Paris-Dakar

SAO PAULO - For the first time in its 31-year history, the world's largest rally competition, formerly known as Paris-Dakar, will include in its 2010 edition a category in which competing vehicles will run on ethanol.

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The killing of four French tourists in Mauritania in late 2007 sparked the cancellation of the Paris-Dakar rally.

France Blames Al-Qaida for Killings of French Hostages in Niger 2011

BUENOS AIRES — The Paris-Dakar off-road rally stirred it's fair share of controversy in West Africa, but with the security threats in Mauritania, it switched to Chile and Argentina a few years ago.

Dakar Rally Fuels Cheers And Jeers Across South America Shane Romig 2011

The 1988 legislation recapitulates existing national laws which prohibit hunting of wild animals and exploitation of certain tree species, all commercial collection of firewood, abusive cutting or pruning of any tree or bush for fodder, artifacts or fuel, and organized motor sports (the Paris-Dakar Rally used to pass through the area).

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service, was quoted as saying that the Winter Games face the same kinds of terrorist threats that led to the cancellation of the 2008 Paris-Dakar motor rally.

Delegates at Afghan peace conference appear likely to back talks with Taliban 2010

Open to anyone with a working vehicle, the rally is billed as a low-cost and rougher version of the Paris-Dakar Rally that has taken off in recent years.

A Bendy Bus To Cross The Sahara | Impact Lab 2007

The attacks -- which prompted this year's lucrative Paris-Dakar car race to relocate to South America -- have become more frequent and brazen.

Islamic Rebels Gain Strength in the Sahara 2009

Gordon took his Hummer to race in the Paris-Dakar, one of the longest and toughest events in the world, and always acquitted himself well.

Steve Parker: Hummer's Now History -- Here's How It Started 2009

Robby Gordon pilots his race-prepped Hummer H1 in the Paris-Dakar event

Steve Parker: Hummer's Now History -- Here's How It Started 2009

Those attacks left seven people dead, including four French tourists, and led to the cancellation of the Paris-Dakar automobile and motorcycle rally through the forbidding deserts of northwestern Africa.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008