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Cuban Nancy Carrilo de la Paz…

Cuban Nancy Carrilo de la Paz (c) drives the ball past sisters Maria (l) and Niki Garagouni (r), defending for Greece during yesterday’s match for the international women’s volleyball championship in Bremen, Germany. Cuba won 3-1, in what was the first match for both teams in the second round of the championship finals. Filippakis had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and was in the final stages of the disease. A coroner said death had occurred a month before, and ruled out foul play.

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