In this issue
Edition: Asia
Vol. 173, No. 19


COVER
The 2009 TIME 100: The World’s Most Influential People
In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people
who most affect our world

Leaders & Revolutionaries (The TIME 100)
From a Kennedy to the London mayor, the men and women who shape politics

Builders & Titans (The TIME 100)
The Twitter guys, Jamie Dimon, T. Boone Pickens and other business gurus

Artists & Entertainers (The TIME 100)
Rush, Zac, M.I.A. and more who make us laugh or think or shout or sing along

Heroes & Icons (The TIME 100)
Those who inspire: Michelle Obama, Somaly Mam, Tiger Woods and, of course,
George Clooney

Scientists & Thinkers (The TIME 100)
Nouriel Roubini (the savant who predicted the crash) and other intellectuals who interpret our world



GLOBAL BUSINESS
Nortel’s Nadir (Telecom)

By ERIK HEINRICH
How Canada’s top tech firm lost its dial tone ・and why other telephony firms
will follow it

Skippy for Supper (Marketing)

By KRISTA MAHR
Kangaroo meat is jumping off store shelves as Australians go for a greener,
cheaper protein source




ARTS
Bringing It All Back Home (Music)

By JOE KLEIN
Bob Dylan’s career has been full of surprises. On his 46th album, he mellows out



ESSAY
Survival Tactic

By MEL GURTOV
North Korea’s rogue behavior is as much an act of self-preservation as it is
defiance



GLOBAL ADVISER
Step Into the Age of Excess at the Victoria & Albert Museum (On Show)

By LUCY FISHER
A new exhibit at the London museum explores baroque ・the first global art
style ・as a triumph of form over function

Eat Your Greens in Paris (Amuse-Bouche)

By JEFFREY T. IVERSON
Restaurants in the City of Light have neglected vegetables for years. That’s
changing ・and how

Netbooks: A Perfect Travel Companion (Tech Watch)

By THEUNIS BATES
These lightweight processors are a perfect gadget to take along for on-the-road
surfing and e-mail

Kalimantan’s Camp Orangutan (Diversions)

By JASON TEDJASUKMANA
Visit the Camp Leakey rehabilitation center in southern Borneo, where former
pets are groomed to return back to the wild



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