Newsweek spotlights Afghanistan on cover for overseas readers, Annie Leibovitz is on U.S. cover

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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/27/america/NA_GEN_US_Newsweek_Different_Covers.php

NEW YORK Newsweek offered different covers overseas and in the U.S. this week, featuring a close look at violence in Afghanistan for international readers called "Losing Afghanistan" while its U.S. edition focused on photographer Annie Leibovitz for a story titled "My Life in Pictures."

International editor Fareed Zakaria said the magazines often have different covers because they are tailored to different audiences overseas and in the United States. In the U.S., Newsweek is a mass-circulation magazine with a broad reach, while overseas it "is a somewhat more upmarket magazine for internationally minded people who travel a lot," he said.

"Afghanistan is sort of the first victory in the war on terror. For that to be going badly is tremendous," Zakaria said. International editions feature a photograph of what appears to be a Taliban fighter with a grenade launcher.

U.S. editions featured a photo of Leibovitz, one of America's premier photographers, on the cover with several children.

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1. This is related to the recent Time Magazine covers, right? (N/T)

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2. This is from last year. WTF? n/t

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