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The much hyped, much criticised, trans-Saharan car race, the Dakar-Cairo Rally (still called Paris-Dakar), won huge but costly publicity when, instead of for the first time driving across Libya, contestants were airlifted there from Niamey. Tripoli hailed the Rally as 'a further reaffirmation of the unity of the continent'....

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Libya, Niger, United States, French, Algeria, Hassan Hattab, Jean-Claude Killy, Mamadou Tandja, Mali, Zahabi Ould Sidi Mohamed, Iyad ag Ghali, Mano Dayak, Groupe Islamique Armé, Da'wa wa Jihad, Front Islamique-Arabe de l'Azaouad, Mouvement des Fronts Unis de l'Azaouad, Hizbollah

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