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	Sylvanus Olympio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio (1902 - 13 January 1963) was a Togolese political figure.
		He was shot after the U.S. embassy refused to open its gates to let him in, as he sought refuge there fleeing from the band of ex-soldiers from the French army led by Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
		His son, Gilchrist Olympio, is currently the most prominent opposition leader in Togo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sylvanus_Olympio (242 words)

	General News of Monday, 28 April 2003
		Bonito Olympio told the High Court that his mother was known as Dma Theresa Adjoa Grunitzky, alleging that she was born in Keta on September 18, 1902, and was baptised in the Catholic Church, Keta, on September 13, 1903.
		That Dma Theresa Olympio, otherwise known as Theresa Adjoa Grunitzky, the mother of the plaintiff, Bonito Olympio, was the niece to the Keta Amegashie family Stool which is occupied at the present by the plaintiff's third witness.
		Sylvanus Olympio, and all his other legitimate offspring and successors, and this includes exiled Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio, junior brother of Bonito Olympio, unless, of course, other evidence can be produced to the contrary." That was the observation of an Accra legal practitioner, who spoke to the Chronicle last Friday.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=35756 (1528 words)

	Sylvanus E. Olympio Biography / Biography of Sylvanus E. Olympio Biography Biography
		Sylvanus E. Olympio (1902-1963), the first president of the Republic of Togo, was distinguished for his pragmatism, brilliance, and moderation.
		Sylvanus Olympio was born into a very influential Lomé family which had emigrated from Brazil in the mid-19th century.
		Olympio and the CUT protested the election to the United Nations, which refused to recognize the French arrangements until better-supervised elections were completed.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-sylvanus-e-olympio/index.html (675 words)

	Sylvanus Olympio -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		A leader of the Committee of Togolese Unity after World War II, Olympio was elected president of the first territorial assembly in 1946 and by 1947 was in open (though nonviolent) conflict with Togoland's French colonial administration.
		In January 1963 Olympio was assassinated in the first successful army coup in postwar sub-Saharan Africa.
		The rhesus monkey (M. mulatta), a macaque of northern India and China, is often exhibited in zoos and used widely in medical research.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9057063 (821 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sylvanus Olympio (African History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Sylvanus Olympio[silvAn´us OlimpE´u] Pronunciation Key, 1902–63, African political leader, president of Togo from 1961 to 1963.
		He was active in trade before entering politics and helped bring about Togo's independence from France.
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	Sylvanus Olympio
		He was assassinated in a coup in 1963 by a group of ex-soldiers.
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		Togo's exiled opposition leader gets hero's welcome on first return home since death of military ruler (AP Worldstream)
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