Nevvsweek OCTOBER 8, 20l2

Nevvsweek ^{OCTOBER 8, 20l2}

CHAvEZ STUMPS FOR REELECTION PAGE 28

'Hopes are high for Bensouda, whose appointment to the

ICCelicited wide- spread praise.'

Vol.CLX.No, 15. Dctober 8,2012@2012byTheNewsweek/DailyBeastCompanyLLC.555 West18thStreet, New York. NY 10011. Printed byRoto Smeets. Weert, Netherlands, Ali rights reserved. Registered at the Post Dfuce as a newspaper, Copyright under the International Copyright Convention. Copyright reserved under the Pan American Convention, ln the U.S,A,: Postmaster: send address changes to Newsweek International. 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011: periodical postage paid at New York, NY. and at additional mailing ofuces, Newsweek International is wriUen and edited for a worldwide audience and is published weekly, except occasionally when rwo issues are combined into one expanded issue thatcounts as rwo subscription copies. in the U.K, by The Newsweek(Daily Beast Company LLC (lSSN0163-70531.Rapp, Italia: I,M,D.sJ.!" Via Guido Da Velate.11-20162Milano;Aut.Trib,Mi453 dei 12/06/87:Poste ItalianeSpA- Sped, inAbb,Post.

DL, 353/2003 (conv, L, 27(02/2004 -n,461 art. 1 comma 1. DCB Milano; Dir, Resp,: Marco Provasi. Repr, pour la France: E.M,D. France S, A" B.P. 1029-59011 Lille Cedex-Tel 03.20,30.03.02, Le Directeur de la Publication: Alan F. Bone-C.P.P,A,P, No, 0708 C 83393. Ce numéro comprend un encart de deux pages{abonnementl situé entre les folios 2 et 55, Editeur responsable pour la Belgique: André Verwilghen, AvenueLouise 176, 1050 Bruxelles. Ta order reprints, e-prints, posters, and plaques, or request permission to republish Newsweek content. please contact our representativePARSInternational by visiting: www.NewsweekReprints.com.

~ u

~

~

~

~"

'"

., ~

~

JANE TEE LING PAGE 8

1::;

~

~

~

~ 0,.

~

~

~ 0 u

~;;

~1

~

1

~.,

"

1

~

'"

"

~0

RUSSIA'S DISABLED PAGE 38

~

~

'"

i

THE LOUVRE'S NEW ISLAMIC GALLE RIES PAGE 44

OCTOBER 8, 2012 1 3

---.u -- - -- _m__- ~---- ----

4 LETTERS

NEWSBEAST

6 AMERICAN NOTE BOOK

Will there ever be a limit to how much we let Facebook share? By Katie Baker

7 INTERNATIONAL NOTE BOOK Honduras is aiming to become a free-market paradise. By Mac Margolis

8 PERSON OF INTEREST

Fatou Bensouda takes on the bad guys at the International Criminal Court.

By Jane Teeling

9 WORLD ON A PAGE

South Korea's undutiful daughter; exhuming a Turkish president. By Tunku Varadarajan 10 ECONOMY By Dan Gross

MONEY By Christopher Elliot DIPLOMACY By Mac Margolis 12 U.S.-EGYPT RELATIONS

Barack Obama and Egypt's new president find themselves in a delicate dance. By Fouad Ajami 14 REPORTER AT LARGE

Belarus's opposition leaders face an excruciating choice. By Anna Nemtsova

FEATURES

16 The Real Threat to Islam

Muslims have good reason to be angry-and it's not a sophomoric trailer on YouTube.

By Husain Haqqani 24 From Tiger to Pussycat

Vietnam's economy was promising. How the country got off track. By Rob Cox

28 Last Chance for Chavez

ln Venezuela, a close election electrifies a nation. By Boris Mufioz

34 Women of the Revolution Female freedom fighters have become

indispensable to Syria's rebellion. By Mike Giglio 38 A Russia for AlI Russians

The country needs to deliver on its promises to

,

include its disabled millions. Photographs by

OMNIVORE

44 ART Honoring Islam's grand history.

48 BOO KS Lawrence Osborne's new novel spins a haunting tale.

50 FOOD Chandler Burr's scent dinners.

52 MUGGLES J.K. Rowling ditches Potter.

56 THE CITY Susanna Daniel reflects on Madison, Wisconsin.

le

REÇU

0 2 OCT. 2012

0' THECOVER

MiISES SAMAN-MAGNUM

. -- -- --

-- ---