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	The Epoch Times \| Togo Opposition Head Says Only Victory Acceptable
		LOME - Togo's main opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio returned from exile on Saturday and said nothing short of victory in next month's presidential elections would be acceptable.
		Olympio, the son of Togo's first post-independence president who was killed in a coup, fled the country in 1992 after an assassination attempt.
		Olympio is expected to return to Ghana this evening and come back to Togo periodically in the coming weeks to help the opposition election campaign.
	en.epochtimes.com /news/5-3-19/27191.html (359 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Profile: Togo's vendetta victim
		Veteran Togolese opposition leader, Gilchrist Olympio is leading the campaign for his Union of Forces for Change, even though he is not his party's candidate in Sunday's election.
		Mr Olympio, who was 27 at the time of his father's murder, accuses Togo's long-time leader, Gnassingbe Eyadema of having a hand in the overthrow and death of his father.
		Harry Olympio, however, is not as vehemently opposed to the Eyademas and met Mr Faure at a peace meeting brokered by West African officials and boycotted by the UFC.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4468867.stm (586 words)

	Olympio: I am the best: Africa: News: News24
		Olympio's Rally for the Support of Democracy and Development party was the first to openly organise street protests when the West African nation's military installed Faure Gnassinbge as president within hours of the death of his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who had ruled for 38 years.
		Olympio, 44, seized the opportunity, breaching a barely bridged rift between younger Togolese politicians in moderate and smaller opposition parties and their elders in established, major parties.
		But the two Olympio men's politics are miles apart, and Gilchrist Olympio is prohibited from running by a constitutional amendment that Eyadema engineered specially to exclude him from Togolese politics.
	www.news24.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1678276,00.html (571 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		December 26, 1936 in LomÃ©, Togo) is the son of former President Sylvanus Olympio, (assassinated by GnassingbÃ© EyadÃ©ma).
		He was educated in the United States, and worked as an economist for the IMF before returning to Africa to pursue business.
		In 2003, Olympio was disqualified from the elections again for "incomplete filing".
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Gilchrist_Olympio (177 words)

	Zamnet Communications System Limited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		However, Gilchrist Olympio's party says more time is needed to organise a "transparent and honest" election.
		Since a 1992 assassination attempt, Mr Olympio has lived in exile in Paris and was barred from taking part in the 2003 presidential elections because he did not live in Togo.
		Leopold Messan Gnininvi, the spokesman for the six-party opposition alliance, described as regrettable the disqualification of Mr Olympio.
	www.zamnet.zm /newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=8&id=1109931648 (429 words)

	Country Profiles Foreign & Commonwealth Office
		Olympio was killed in 1963 in a military coup led by then Sergeant Etienne Gnassingbe Eyadema.
		In 1977, Gilchrist Olympio, the son of the first President, was accused of being behind an attempted invasion from neighbouring Ghana.
		The fact that Gilchrist Olympio, the main opponent to Eyadema's rule, was based in Ghana for many years and came from the same area as Rawlings, fuelled these suspicions.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1030618268787 (1513 words)

	Gilchrist_Olympio
		Gilchrist Olympio From Sterwiki Gilchrist Olympio (geboren te Lomé, 26 december 1936) is de zoon van de vroegere Togolese president Sylvanus Olympio (1902-1963).
		President Sylvanus Olympio kwam tijdens een tegen hem gerichte staatsgreep van kolonel Étienne Eyadéma in januari 1963 om het leven.
		Na de moord op zijn vader leefde Gilchrist Olympio in ballingschap in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika waar hij jarenlang voor het Internationaal Monetair Fonds (IMF) werkte.
	www.1000vragen.nl /financieel_nieuws/2005/03/13/finnieuws_Gilchrist_Olympio.html (200 words)

	News
		Bob Akitani, 74, is standing for the second time in a row as a surrogate candidate for veteran opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio who has lived in exile in Paris for several years.
		Olympio, the son of Togo's assassinated first president, Sylvanus Olympio, was banned from standing personally in the 2003 election under an article of the constitution which stipulates that all presidential candidates must be resident in Togo for at least 12 months prior to the election.
		Two other minor candidates had submitted their papers before nominations closed on Saturday; Harry Olympio, a distant relative of Gilchrist Olympio who was a close collaborator with Eyadema's regime, and Nicolas Lawson, a minor opposition leader who only won less than 5,000 votes when he stood as a presidential candidate in 2003.
	www.joinafrica.com /News/03_28_news.htm (851 words)

	africast.com - News List
		ACCRA, January 16 -- Mr Gilchrist Olympio, the exiled Togolese main opposition leader on Monday expressed reservations about President John Agyekum Kufuor's visit to Togo to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the coup that brought President Gnassingbe Eyadema to power.
		Mr Olympio, who heads the Union of Forces for Change (UFC) in Togo, said the opposition is very puzzled at Mr Kufuor's action, coming just a few days after his inauguration as President in a fair and transparent democratic election.
		Mr Olympio is the son of the late President Sylvanus Olympio who has been living in exile in Ghana and has, over the past 20 years, been championing democratic change in Togo.
	news.africast.com /article.php?newsID=6866&strRegion=West (712 words)

