Over a thousand people in Reykjavik took part in Saturday’s march in support of the father and son of Cuban origin who temporarily left Iceland a week ago due to racially motivated abuse.
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Good turn out for Reykjavik anti-racism rally
Posted on 20 September 2010.
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Hirvonen wins controversial WRC event
Posted on 09 September 2009.
Finland’s Mikko Hirvonen has won the latest round of the World Rally Championship in Australia, extending his lead in the title race.
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Finland’s Latvala dominates Italy-Sardinia Rally
Posted on 27 May 2009.
Driving his Ford Focus, Finland’s Jari-Matti Latvala truly dominated the Rally of Italy-Sardinia to take the racing event. This race was the sixth stage in the current World Rally Championship season, and the first victory for the Finn-dominated Ford team since it took the Japan Rally at the end of 2008.
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Norway’s prime minster rides shotgun in road rally
Posted on 20 February 2009.
Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of Norway, ripped around the Norway Rally circuit as World Champ Sebastien Loeb’s passenger in a celebration of new technology at this year’s Rally Norway. Using a cutting-edge Citroen C4 hybrid WRC car, the pair likely cruised at a somewhat slower speed than Loeb normally drives on such circuits.
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Loeb takes Rally Norway
Posted on 19 February 2009.
Frenchman Sebastien Loeb is enjoying the perfect start to the new World Rally Championship campaign by making it two out of two after winning Rally Norway over the weekend. Loeb, who races for Citroen, had to fight hard to keep Finland’s Mikko Hirvonen at bay but was able to fend off the Ford driver to [...]
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Rally Reykjavik screeches off today
Posted on 21 August 2008.
The 29th International Icelandic Rally kicks off today in Reykjavik. The three-day event takes in some of the most challenging and picturesque routes in southern and western Iceland. Ranging over tarmac, loose pumice, glacier-smoothed rock and just plain bumpy gravel; Rally Reykjavik is an unforgettable challenge for all involved, and the unpredictable Icelandic weather always [...]
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Racing champ Loeb wins Finnish rally
Posted on 08 August 2008.
Frenchman Sebastien Loeb, a four-time world champion auto rally racer, won his first Finnish Rally last week. He completed the three-day, 24-stage race with a total time of 2 hours 54 minutes and 5.5 seconds. This was the 42nd time that Loeb has won a world championship race, squeaking past Finnish racer Mikko Hirvonen with [...]
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Helsinki’s EuroMayDay rally most violent yet
Posted on 08 May 2008.
This May Day ranked among the bloodiest in the history of Helsinki according to Finnish Police reports noted in the Finnish News Agency (STT). Local police are still investigating ten serious violent crimes which occurred in the capital on Wednesday and Thursday. Inspector Jari Koski from the Helsinki police said about the violence: “It is [...]
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