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WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Actor and humanitarian Arnold Schwarzenegger will lead a delegation of statesmen, Special Olympics leadership and athletes to South Africa for Special Olympics African Hope 2001. This series of events, taking place July 12-14 in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Sun City, will launch Special Olympics' major growth campaign to reach 100,000 new athletes with mental retardation throughout Africa by the year 2005. It has been estimated by the World Health Organization that there are 6 million individuals in Africa with mental ...

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