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/ 10 January 2006
French title holder Cyril Despres, riding a KTM, on Monday broke through the pain barrier of a recently dislocated collarbone to win the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally, which was marred by the death of Australian rival Andy Caldecott. The car stage was won by Frenchman and defending champion Stephane Peterhansel.
Australian motorcyclist Andy Caldecott has been killed in a crash during the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally, organisers said on Monday. KTM rider Caldecott, who won the third stage of the rally from Nador to Er Rachidia in Morocco last Monday, fell 250km into the 599km stage between Nouakchott and Kiffa, Mauritania.
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/ 22 September 2004
In the deep south of Mauritania, swarms of locusts appear on the horizon like dark menacing sand storms and then arrive to swirl around the countryside like blizzards of thick, yellow snowflakes. The grasshopper-like insects settle on every tree, plant and bush and begin to munch away at the green vegetation.
At Kiffa, in the heart of the "triangle of poverty," the desert is synonymous with scorching winds, sand in the streets and a sky tinged by red dust.