Dakar Rally hit by deaths following road accident

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    Updated 2133 GMT (0533 HKT) January 10, 2013

    The Dakar rally, which moved from Africa to South America for security reasons in 2009, is notoriously dangerous and has claimed a number of lives in its history, both among competitors and spectators.
    Photos: Dakar Rally: World's toughest race?
    Dangerous drive – The Dakar rally, which moved from Africa to South America for security reasons in 2009, is notoriously dangerous and has claimed a number of lives in its history, both among competitors and spectators.
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    The race was the idea of Frenchman Thierry Sabine after he got lost on his motorbike in the desert during the Abidjan-Nice Rally back in 1977. "A challenge for those who go, a dream for those who stay behind," is how Sabine described the inaugural Dakar.
    Photos: Dakar Rally: World's toughest race?
    Founding father – The race was the idea of Frenchman Thierry Sabine after he got lost on his motorbike in the desert during the Abidjan-Nice Rally back in 1977. "A challenge for those who go, a dream for those who stay behind," is how Sabine described the inaugural Dakar.
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