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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
November 29, 2004 / No. 47
SCIENCE
Cancer Kids' Catch-17
Cancer Kids’ Catch-17
Wild Blue Yonder
Two centuries on, trekkers retrace the arduous but spectacular route of a little known Australian explorer
SOUTH PACIFIC
Christian Soldiers
Faith-driven activists and politicians find that values mean votes
ARTS
Painting for Their Lives
The celebrated Papunya Tula Artists are putting their creations to work against the kidney disease that threatens their community

Cartoons of the Week
Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
The Weekly Acoustic News
Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World
Photos: Silvio Berlusconi and the Politics of Sex
Pictures of the Week
Short List: TIME's Weekly Critics' Picks
Piecing Together Nabokov's Last Novel
Photos: Peru's Sacred Glacier Is Melting
New Moon Review: Team Jacob Ascending