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Cameroon's extraordinary national football team, the Indomitable Lions, has done President Paul Biya some big favours. The Lions beat Nigeria's Super Eagles in Lagos to win the African Cup of Nations in February and won the Olympic tournament by beating Spain on a penalty shoot-out....

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Paul Biya, Nigeria, Spain, Roger Milla, Yannick Noah, France, Australia, Bello Bouba Maïgari, John Fru Ndi, Chad, United States, Malaysia, Charles Pasqua, Vincent Bolloré, Ivo Desancio Yenwo, Israel, Hamadi M'Bara Guerandi, Burkina Faso, Joseph Owona, Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais, Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Progrès

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