Postherpetic neuralgia (post-her-PET-ic noo-RAL-jah) is a complication of shingles, which is caused by the chickenpox (herpes zoster) virus.

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Someone kindly sent me a copy of Looking for Transwonderland, by Noo Saro-Wiwa.

BBC: Africa on the bookshelf��

Noo is the daughter of the executed activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, and she makes an entertaining, thoughtful, often disappointed guide around a country she left as a child.

BBC: Africa on the bookshelf��

Down the economic ladder, middle and working class families will therefore have to dish out more financial resources to cover things the state can noo longer afford to subsidize.

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