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All aboard for the second biggest tournament on European soil. This week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth is the European equivalent of the Players Championship in the States.
First staged in 1955, the event has been held 28 times over The West Course, while the status of the tournament has risen year-by-year.
Once again a superb field has assembled in search of the Ł600k first prize...
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BMW's new iDrive screen is a radical change from the previous generation.(Credit: BMW)For years, BMW has heard complaints from automotive editors and enthusiasts about its iDrive control system, the interface for accessing infotainment and car functions in BMW models.
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BMW's new iDrive screen is a radical change from the previous generation.(Credit: BMW)For years, BMW has heard complaints from automotive editors and enthusiasts about its iDrive control system, the interface for accessing infotainment and car functions in BMW models.
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Although the German automakers said earlier this year that they were ready for the U.S. economic downturn, BMW has announced a measure to combat the eroding value of the dollar. Starting June 1, BMW will raise its U.S. prices by 1 percent across the board. "It's a moderate price increase that reflects the conditions in the market," Markus Sagemann, a spokesman for BMW, told Bloomberg.
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Short News submitted before 256 days, 4 hours i 29 minutes from news.bbc.co.uk in Novosti Other sports
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If good things come in threes, BMW Sauber boss Mario Theissen must think three is his magic number. Three seasons in Formula One, three podiums in the first three races of 2008 and BMW have split the championship title race into a three-way battle. Breaking Ferrari and McLaren's stranglehold, BMW lead the constructors' standings, ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix...
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I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier over this thing. Don't get me wrong, the X6 -in this case the six-cylinder version -is an impressive piece of work.
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Short News submitted before 230 days, 18 hours i 12 minutes from news.bbc.co.uk in Novosti World
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A ship carrying food aid to Somalia which was seized a week ago by pirates has been released. The Jordanian-registered Victoria, carrying a cargo of 4,000 tonnes sugar donated by Denmark, was hijacked as it approached the capital, Mogadishu. The ship's local agent said the crew of about 12 was safe and the ship was now heading to Mogadishu with Somali soldiers onboard.
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By Rory JurneckaIt's been thirty years since the first BMW M1 supercar first rolled out the factory doors in Munich, and to celebrate, BMW created a new concept car -the BMW M1 Homage -that it displayed this past weekend at the 2008 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este near Lake Como in Italy.
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Short News submitted before 183 days, 1 hour i 28 minutes from www.usatoday.com in Novosti World
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BERLIN (AP) — A German cargo ship held captive for 41 days off the coast of Somalia was released and all aboard were safe and unharmed, a shipping company said Wednesday. A Somali official said the pirates received a large ransom. The Lehmann GmbH shipping company said the MV Lehmann Timber was sailing for a safe port a day after the ship was freed.
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BMW works on making the electric Mini, which sounds like a new dance.(Credit: CNET)If you had any doubts about an upcoming era of electric cars, put them aside. BMW announced it is testing electric powertrains in the Mini Cooper. Over the next year and a half...
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Short News submitted before 253 days, 3 hours i 3 minutes from news.bbc.co.uk in Novosti Other sports
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Former Wales captain David Pickering has been elected chairman of the Six Nations. Pickering, Welsh Rugby Union chairman since 2001, takes over from Jacques Laurans, who held the post since 2002. Pickering starts his three-year term immediately while Frenchman Laurans will remain on the Six Nations Council. What are these? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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Short News submitted before 169 days, 15 hours i 45 minutes from www.guardian.co.uk in Novosti Ecology
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A climatologist who is trying to explain why even the most immediate and drastic steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions may not save the coral reefs, has embarked on a metaphor for climate change. "The climate is like this big ship, right? We are all on this big ship and the problem is once you hit the brakes it takes a long time for the ship to actually slow down and stop...
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BMW released details and photos of its new 3-series, purportedly a mid-cycle facelift. However, we found some impressive changes and new options. BMW will offer a twin-turbo diesel version available in all 50 states. The dashboard electronics get updated with a new iDrive interface, and the navigation system gets a hard drive, with space left over for music storage.
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Short News submitted before 243 days, 7 hours i 28 minutes from www.sciencedaily.com in Novosti Medicine
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The study found that six-month short-interval follow-up examinations had an 83% sensitivity, which is similar to the sensitivity of other diagnostic mammograms, said Erin J. Aiello Bowles, MPH, lead author of the study from the Group Health Center for Health Studies.
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BMW will build 500 all-electric Minis and import them into California, todays reports say. The project is headed up by BMWs Project i unit, which was created to develop a low emission city car. All of the cars will sport silver paintjobs with yellow roofs, according to BMW sources. The cars shells will be pushed of the Mini production line in Oxford, England without an engine...
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Right on the heels of our X6 hybrid spy photos, shooters in California have captured images of what is believed to be the M version of the newest entry in the BMW lineup. Although BMW still won’t confirm the M version of the X6, the side vents and dual exhaust on each side give away the true identity of this not-so-mild-mannered X6. Built to compete with Porsche’s Cayenne Turbo...
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Short News submitted before 202 days, 14 hours i 15 minutes from www.femalefirst.co.uk in Novosti Other fun
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Spike Lee Considers Hurricane Katrina Follow-up.... Director Spike Lee is considering re-visiting the area affected by 2005's Hurricane Katrina to make a follow-up documentary to his critically acclaimed film When The Levees Broke:A Requiem In Four Acts. The moviemaker won three Emmy Awards for the 2006 film, which focused on the after effects of t...
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Short News submitted before 202 days, 14 hours i 21 minute from news.bbc.co.uk
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Australia's Peter O'Malley fired a six-under-par round of 66 to take a share of the BMW International Open lead alongside three players in Munich. Chasing his first European Tour victory since the 2001 Open, O'Malley compiled a bogey-free round of six birdies. South Africa's Anton Haig, Singapore's Mardan Mamat and Rafa Echenique of Argentina share the first-round lead.
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Short News submitted before 169 days, 12 hours i 29 minutes from www.guardian.co.uk in Novosti Education
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A climatologist who is trying to explain why even the most immediate and drastic steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions may not save the coral reefs, has embarked on a metaphor for climate change. "The climate is like this big ship, right? We are all on this big ship and the problem is once you hit the brakes it takes a long time for the ship to actually slow down and stop...
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