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Amit Rana of Kullu becomes Raid de Himalaya champion

Shimla, Oct 6 (UNI) Sunil Rana of Kullu became the Raid de Himalaya champion after the rally was officially called off due to heavy snowfall on the upper reaches of Lahaul and Spiti.

Meanwhile, all the rallyists returned safely back 10 Manali from Keylong. The result was declared on the basis of the completion of three legs of Raid de Himalaya.

Ashish Saurabh Maudgil was declared champion in extreme two wheeler category while Rajesh Chalana stole the show in Adventure four wheeler category.

All the winners will be honoured by the Maruti Suzuki and Airtel officials in a felicitation ceremony, which is to be held tomorrow in Allied Sports and Mountaineering Institute, Manali.

Harpreet Singh Bawa bagged the second and captain Mr A S Bawa got third position in the Extreme Four Wheeler Category. In the Extreme Two Wheeler Category, Sandeep Singh Matharoo and Sachin Ramesh Chavan got second and third positions respectively.

In Adventure Four Wheeler Category, Rajesh Chalana got first position followed by the Snehal Patel and Sanjay Aggarwal at second and third positions respectively.

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Ethiopia rebels back US pressure on government

NAIROBI, Oct 6 (Reuters) An Ethiopian rebel group applauded today that a bill passed by the US House of Representatives that would force their government to make democratic reforms or else lose security aid. The group, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), are armed rebels fighting for greater autonomy in ethnically Oromo parts of the vast Horn of Africa nation. ''We believe the Oromo people would have everything to gain and nothing to lose from the advancement of human rights, democracy, independence.....

Rare march in Baghdad against new US wall

BAGHDAD, Oct 6 (Reuters) More than a thousand Iraqis marched in west Baghdad on Saturday in a rare public demonstration to protest against a wall they say the US military is planning to erect around their neighbourhood. Carrying an Iraqi national flag and banners condemning the wall the marchers in the predominantly Shi'ite district of al-Washash chanted ''No, no to the wall. No, no to America.'' The US military sparked international outrage earlier this year when it began erecting a high.....

Congo rescue called off after air crash kills 50

KINSHASA, Oct 6 (Reuters) Rescue workers in Congo called off a search for survivors today two days after a Russian-made cargo plane plunged into a suburb of the capital Kinshasa, killing at least 50 people. Government officials said a number of people were still missing after the Antonov 26 twin-propeller aircraft belonging to Congolese airline Africa One crashed into houses in the Kingasani neighbourhood shortly after take-off on Thursday. ''There's nothing left. There's just the carcass of the plane and some.....
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