Despite the departure of most Chinese nationals from Somalia in 1991, the two countries maintained a small trading relationship ; total trade volume in 2002 was US $ 3. 39 million, with Somalia exporting US $ 1. 56 million of goods to China and importing $ 1. 83 million.

Despite the departure of Stevie Nicks, Christine remained loyal to Mick Fleetwood and her former husband, recording five songs for the band's 1995 effort Time.

Despite the departure of Williams, Take That completed their Nobody Else Tour as a four-piece band.

Despite his departure from the MPCA a year after joining, the position allowed Jagan to meet other union leaders in British Guiana and throughout the English-speaking Caribbean.

Despite Chrysler's departure, the city remains associated with Chrysler in the minds of auto enthusiasts.

Despite his departure from the " White Album " sessions, Emerick remained on good terms with the Beatles, particularly Paul McCartney, who invited Emerick to quit EMI and come work for their company, Apple Corps Ltd., in 1969.

Despite the promises given by the Entente on Constantine's departure, the previous prime minister, Zaimis, was effectively forced to resign as Venizelos returned to Athens.

Despite his departure from Apollo, in 1992 Burke recalled: " Bess and Ike Berman ... were two of the greatest people in the world.

Despite sitting a comfortable 14 points clear from the relegation zone at the time of his departure, Millwall would go onto to suffer the drop ( by virtue of goals scored ) after McCarthy's departure.

Despite his departure, Vieira has remained a favourite among Arsenal fans.

Despite rumors indicating otherwise, Ormandy's departure was amicable, and Chris Taylor Brown continues to speak highly of Ormandy to the media, while promoting Torres as the new guitarist.

Despite an announcement by adventure_of_link stating that " ZSNES is NOT dead, it's still in development " made on the ZSNES board after the departure of its original developers zsKnight and _Demo_, development has slowed down dramatically since its last version ( 1. 51 released on 24 January 2007 ).

Despite Joseph Hewes ' obvious departure from Quaker principles, he did continue to have a relationship with his family and visited his mother, a Quaker minister, when he was able.

" Despite his departure from the position of rhythm guitar, he is still closely collaborating with the band by running their label, Scandinavian Leather Recordings and managing their itinerary.

Despite initial concerns from the fanbase regarding Beaulieu's departure, the reception for Corbett's performance was very positive and he quickly became a fan favorite.

Despite WMTW's departure, two FM stations continue to occupy separate broadcast facilities on the top of the mountain.

Despite the departure, the two companies have maintained various co-operative manufacturing agreements since.

Despite Smith's departure to West Bromwich Albion in December 1997, United finished twelfth the following season under his successor, and former captain Malcolm Shotton.

Despite losing an integral member of the band the Roosters pressed on and released their seventh album Neon Boy less than nine months after Ohe's departure.

Despite his continued confidence that he made the right choice, he has said that the manner of his departure from the band was regrettable: " The way I left was wrong and a mistake.

Despite the difficulties, which resulted from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same period, the departure was carried out according to plan and punctually until August 1994.

Despite the mostly positive reviews, Star Fox Adventures is often criticized for its setting being too much of a departure from the other Star Fox games.

Despite the life-threatening accident, Johnn survived, but left the band to recover from the injury, due to the John's departure Phil joined the band.

Despite these successes, Bell was upset that he was unable to better make his name on the world stage when England failed to qualify for the World Cup in 1974, a failure which also forced England manager Alf Ramsey's departure.

Despite its strong Australian showing, and having an American producer ( Peter McIan ), Business as Usual was twice rejected by Columbia's parent company in the United States.

Despite his having died at the age of 32, Richard is often depicted as being considerably older: Basil Rathbone, in the Tower of London, and Peter Cook were both 46 when they played him, Laurence Olivier was 47 ( in his 1955 film ), Vincent Price was 51, Ian McKellen was 56 as was Pacino in his 1996 film ( although Pacino was 39 when he played him on Broadway in 1979, and Olivier was 37 when he played him on stage in 1944 ).

