THE REPORT Starr lays out a detailed--some would say prurient--case for impeachment

SCORECARD Did the report go too far?

ON THE SIDELINES Hillary is standing by her man, barely

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THE EARLY YEARS In a selection from his forthcoming memoirs, Singapore's Senior Minister writes of a boyhood caning, the Japanese occupation, his education at Cambridge and other career-shaping events

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SPOTLIGHT

MILESTONES

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

TRAVEL WATCH Asia's tourism officials are licking their chops at the expected boom in Chinese travelers throughout the region

VIEWPOINT China: Philip Bowring says not to worry so much

LADY IN WAITING The "Paris of the East" has redone itself in grand style to become China's 21st-century metropolis. But has its vision of the future arrived too soon?

NOT GOING GENTLY Malaysia: Crowds grow as ousted Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim keeps speaking out

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APPRECIATION Japan's greatest auteur, Akira Kurosawa, left a lasting influence on the global language of movies