	3 Reportedly Killed in Togo Protests - General - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Olympio and his cousin Gilchrist Olympio run Togo's main opposition party Rally for the Support of Democracy and Development.
		Gilchrist Olympio is the son of Sylvanus Olympio, the first elected president of Togo, who was gunned down at the gates of the U.S. Embassy during a 1963 coup that brought Eyadema to power.
		Harry Olympio said he received a call from a friend in the army early Saturday, telling him the government has ordered his death.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=127000 (707 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Profile: Togo's vendetta victim
		The 66-year-old exile enjoys the status of being the son of Togo's first president, Sylvanus Olympio who was assassinated in January 1963, in what has been described as the first coup d'etat in independent Africa.
		Mr Olympio who was 27 at the time of his father's murder, accuses President Eyadema of having a hand in the overthrow and death of his father.
		Mr Olympio was educated in Ghana and at the London School of Economics.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/3021007.stm (400 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Togo's main opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio has criticised the military government for ignoring the constitution on the death of president Gnassingbe Eyadema, which calls for free elections.
		Olympio's father, Sylvanus, was Togo's first post-independence president but he was killed in a 1963 coup led by Eyadema, who was then a 27-year-old army sergeant.
		Olympio added that he planned to return to Togo after consulting his party, the Union of Forces for Change, and other opposition parties on a plan to confront the new regime.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/898209B3-F8CE-43B9-A6D3-480EB7E7EB1A.htm (444 words)

	afrol News - Togo opposition struggles to find joint candidate
		The obvious candidate of a unified opposition front would be Gilchrist Olympio, the well-known leader of the opposition Union of Forces for Change (UFC) party.
		Mr Olympio is the son of Togo's first President, Sylvannus Olympio, who was killed in a 1963 coup, allegedly at the orders of then-Sergeant Eyadéma.
		Due to his exile, Mr Olympio was not allowed to stand candidate in the 2003 presidential elections, which therefore were widely boycotted by the opposition.
	www.afrol.com /articles/15866 (884 words)

	Liberta Togo
		The Opposition Parties Under the umbrella of Gilchrist Olympio were seen by many Togolese as a no-choice.
		Whilst the Opposition under the umbrela of Gilchrist Olympio also did their part in inciting the civilians to march onto the streets only to be beaten, abused, raped and murdered.
		The images illustrate the intent of the Olympio and Gnassingbe clans in their will to use the Togolese people as pawns whilst they themselves are far away from the danger zone.
	www40.brinkster.com /libertatogo/Abuses.htm (448 words)

	Togo: Angus Reid Global Monitor
		In 1963, Olympio was assassinated in a coup and replaced by Nicolas Grunitzky.
		Olympioâs cousin Harry Olympio announced he would seek the presidency, and criticized the six-party coalition for settling on Akitani, who he described as "an old man who is not capable of running a hectic race." The younger Olympio commanded the Rassemblement pour le soutien de la dÃ©mocratie et du dÃ©veloppement (RSDDâ”Rally for Democracy and Development.
		Gilchrist Olympio ruled out joining a coalition administration, saying, "The only way out is to have a transitional or interim government for six months to prepare real presidential and legislative elections, with the presidency to alternate monthly."
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=6423 (1415 words)

	Opinion: Interview de Goilchrist Olympio sur RFI
		Gilchrist OLYMPIO: Mais, il y a toutes sortes de forces à l'intérieur comme à l'extérieur, y compris même les forces de sécurité.
		Gilchrist OLYMPIO: Il l'a déjà modifiée dans son article 52 quand il a dissout le Parlement et je crois qu'il a l'intention de modifier la Constitution.
		Gilchrist OLYMPIO: (Sourire) J'aime beaucoup ce mot "Anglo-Saxon" qui n'existe qu'en Français.
	www.togo-confidentiel.com /texte/Opinions&Dossiers/Opinions_Interview_Gilchrist_%20Olympio.htm (1054 words)

	<< UFC TOGO >> M. Gilchrist Olympio n'est pas membre de la Commission "machin"
		Gilchrist Olympio n’est pas membre de la Commission "machin"
		Gilchrist Olympio n’est pas membre de la « Commission de réflexion pour la réhabilitation de l’histoire du Togo ».
		Monsieur Gilchrist Olympio n’est donc pas membre de cette Commission dont la création n’est pas l’urgence du moment.
	www.ufctogo.com /article.php3?id_article=1012 (230 words)

	Kenya Broadcasting Corporation:
		Togo's authorities are seeking opposition leader Harry Olympio in connection with an alleged attack on police headquarters last month.
		Harry Olympio's uncle, Sylvanus Olympio, was Togo's first leader before being ousted by Mr Gnassingbe's father, Gnassingbe Eyadema in 1963.
		Mr Olympio says he received anonymous calls, saying the security forces were going to kill him.
	www.kbc.co.ke /story.asp?ID=35626 (175 words)

