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Remembering Rafer Johnson, the Olympic legend who helped disarm Robert F. Kennedy's assassin - Face2Face Africa
Rafer Johnson, American athlete and actor who won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, died Wednesday aged 86. The Olympic legend died at his home in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, according to his family. The cause of death is not known. What is however
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Nigeria: Covid-19 Vaccine - No Diagnosed Case of Blood Clots, No Death Recorded - NPHCDA
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Gambia: WASSCE 2020 - 309 Students Get 9 Credits
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BY SPORTS REPORTER LOCAL sprinter Ngoni Makusha has intensified his preparations for the Tokyo Olympics as he participates at Athletics South Africa’s Athletix Invitational in Johannesburg this week. The Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from July to August and local athletes are priming
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'You don't want to criminalise the country' - NPA says it doesn't prosecute 25% of lockdown cases
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Montego Bay streets sanitised
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PM: PNP killed UK prison offer
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