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  • Interesting passage: ...shortages of spare parts from the manufacturer contributed to the armoured wheeled vehicle known as the Nyala being sent back to Canada.

    On bullets and beans 2008

  • The passengers of that jet that was hijacked shortly after take-off from Nyala, that is the largest town in the country's war-torn Darfur region, by the way, was headed to Libya.

    CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2008 2008

  • "After 20 minutes the pilot called Nyala airport to tell him the plane had been hijacked and that he is en route to Tripoli in Libya," one employee said, refusing to give his name because he was not authorised to speak to the press.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The Canadian Armoured Patrol Vehicle known as Nyala incorporates a remote weapon station and is equipped with a day and night sighting systems, which allow the operator to fire the weapon from inside the vehicle.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • The Canadian Armoured Patrol Vehicle known as Nyala incorporates a remote weapon station and is equipped with a day and night sighting systems, which allow the operator to fire the weapon from inside the vehicle.

    Buffaloes and Cougars for Afstan 2007

  • The Nyala is a South African vehicles, designed to resist landmines and roadside bombs.

    StrategyPage.com 2008

  • The RG-31 "Nyala" mine and bullet-protected vehicle (MPV) with high mobility ease of handling and good crew comfort has been successfully deployed with the UN in Bosnia and Lebanon.

    How Blair is killing our soldiers Richard 2006

  • Sometime later a police "Nyala" containing a bicycle and a theft suspect arrived at the terminus.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

  • Albert Gonzalez Farran/Reuters Voters waited in line at a polling station in the South Darfur town of Nyala.

    South Sudan Vote Begins 2011

  • In scanning the news on Sudan early this morning, I came across a short item on Radio Dabanga's website "Two opposition politicians arrested in Nyala" about a government security raid on the local headquarters of two national political parties.

    Sean Brooks: Election Intimidation and Delusions in Darfur 2010

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