MAY 2002       VOL. 49, No. 5 Cover Story UNDER THE GUN   Dispatches from No Man's Land, Jim Farrell, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Was Pearl Onto Something? Siddharth Varadarajan, The Times of India, New Delhi A Photo to the Death, Lorenzo Bianchi, Il Giorno, Milan Access—at a Price, Anat Tzigelman, Ha'aretz, Tel Aviv Lies and KGB Clones, Anna Politkovskaya, Novaya Gazeta, Moscow The Message Without Lies, Patrick Smyth, The Irish Times, Dublin Features CHRONICLE OF A WAR FORETOLD   Colombia: Moving into Terra Incognita, Semana, Bogotá Fear in Caguán, Sandra Bibiana Flórez, Proceso, Mexico City A Violent Interlude, Alfredo Rangel Suárez, El Tiempo, Bogatá Colombia at its Crucial Hour, La Nación, Buenos Aires NIGERIA: THINGS FALL APART   Democracy Without Democrats, Tempo, Lagos Ethnic Militias Guard Tribal Divides, Remi Oyo, Gemini News Service, London Only Dialogue Can Tame This Crisis, This Day, Lagos Nigeria: A Country in Limbo, Vanguard, Lagos Tensions Mount, Anarchy Looms, Kunle Oyatomi, Vanguard, Lagos Departments   VIEWPOINTS Violence Escalates in the Middle East The Pentagon's Nuclear Contingency Elections in Zimbabwe NATIONS On Turkey's Shoulders, Milliyet, Istanbul Germany Defends Mission in Afghanistan, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt Vietnam's Ghosts Haunt the War in Afghanistan, The Independent, London   State of the Debate Angola: An Unmourned Death West Africa: Sex-for-Food Scandal Toledo: No Longer the People's Choice? Brazil: Crime Spree Sri Lanka: Historic Cease-Fire The Balkans: Milosevic Trial Saudi Arabia: A Prince's Olive Branch Front Page About Us Back Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East EYE ON THE UNITED STATES America Killed the Olympics, Kapital, Sofia ARTS Hitler for Children, El País, Madrid BOOKS Cuba Libro, Libération, Paris SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Random Order, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm SOCIETY Fishnet Stockings Under the Burqah, The Mail on Sunday, London Israelis' Run on Guns, Ma'ariv, Tel Aviv COMMENTARY Soft Saffron's Litmus Test, Outlook, New Delhi PEOPLE Marutei Tsurunen: Japan's Blue-Eyed Politician Ayse Nur Zarakolu: Battling Bigotry with Books Back Front Page Home About Us