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Edition: Asia
Vol. 176, No. 26

COVER
2010 Person of the Year: Mark Zuckerberg
By LEV GROSSMAN
For connecting more than half a billion people and mapping the social relations
among them; for creating a new system of exchanging information; and for changing
how we all live our lives, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is TIME's 2010 Person of the
Year

Runner-Up: The Tea Party (Person of the Year / The Short List)
By DAVID VON DREHLE
The grass-roots uprising that restored the GOP was fueled by anger at the ruling
Democrats. But it won't be easy to hold together

Runner-Up: Julian Assange (Person of the Year / The Short List)
By BARTON GELLMAN
Whistle-blower or spy? His belief in the virtues of radical transparency has
turned the diplomatic world upside down

Runner-Up: Hamid Karzai (Person of the Year / The Short List)
By JOE KLEIN
In 2010 the feckless Afghan President came to symbolize a growing frustration
with the long war in his country

Runner-Up: The Chilean Miners (Person of the Year / The Short List)
By TIM PADGETT, ANTHONY ESPOSITO AND AARON NELSEN
Trapped 2,300 ft. below the earth's surface for almost three months, these 33
men defied the odds and inspired the world

Fond Farewells (Person of the Year)
Remembering those who left us in 2010: Bill Clinton on Robert Byrd, Warren Beatty
on Arthur Penn, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on John Wooden

WORLD
Postcard from Bangkok
By ANDREW MARSHALL
Shot partly in secret, French director Luc Besson's new film follows Aung San
Suu Kyi's fight for freedom. Behind the scenes of a tribute to Burma's democracy
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GLOBAL ADVISER
Galﾃ｡pagos Checklist: Six Points to Remember (TIME Traveler)
By ERIK TORKELLS
Top tips for your trip

All in Good Taste: Designers Open Eateries (Amuse-Bouche)
By WILLIAM LEE ADAMS
Moving from couture to cuisine, top designers are opening eateries, Here are four
fashionable offerings

Planet of the Grapes: Wine's Global Ascent (Grapevine)
By DAVID KAUFMAN
A new exhibition on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art explores
wine as a global cultural phenomenon

Be Square: Spain's New Cubist Hotel (Check In)
By SUDI PIGOTT
An extraordinary new spot in the heart of the Rioja Alavesa wine region

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