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  • BMW : BMW UK traditionally runs an April Fools' newspaper ad;

  • 1 this year's, in '' The Sunday Times '', '' The Sunday Telegraph '' and '' The Observer '' announced a new instant messaging technology that allows drivers to display text (in mirror writing) on their windshield to "communicate advice, warnings, helpful driving tips and salutations ... without even lifting a finger".

  • ", a nature related theme, to "Sports", "to celebrate man's relationship to games of skill, and competitive challenges with small round balls".2

  • and be renamed to WZFlag.3

  • Christ Church Cathedral, New Zealand : According to a newspaper report, the cathedral was to be pulled down next week due to structural damage, and the site was purchased by a Russian businessman for a hotel and aquarium. The office of Dean of Christchurch received numerous phone calls about the story from concerned locals.4

  • CNET :

  • --- CNET News.com carried a number of fake stories, including Wikipedia 's Jimmy Wales inviting 100 people to perform cataract surgery on him, and the exile of the Dalai Lama to virtual world Second Life .

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