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Romuald Hazoumé from Benin stacks dozens of decorated plastic cans into a modern totem pole, while Cameroon-born Samuel Fosso's self-portraits depict him as a tribal chief, an elegant woman and a pirate. Elsewhere as part of "Africa 05," the British Museum and other venues will present the continent's history, identity and culture through artifacts, dance, literature, drama, fashion, cinema and lots more. Africa's year, indeed. tel: (44-20) 7960 5226; www.hayward.org.uk; www.africa05.co.uk
...women, the top field event finisher was freshman Claire Battler, who won the pole vault by clearing 3.41 meters...
...freshman Sarah Bourne—who took the victory in the 3,000-meter run at 10:38.30; Lauren Walker—who took third in the 1,000-meter run, finishing at 3:02.96; and Clara Blattler—who cleared 3.36 meters to take second in the pole vault...
...talent for recovering from hopeless situations. Miller has always been what some commentators call a "recovery artist," a skier who can pull himself back from the brink by sheer athletic ability. In early January at the Adelboden race in Switzerland, he skipped the warm-up run, lost his pole a quarter of the way down on his first run, nearly crashed at the bottom, and still finished just 0.18 sec. off first place. Toni Giger, head coach of the Austrian team, the best in the world, calls Miller one-of-a-kind. "He takes the full risk, but then...
...Ding's prosperity is shared with just about everyone living in Yiwu, China's very own North Pole. Thousands of vendors offer whirling Christmas trees with glowing fiber-optic needles, chicken-feather angel wings and that traditional favorite without which no holiday living room is complete: the plastic statuette of Santa playing electric guitar on the moon. All this might have confused Chinese consumers a few years ago, but Yiwu is feeding a ravenous demand by mainland consumers who think that the height of contemporary urbanity is to festoon the living room in December. "I'd always heard of Christmas...