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SPACE
ROUNDUPTHEUSUAl SUSPECTS: NASAIS MAKINGA BIG EFFORTTO BRINGINTERNATIONALPARTNERSINTOITSPLANSTO EXPLORETHE MOON
U.S.:Senator Hagel breaks with the president over Iraq 10 Q&A:Cheney defends Bush in an exclusive interview 16
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N ASAisn't the only space agencywith big ambitions to go to the moon. Buoyedby unprecedented world growth, China, Russia
and even India, now full-fledged members of the cosmic middleclass, are forging ahead with their own plans. As competition heats up, NASA is struggling to maintain its leadership in manned spaceflight. Page 24
GaVER: Photo illustration by NEWSWEEK. Photographs fram left: CHINAFOTOPRESS-GAMMA, Babu-REUTERS- lANDDV,NASA-GmV IMAGES,BiIIlngalls-NASA-CORBIS, AP. Background photograph by GETTVIMAGES.
TERROR: Is Washington right about a Latin connection? 18 CUVER: Why many nations are racing to revisit the moon 24 ASlA:Alde Abe rewrites the mIes for First Ladies 30
BUSINESS:Shanghai enters its version of the roaring '20s 36 ART: How Jasper Johns
revolutionized painting 40
PHOTO ESSAY:Crystal images of a powerful personality cult 44
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