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China’s growing trade with Africa indicative of Sino-Western energy conflicts
By Brian Smith
asiantribune.com
Trade between China and Africa jumped 39 percent to $32.17 billion in the first 10 months of 2005, fuelled by increased oil imports and the export of Chinese goods, largely textiles. This follows rises of 59 percent in 2004 and 50 percent in 2003.
The [...]

Written by: Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D
“Your medicine cabinet is one of the most dangerous areas of your house, and not for the reasons you may think. Lurking just behind your bathroom mirror, where all of your favorite beauty products are housed, is a virtual toxic nightmare.

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A smile shouldn’t cost anything…
But Odette needs a new face.
The Aegis Trust is launching a Christmas Appeal for a girl from Rwanda whose lower face was maimed in the 1994 genocide. Lots of people would like to have plastic surgery. But eleven years after a soldier put a gun to her jaw and blew it [...]

KHALYNN SHERRI MAZIBUKO

SEYDOU KEITA: THE IMAGE KING OF AFRICA
January 15 – March 4, 2006
Reception: Friday, January 27, 2006, 6-8pm
Sean Kelly Gallery is delighted to announce an exhibition of portraits by internationally renowned African photographer Seydou Keïta (1923 – 2001).

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Martian snow source of tropical glaciers, research team reports
Snow is the source of glacial deposits found at the base of the majestic volcanoes and mountains dotting the mid-latitude and tropical regions of Mars. Based on an innovative blend of geological observations and climate modeling created by a team of American and French scientists, the finding [...]

A lifetime of firsts comes to an end
By Michael D. Sorkin And Robert Patrick
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Judge Theodore “Ted” McMillian, who grew up