	Opposition Furious At Togo Poll Loss
		Earlier, UFC leader Gilchrist Olympio, who was barred from standing, said his party would not serve as a minority partner in any unity government.
		Mr Olympio was ineligible to stand in the poll because he lives in exile following a 1992 assassination attempt.
		Regional powerhouse Nigeria had said that Mr Olympio and Mr Faure had agreed to share power in a bid to calm tensions.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2005/04/29-04-05/opposition_furious_at_togo_poll.htm (572 words)

	Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Subsequently, on January 13, Olympio was assassinated in a coup led by leaders of the demobilized veterans with the support of their Kabrai army allies.
		It was regarded as an assassination attempt on Gilchrist Olympio, son of the country=s first president and chairman of the opposition alliance Union of the Forces of Change (UFC).
		Olympio was seriously injured and at least 10 people were killed including two other opposition leaders.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/data/togoewechro.htm (4494 words)

	In Togo, the Opposition Remains "Cautiously Optimistic" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Togo’s veteran opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio says he is cautiously optimistic about a recent agreement between Togo’s government and six political parties.
		Olympio is the son of Togo’s first democratically elected president, Sylvanus Olympio, who was assassinated in 1963.
		Olympio says his party, the Union of Forces for Change, will join the government on the condition it respect the plans set out in the agreement.
	www.voanews.com /english/Africa/2006-08-29-voa41.cfm (518 words)

	Spero Forum - Baptist, Protestant, and Catholic Discussion - No liberty for Togo - and we don't care
		Harry Olympio, one of Togo's main opposition leaders, said he saw three people shot to death in Saturday's demonstration.
		Gilchrist is the son of Sylvanus Olympio, the first elected president of Togo, who was gunned down at the gates of the U.S. Embassy during a 1963 coup that brought Eyadema to power.
		Gilchrist currently lives in exile in Paris, running the makings of a revolution with his cousin by mobile phone.
	www.speroforum.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1996 (946 words)

	GlobeHoppers: Togo Elections are Set for April 24
		But a coaliton of six opposition parties is still mulling whether to present a united front against Gnassingbe, who has already been chosen as the candidate of the ruling Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party.
		Gilchrist Olympio, the exiled leader of the main opposition party, the Union of Forces for Change (UFC), was prevented from standing against Eyadema in the 2003 presidential election.
		But Olympio said on Thursday that he intended to take on the dead leader's son.
	www.globehoppers.us /blog1/archives/000429.html (384 words)

	*Gilcrhist Olympio
		Several times condemned to death, wounded in 1992 during an election campaign, Gilchrist Olympio, leader of the UFC (Union des forces de changement) and the main opponent of the authorities, has been living in exile for several years now.
		Gilchrist Olympio, the son of Sylvanus Olympio, seemed to have had a good chance of winning them.
		Gilchrist Olympio – The situation is very simple.
	www.african-geopolitics.org /show.aspx?ArticleId=3538 (3277 words)

	Plan - About Us - News & Views (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		People consider this competition a battle of heirs as Faure Gnassingbe is the son of the late Gnassingbe Eyadema and Bob Akitani is chaperoned directly by Gilchrist Olympio, son of Sylvio Olympio, former Togolese leader, who was assassined when Eyadema took over power some 38 years ago.
		Gilchrist Olympio lives in exile in Paris and was banned from standing for elections as he has not spent the last 12 months before the poll in Togo.
		At least six people were killed and dozens were injured in weekend clashes between government and opposition supporters in Lome, as opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio returned home briefly to address a huge rally on Saturday.
	www.plan.org.au /contents/aboutus/news/countryupdates/page.asp?newsID=147 (991 words)

	Country Profile Togo (sample) - EIU Online Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mr Olympio was assassinated in a military coup in 1963.
		Son of the assassinated first president, Sylvanus Olympio, and leader of the opposition Union des forces du changement (UFC), Gilchrist Olympio fled to Ghana in 1992 after an attempt on his life.
		Gilchrist Olympio, the leader of the opposition Union des forces du changement, is an Ewé.
	store.eiu.com /index.asp?layout=show_sample&product_id=30000203&country_id=TG (13479 words)

	Welcome to the Republic of Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The meeting was held behind closed doors but their discussion was believed to have centred on the forthcoming presidential election in Togo.
		Mr Olympio, son of Togo’s first President Sylvanus Olympio, is the leader of the Union of Forces for Change (UFC), the biggest opposition party, but has been in exile in France following an assassination attempt on him.
		He is currently not eligible to contest in Togo’s presidential elections following the introduction of a clause in that country’s constitution that an aspirant should have stayed in the country for the past one year.
	www.ghana.gov.gh /visiting/article.php?id=0000008829 (237 words)

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