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        "msgid": "holiday-declared-for-gold-medal-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-08-05 00:00:00",
        "title": "Holiday declared for gold medal",
        "author": null,
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Holiday declared for gold medal LAGOS (Reuter): Nigeria's military government declared today a public holiday to celebrate an historic gold medal won by the troubled African nation in the Olympic Games soccer event. Ecstasy filled the land moments after the final whistle of the match as thousands of people poured on to the streets of Lagos to savor the 3-2 defeat of Argentina on Saturday. \"Nothing unites this nation like football does,\" said veteran television sports commentator Hameed Adio.",
        "content": "<p>Holiday declared for gold medal<\/p>\n<p>LAGOS (Reuter): Nigeria&apos;s military government declared today a<br>\npublic holiday to celebrate an historic gold medal won by the<br>\ntroubled African nation in the Olympic Games soccer event.<\/p>\n<p>Ecstasy filled the land moments after the final whistle of the<br>\nmatch as thousands of people poured on to the streets of Lagos to<br>\nsavor the 3-2 defeat of Argentina on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Nothing unites this nation like football does,&quot; said veteran<br>\ntelevision sports commentator Hameed Adio. &quot;The head of state<br>\nGeneral Sani Abacha is overwhelmed by the great performance of<br>\nour boys,&quot; Interior Minister Babagana Kingibe said yesterday on<br>\nstate television in the capital Abuja when he announced Abacha&apos;s<br>\ndecision to call a public holiday.<\/p>",
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