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Dakar

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Dakar , city (1988 pop. 672,991), capital of Senegal, W Senegal, on Cape Verde Peninsula, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Situated in a market-gardening region, Dakar is Senegal's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. Manufactures include refined sugar, peanut oil, fertilizers, cement, and textiles. Flour milling, oil refining, and fish canning are other important industries. The city is the busiest port in W Africa, serving Mali and Mauritania as well as Senegal, and has modern facilities for handling and storing goods. Dakar grew up around a French fort built... Read more

Dakar expedition
Dakar expedition. After the fall of France in June 1940 the possibility...French Cameroons to the Vichy fold, but en route it put in to Dakar causing great consternation. Churchill wanted to cancel the...chased by Allied warships. Two cruisers managed to return to Dakar, two others were escorted to ... Read more

Dakar
Dakar, Senegal Having established a trading post c. 1750, the French...tamarind tree which grew in profusion along the coast. Thus Dakar is said to be derived from a Wolof word n'dakhar ‘...x2019;, the name given to the Cape Verde Peninsula, on which Dakar lies, by refugees fleeing the oppression ... Read more

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	ROBBY GORDON SELECTS DAKAR VETERAN RONN BAILEY TO DRIVE SECOND HUMMER FOR TEAM DAKAR USA ; Team Dakar USA, the elite off-road racing group established to operate Robby Gordon's Dakar efforts, recently announced the addition of Dakar veteran and off-road driver Ronn Bailey to its racing team. Bailey will participate in the next three Dakar... Read more
	DAKAR PUTS TIME ON HER SIDE. ; Byline: Julie Naughton Sonya Dakar wants to turn back time - with a new...technology of any of our products, said Mimi Dakar, vice president of marketing and public...the first subcollection to the Sonya Dakar skin care line, and we intend for it... Read more
	Dakar Rally canceled; Possible terrorist threats cited.(Special Report) ; The organizers of the 30th Dakar Rally canceled the 2008 edition of the...event-scheduled to run Jan. 5-20 from Lisbon to Dakar, Senegal-for safety reasons. The organizing...collaborators.'' As in the past, the 30th Dakar Rally would have covered more than 3... Read more
	DESERT STORM; (1) Dakar Rally special (2) The Dakar rally is one of the most dangerous races in the world, so why do competitors risk death to take part? Dakar veteran Jeremy Hart reports. ; Byline: JEREMY HART The Dakar Rally is an event that takes no prisoners...France, and will finish on January 18 in Dakar. More than 600 competitors are taking...survival, because organisers ran a three-day Dakar school to teach firsttimers the dangers... Read more
	SONYA DAKAR'S BODY OF WORK. ; Byline: Julie Naughton Sonya Dakar hopes to put a new face on body products...facial-grade ingredients to power her new Sonya Dakar Body line. The skin is an organ - the...ingredients all over your body? said Mimi Dakar, vice president of marketing and public... Read more
	Dakar moves to Hungary.(Motoring) ; ...Adams Just one month after the illustrious Dakar rally was cancelled for the first time...that the first round of its replacement Dakar Series will take place in Hungary and Romania...those who would have taken part in the Dakar Rally a chance to compete, said Etienne... Read more
	IN DAKAR, SUDDEN VIOLENCE UNDER BLUE SKIES ; DAKAR, Senegal - I was in Dakar as a dance critic, not a war correspondent, but two non-dance stories...African dance and music festival called "Africa Oye!," couldn't leave Dakar when I did -- on a riot-delayed Air Afrique flight Saturday afternoon... Read more
	Dura pelea entre motos en Rally Dakar.(Automotriz) ; ...pasado 31 de diciembre dio inicio el Rally Dakar que es sin duda la prueba más dura...experimentales. Este año participan en el Rally Dakar 54 pilotos que enfrentan de manera má...conoció como el Rally París- Dakar, ya que iniciaba precisamente en la ciudad... Read more
	Rallying: Deacon's Dakar dreams are built on sand The veteran campaigner approaches tomorrow's rally expecting his new bike to provide a distinct advantage in the desert. By Mac MacDiarmid ; THE FIRST Dakar Rally of the new millennium promises to...motorcycles and trucks, begins in earnest in Dakar tomorrow, before heading east through Senegal...spurs with three finishes in the past four Dakar Rallies. His sixth place last year (and... Read more
	RALLYING: McREA RELISHES DAKAR CHALLENGE; Former rally champ up for endurance test.(Sport) ; ...excited by the challenge of the 6,800-mile Dakar Rally. The Scotsman has opted to compete...Nissan in the epic trek from France to Dakar in Senegal, which begins tomorrow and lasts...much shorter rallies, McRae expects the Dakar Rally to be a new challenge but is confident... Read more

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	Familiar faces: family behind Sonya Dakar Skin Care line protects product.(People)(Nate Dakar, Mimi Dakar and Sonya Dakar )(Interview)
	Dakar's ambitious plans: despite Dakar's favourable strategic position on the West African coast, it has been losing business to its competitors for a variety of reasons. Now, as Gordon Feller reports, a number of planned upgrades could restore the port's former pride of place.(Shipping)(Port of Dakar)
	The 2003 Dakar rally: showcase for spectacular Africa. (Topic).(Dakar motor rally celebrated its 25th anniversary)

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