Vol. 158 No. 16
NATION
How a shy, well-educated young Egyptian became a suspected ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks. The mystery begins to unfold in Germany
"In Hot Pursuit" (Inside The Hunt)
Inside Afghanistan, U.S. special forces search for clues to bin Laden's location--and, TIME reports, gather data for a punishing U.S. strike
Fleeing Before The Storm (Inside The Hunt / Afghanistan's Refugees)
Rapid Response (Antiwar Movement)
The peace brigade is up and running, but not everyone on the left is marching in step
Who Gets Your Donation? (Fund Raising)
More than $600 million has poured in, but now comes the hard part--finding the worthiest people
WORLD
Fractious Afghan warlords ally to fight the Taliban. But should the U.S. rush to join them?
A Land Made For Guerrilla War (Afghanistan)
WAR & TERRORISM
Shopping For Protection (America On Guard / What You Can Do)
"A Clear And Present Danger" (America On Guard)
As Americans worry about truck bombs, germ warfare and worse, they wonder: Can our government do anything to stop the next terror attack?
America's First Bioterrorism Attack (America On Guard / Annals Of Germ Warfare)
How To Keep A Sense Of Control (America On Guard / Living With Terror)
A Background Check On Bush's Plan For Safer Skies (America On Guard / Airline Security)
How Terror Changed One Town's Imagination (America On Guard)
Three More Months! Three More Months! (America On Guard)
What Comes Next? (Home Front)
Get back to normal? That place may be gone forever. America is heading, slowly, for someplace new...
Osama's Top Brass (Bin Laden)
How bin Laden's hidden inner circle does his dirty work
A Wealthy Clan And Its Renegade (Bin Laden / The Bin Laden Family)
Following The Money (Who Funds Terror?)
Freeze! How the U.S. plans to attack terror by shutting down its financial supply lines
Frozen Assets (Who Funds Terror?)
Our Coyotes Never Sounded So Loud (America On Guard)
Here's A Better Way To Be Secure (America On Guard)
RELIGION
Newcomers flock to church after the terror. Is this a revival or just a quick hit of community?
NOTEBOOK
Fit For A King? (Page Two)
Milestones (Milestones)
Diplomacy In The Hijackers' Home (Page Two)
Eulogy (Eulogy)
For The Record
Selling A Long And Slow War (Page Two)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A search for answers and a blizzard of information have made WTC rumors as ubiquitous as flags
Life Goes On
TIME.com (Time.com)
OCT.1-OCT.8
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A superb re-creation of his presidency shows a Nixon who was even weirder than we remember
What To See (The Arts / Television)
The fall crop of TV series is coming in. Here are some shows worth checking out. And a few not
Bad Cop, Good Cop (The Arts / Cinema)
Denzel Washington flashes fire and vicious wit in the hot-wired police drama Training Day
An Affair To Forget (The Arts / Cinema)
Boy finds girl. Boy loses girl. They both lose the audience in this too conventional romantic comedy
SPECIAL SECTION
Girding Against New Risks (Global Business / Corporate Security)
Global executives are working to better protect their employees and businesses from calamity
The Net Heads South (to Latin America) (Global Business / E-Business)
Despite the global tech slump, bold investors are finding opportunities in this fast-growing market
Hiring A Fox... (Global Business / Legal Strategy)
...to guard the hens is risky, but it helped Sulzer Medica fend off trial lawyers
World Beaters (Global Business / World Beaters)
People To Watch In International Business
Shanghai Surprise (Global Business / Business Travel)
The Paris of the East is restored and once again living up to its name
From Our Readers: A CEO Responds (Global Business)
Not in Our House (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
Oh no? "Sleepover" has a whole new meaning as parents deal with their kids' sex lives within the confines of home
Ride 'Em, Pops! (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
In senior rodeo, bucking broncos mean broken bones--and an unbroken spirit
(Time Bonus Section / Generations)
Former lawyer Cameron Gray gets food to the poor and personally documents delivery for the donors
On a New Kick (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
This soccer legend retired at 34, then returned to the field, and the U.S., to learn the business game