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What Killed Arafat? As Arafat’s Widow Calls to Exhume his Body

July 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

(RAMALLAH, Palestine) – It was a scene that riveted the world for weeks: The ailing Yasser Arafat, first besieged by Israeli tanks in his Ramallah compound, then shuttled to Paris, where he spent his final days undergoing a barrage of … read more »

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Adamu’s appeal against three-year ban dismiss

February 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nigerian Amos Adamu, who was kicked off FIFA’s executive committee for his part in the World Cup bribery scandal, has lost his appeal against a three-year ban from soccer. The ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in … read more »

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