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black and Other Stories
Nadine Gordimer

From Poet to Dictator
Joseph C. Goulden
Young Stalin
Simon Sebag Montefiore

WRITERS AND WRITING
Gabriel García Márquez: Creator of the Magic Realism Movement in Latin-American Literature
Surekha Vijh

ARTS WATCH
Minneapolis: A Cool Midwestern City Sports Hot Museums
Fred Stern

FILM
Diablo Cody's ''Juno'': The Fertile Life of a Writer
Jenny Mayo
Frank Langella: A Watchful Eye Translates Life into Acting
Kelly Jane Torrance

MUSIC - Opera
Powerful Voices Propel 'Otello'
T. L. Ponick

THEATER - Ballet
A Season of Joys with 'Nutcracker'
Jean Battey Lewis

ENDANGERED SPECIES
List of Candidates for Endangered Species Act Listing Updated
Claire Markgraf

NATURE WALK
Turtle Conservation is Like its Namesake: It's Slow, But There are Big Rewards
Ken Burton

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Researchers Test New Lab Method to Detect DNA Damage Throughout the Genome
National Institutes of Health

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Climate Change: Biofuels Scarce on Bali Menu
Marwaan Macan-Marker

UNLOCKING THE COSMOS
NASA's Chandra Sees Brightest Supernova Ever
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

PATTERNS
Chandni Chowk, Heart of Old Delhi
Gagandeep Kaur

PEOPLES
New Ice Cream Flavors Help Save Brazil's Cerrado Savannah
Mario Osava
In South Africa Culture Puts the Brakes on Women's Mobility
Gail Jennings

WORLD HERITAGE
Taj Mahal: Monument to Love
Shane Tasker

REMEMBERING HISTORY
Lincoln's Unprecedented Exercise of Power
Ken Kryvoruka

TALES OF FIRE AND STRIFE
Misery Lasts Long After Antietam Battle
Richard E. Clem

VOICES FROM THE WAR
Lee's Notes a Window on an Elusive Man
John M. Taylor