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                    [Title] => Asi’s cousin affirms Pinoy roots
                    [Summary] => Lebanese national cager Paul Afeaki Khouri said recently he is Asi Taulava’s first cousin and confirmed the Talk ’N’ Text center’s Filipino heritage.


Khouri was in town to play for the Sagesse club in the FIBA (Federation Internationale de Basketball)-Asia Champions Cup two weeks ago. His mother is the sister of Taulava’s father Pauliasi.

According to Khouri, he was born in San Francisco and his parents never married. He assumed his mother’s surname Afeaki. He said his father, who died two years ago, was Lebanese.
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It was the flamboyant Neumann who took Lebanon from seventh place at the 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championships in Fukuoka to second in Shanghai last year. Finishing behind only China rewarded Lebanon with a ticket to the 16-nation, 11-day World Basketball Championships that ended here last Sunday.
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Khouri was in town to play for the Sagesse club in the FIBA (Federation Internationale de Basketball)-Asia Champions Cup two weeks ago. His mother is the sister of Taulava’s father Pauliasi.

According to Khouri, he was born in San Francisco and his parents never married. He assumed his mother’s surname Afeaki. He said his father, who died two years ago, was Lebanese.
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It was the flamboyant Neumann who took Lebanon from seventh place at the 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championships in Fukuoka to second in Shanghai last year. Finishing behind only China rewarded Lebanon with a ticket to the 16-nation, 11-day World Basketball Championships that ended here last Sunday.
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