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Argentina to host Dakar Rally
11/02/2008 17:03 - (SA)
Buenos Aires - Argentina is set to host the Dakar Rally in 2009, a top organiser of the traditional competition told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) on Monday.
The official announcement is expected to be made on Tuesday, David Ely said.
The rally was cancelled this year shortly before its beginning in Lisbon because of security concerns in Mauritania.
It is likely that Chile will also host some stages of the prestigious race, although this was not confirmed by Ely.
The rally across the deserts of north Africa had been due to start in Lisbon on January 5 and to finish in the Senegalese capital Dakar on January 20, with stages in Mauritania January 11-19.
However, it was cancelled - for the first time in the 30-year history of the rally - on January 4. Sapa-dpa
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