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Sean O'Grady: Just the beginning of the car's evolution
The name Leaf puts me in mind of a famous quotation of Chairman Mao's: "Let a thousand flowers bloom." This, it is fair to say, is what is happening in the motoring world now. Alternative – and practical – technologies are blossoming, and they are mostly greener than we have ever seen before.
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Gariano: Lake Forest's Brunswick is motoring ahead after enduring tough times
Several weeks ago, I flew to Miami to attend this year's North American Boat Show. I was there at the suggestion of my friends at Brunswick Corp.
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ETI announces electric vehicle research programme
James Murray, BusinessGreen , Friday 19 March 2010 at 00:15:00 New £4.5m research programme to ask if people will want electric cars The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) will today launch a major new research programme designed to identify the technical, economic and cultural barriers the electric car industry is likely to face as it attempts to break into the motoring mainstream. The £4.5m ...
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One Careful Owner: Queen's Jag Up For Sale
Drivers who fancy travelling in royal style now have a unique chance to become part of the motoring elite.
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SA 2010 Car of Year named in Johannesburg
The winner of the 2010 SA Guild of Motoring Journalists' Car of the Year competition was announced in Johannesburg tonight.
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Guild of Motoring Writers Member Launches On-Line Photographic Agency
LONDON, United Kingdom, 15 March, 2010 - Guild of Motoring Writers member Glen Smale has launched Virtual Motorpix, a new photo agency offering hundreds of thousands of previously unpublished specialised and individualistic motoring and motorsport images.
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Autoglym and Pistonheads Launch New Caterham Challenge
CATERHAM, UNITED KINGDOM – March 18, 2010: Leading British car care brand, Autoglym, has teamed up with the UK’s biggest online motoring forum and news source, PistonHeads.com, to launch a brand new driving challenge.
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Society of Divine Word focus on global mission
For North Shore residents motoring past the eight-story Techny Towers with Italianate windows and clay tile roofing on rolling Waukegan Road, some may not know the Society of the Divine Word's religious reach is worldwide with missionary men in 71 countries.
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World Bank OKs record $1.05 billion for Indian schools
The World Bank on Thursday approved a record $1.05 billion credit line to help get more children into schools in India, the largest ever investment in education by the poverty-fighting institution.
Putin 'the engine' driving Russia's World Cup bid
Russia's sports minister says Vladimir Putin is "the engine" driving forward his country's bid to host football's World Cup in 2018. Vitaly Mutko said Thursday that the prime minister could help make Russia's final presentation to FIFA before the vote in December. Putin is a proven winner in sports politics.
World Bank lends billion dollars to India for education
The World Bank on Thursday said it was providing India with 1.05 billion dollars in credit to improve education, the development lender's largest investment in education to date.
Winners in 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest
The 2010 World Cheese Championship Cheese Contest concluded Thursday with the crowning of the world champion in Madison, Wis. Here's a list of the top three finishers, along with the winning cheese producer in each of the 79 categories judged. The list includes the state or country of origin.
Swiss gruyere named world's best cheese in Wis.
Europeans are still the world's big cheeses — a gruyere (groo-YEHR') from Switzerland has been named the world's best cheese at the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison.
Algeria's Belhadj suspended for World Cup match
Algeria wing back Nadir Belhadj will miss their opening World Cup game against Slovenia after being given a two-match ban for his red card in the African Nations Cup finals, the Confederation of African Football said on Thursday.
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