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...with that country if its voters elected a Taipei-leaning opposition candidate in upcoming presidential elections - an allegation Beijing denied - it seemed obvious China was looking out for its growing mining interests in the copper-rich country. But as China's influence in Africa grows - Chad, an oil-rich neighbor of Sudan's, cut ties with Taiwan last month and recognized Beijing - Western diplomats hope that Beijing will start taking other issues into account. "How to get China on board?" says the ICG's Baldo. "This has been the big question mark." It's a question mark that will...
Activities such as cheerleading, gymnastics and football can lead to a fracture of the spine (spondylolysis)--typically at the fourth or fifth lumbar vertebra--or to spondylolisthesis, in which one vertebra slips away from its neighbor. Both cause chronic lower back pain, which is otherwise uncommon in children...
...social divide in Mexico. Addressing this split in a constructive way will be crucial to Calderón's ability to defuse the growing turbulence. And that, in turn, could have a beneficial impact on Washington's efforts to curb illegal immigration, which may not be successful until its southern neighbor builds more reliable government institutions and a more equitable economy...
...fume when state money is spent outside Iran's borders. It underplayed the amount of cash and aid Iran pumped into Afghanistan after the removal of the Taliban. As a result, Iranians had no idea that for once, their government played a noble role in rebuilding a war-ruined neighbor. But it also saved them from resentment. Earlier this week, a front page headline in an Iranian newspaper read: "In Arab countries, they call the president Mahmoud." Iknow the president is popular in the Arab world. My Arab friends grin like Cheshire cats when he appears on Al-Jazeera, fire...
...Reed Kroloff, dean of the Tulane University school of architecture, urges caution to speculators, even locals. "It's foolhardy if they're buying up property in an area where the likelihood of them having a neighbor again is minimal," he argues. "New Orleans East has only 10% to 13% of its population because of power problems. Lakeview, the same. It will be very hard to regenerate their neighborhoods because so many people aren't coming back...