Despite assurances made when he purchased the team in 1994 that the Whalers would remain in Hartford at least through 1998, in March 1997 owner Peter Karmanos announced that the team would move elsewhere after the 1996 – 97 season because of the team's inability to negotiate a satisfactory construction and lease package for a new arena in Hartford.

Despite his imprisonment, and pressure from the Commission to stand down, Gotti is believed to have held on to his position as Gambino boss with his brother Peter and his son John A. Gotti Jr. relaying orders on his behalf.

Despite this, the administration remained chaotic until Peter the Great's reforms replaced the voyevodas with Burgmesters ( Burgomasters, after the German ) to collect the taxes.

Despite the majority of contemporaneous scholars and writers agreeing that Peter was the true author of the Crusade and that its aims became corrupted and violent over time in contrast to the purer and mostly non-violent People's Crusade, most recent scholars such as Jonathan Riley-Smith consider such views as an excellent instance of the legendary amplification of the First Crusade — an amplification which, beginning during the crusade itself, in the " idolizations " of the different camps ( idola castrorum, if one may pervert Bacon ), soon developed into a regular saga.

Despite Jerry Miller, Bob Mosley and Peter Lewis continuing to release solo records in the 1990s and 2000s, Moby Grape has not released an album of new material since the release of Legendary Grape in 1989.

Despite the design influences from Ben Kelly, Peter Hook insists ' It's not the Haçienda for f * cks sake '.

Despite his gruesome legacy, Peter I of Portugal did have a peaceful reign and managed to install a system of justice which was relatively fair for the times.

Despite appearing in the original stage production in a part written for him by Peter Morgan, Sheen was surprised to have been cast in the film: " Peter said he'd only be prepared to give the rights to someone who would cast me as Frost, which was very nice, but when the studios get their hands on something ...

Despite their quarrel, Sir Peter still finds himself charmed by his wife even when she is arguing with him.

Despite attempts by Gibson Guitar Corporation to start talks about producing a " Peter Green signature Les Paul " guitar, Green's instrument of choice at this time was a Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion.

Despite his handicap in size, McCoy battled the best heavyweights of his era, and defeated Joe Choynski, Gus Ruhlin and Peter Maher.

Despite his aristocratic origins, L ' Enfant closely identified with the United States, adopting the name Peter.

Despite the party's defeat, Arthur was re-elected to his own seat from St. Peter constituency with 65 % of the vote.

Despite the misgivings of Peter and Bean, Graff states flatly that Achilles is not unbeatable ; though he is smart, his major talent has been to put himself in the middle of turmoil and seize opportunities without hesitation.

Despite the controversy of much of his work, most of Lasdun's surviving buildings are listed, although his 1958 Peter Robinson department store on London's Strand was demolished in the 1990s.

Despite this the season proved popular with its young audience who watched in large numbers, even denting the figures for the popular BBC magazine programme, " Blue Peter ".

Despite the fact that entire western half of Cathedral is a Neo-Gothic addition, much of the design and elements developed by Peter Parler were used in the restoration, giving the Cathedral as a whole a harmonious, unified look.

Despite his background as one child in a large working-class family, Peter acquired an education, and read for the law.

Despite the book's title, it contrasts the biographies of Rembrandt van Rijn and Peter Paul Rubens.

Despite some incriminating evidence ( in connection with Peter the Painter ), Peters and his companions were acquitted to the dismay of the Home Secretary Winston Churchill.

Despite appeals from the band's manager, Clifford Davis, to fulfil his obligations to Fleetwood Mac, Spencer could not be persuaded to rejoin the band, and thus they had to struggle on without him, first recalling Peter Green out of retirement as an emergency measure, and later recruiting new guitarist Bob Welch.

Despite having a strong team with players like Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg and Patrick Roy, the Avalanche were eliminated quickly in the playoffs by the Edmonton Oilers.