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biggest. NEWSWEEK looks at the rise of the second city, and other surprising aspects of the sweeping urban- ization that's changing our world. Page 50

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AFGHANISTAN: Zarqawi's Echo by Ron Moreau and SamiYousafzai

U.S.AFFAIRS:The War's Left Front byJonathanDarman

How to Beat 'Cut and Run'

byJonathan Alter

RUSSIA: The

Politics of Pipelines

by Owen Matthewsu.uuuu.uuuu.u28 EGYPT: Mter the Pharaoh byChristopher

MALAYSIA:Signs of Stress by Joe Cochrane and

Lorien Holland uu..uuuuuuuuuuw,.35 PAKISTAN: Portraits

ofDespair

BUSINESS:A Sucking Sound byWilliamUnderhill"uw..uu...w..44 High Convenience

by Christian Caryl

andAkiko KashiwagLuuww"w".47 GLOBAL INVESTOR: Don't Blarne the Hedge Funds by Barton Biggsuuuuuuuuuu""".u49 SPECIAL REPORT:

Unlikely Boorntowns

by Rana Foroohar uuuuuuuuuuuu.50 10 High Rollersuuuuuuu.uu.uu54 China's Golden Cities by David Dollar..u..."""u..u"..""..u63 The New Megalopolis

by Richard Florida uuuuuuuu.."uu64 The Gilded Cities Club by Karen Lowry Milleruuuu.""uu.66 How Population Lies bySaskiaSassen

70 Living Little in Paris byTracyMcNicoliu..."".""""""...72 Urban Jungles

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OPERA._IN AMERICA?Singing the praises of the United States

Coasting to Success

by Eric Pape .wuu""u..u.uww"..uu79 Building Up the Burbs

by Joel Kotkin .."uuwuuuuuuuuuu.80 MUSIC: The Rise of American Arias by Andrew Moravcsikuu.82

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COVER: Photograph by Carsten Snejbjerg-WPN

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