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By Phuong Tran Dakar 07 January 2007 Portuguese rider Ruben Faria steers his KTM during the 1st stage of the Lisbon-Dakar Rally, 6 Jan 2007 Almost 250 competitors set off Saturday from Lisbon, Portugal in the annual car, motorcycle and truck race th
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By Kari Barber Dakar 20 January 2007 As Senegal prepares for the finale of the world-renowned Dakar Rally, another group of drivers is taking on an even more unusual Europe to Africa journey. The Plymouth-Banjul Challenge is a parody of the Dakar ra
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By Jordan Davis Dakar 23 November 2006 Economists have long noted that one of the main impediments to development in Africa is the fact it imports most of its manufactured goods. That holds true for the shelves of many West African supermarkets as w
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 25 May 2007 Traffic hawkers in the streets of Dakar, Senegal Friday marks 150 years since French colonists first established a port in what is now the Senegalese capital of Dakar. Originally a small fishing village, Dakar has
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By Fid Thompson Medina Gounass, Senegal 23 September 2009 Horse cart drivers transport goods and passengers through deep flood waters in Sicap Mbao, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, 12 Sep 2009 For the past two weeks, torrential do
African Fashion Finds a Home in Dakar High fashion is nothing new in Africa. And Senegalese designer Adama Ndiaye says it has its own special quality. We do one piece, one by one. We're not sending it to the factory because we don't have a big factor
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SANTIAGO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chile's Deputy Sports Minister Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle Thursday said he was confident his country will form part of the 2014 Dakar Rally circuit, dismissing rumors a possible route change could shut Chile out. Chile is not go
LIMA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Wednesday inaugurated the Villa Dakar, a facility where vehicles racing in the 2013 Dakar Rally will get a mechanical revision before the race next Jan. 5. A total of 459 vehicles, including
SANTIAGO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Qatari auto racer Prince Nasser Al Attiyah won Day 6 of the legendary Dakar Rally Thursday, behind the wheel of a Buggy. Al Attiyah won the sixth stage of the rugged off-road race, between the Chilean cities of Arica and
LIMA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Holland's Gerard de Rooy (No. 500) won the second stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally on Sunday in the truck racing category, aboard an Iveco. Racing along 242 kilometers of Peru's Pisco province, De Rooy beat the competition with
LIMA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Peru will host the Dakar Rally 2010, which according to president of the Peruvian Sports Institute (IDP) Arturo Woodman, represents a triumph for the country's international image, local press said on Thursday. Woodman said