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*news Headlines Thursday, May 17, 2012
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BBC Diary WintonsWorld’s report on incompetence by BBC operatives. Listen to Miliband and Greek tragedy can be yours too; Relentlessly wrong about Arab Spring; “fascist prohibitionists at the British Medical Association”
Industry Feature European Shakeup Awaits Signal From Hollande. Peugeot Bean Counters May Have To Delay Action. French Parliamentary Elections Will Decide Whether President Can Act.
Review: SEAT Alhambra The MPV, perfected. SEAT (and VW) finally got a new large MPV in 2010 and it was worth waiting for
Industry Feature Electric Cars Totter On To Sales Charts; Will Volt Or Leaf Win? Better Hope They Don’t Make Us Buy Electric Bikes.
Review: Chevrolet Volt Useful Electric Range Plus Petrol Motor  On Tap. Volt Formula Blows Away Battery-Only Pretenders.
Autos blog Dodgy Fuel Data Spat Indicts Journalists And Car Makers. “what do car review readers think.....
Review: Audi A1 Sportback Same package, increased practicality. 5-seat, 5-door version of highly successful A1 premium hatch.

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SEAT Alhambra Review 2012 SEAT Alhambra The MPV, perfected. SEAT (and VW) finally got a new large MPV in 2010 and it was worth waiting for ..guest columnist Robert Couldwell reports..
Chevrolet Volt Review - 2012 Chevrolet Volt Useful Electric Range Plus Petrol Motor  On Tap. Volt Formula Blows Away Battery-Only Pretenders. But It Is Hugely Expensive, Even After Official Handouts.
Audi A1 Sportback Review 2012 Audi A1 Sportback Same package, increased practicality. 5-seat, 5-door version of highly successful A1 premium hatch ..guest columnist Robert Couldwell reports..
Volvo s60 review 2012 Volvo S60 SE Lux DRIVe Thanks to Chinese money Volvo seems on the road to success. ..guest columnist Robert Couldwell reports..
Peugeot 508 Review 2012 Peugeot 508 Handsome, Competent Contender Trouble Is, It’s Not Alone In The Market. Ford, Opel-Vauxhall, Citroen, Mazda, Nissan Offer Massive Competition.
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CNN Greeks form caretaker government as crisis deepens
A day after Greece's caretaker prime minister was sworn in, an interim Cabinet will be formed amid growing concerns the crisis-hit country will exit the eurozone.
BBC Sport Reds seek long-term Dalglish replacement
Liverpool's owners want the club's new boss to be in place for four to five years, but as of yet there are no front-runners.
*Features Auto News
Francois Hollande Industry Feature European Shakeup Awaits Signal From Hollande. Peugeot Bean Counters May Have To Delay Action. French Parliamentary Elections Will Decide Whether President Can Act. Adam Smith’s Bond Vigilantes May Have The Ace In The Hole.
Industry News *European Electric Car Sales Struggle For Life * Peugeot In Trouble, But Long-Term Prospects Stable *Renault Investor Favourite When Compared With Peugeot *Toyota Emerges From Troubles Expecting To Double Profit *Tesla Motors Advances Launch Date By A Month.
Industry Feature Electric Cars Totter On To Sales Charts; Will Volt Or Leaf Win? Better Hope They Don’t Make Us Buy Electric Bikes. “would you use your precious dollars to buy a car that died after 100 miles and needed an eight hour recharge, or one which gave you about 200 miles of range after the battery runs out ”
Autos blog Dodgy Fuel Data Spat Indicts Journalists And Car Makers. “what do car review readers think when they buy a car and then find its fuel efficiency claim doesn’t come close to real world performance”
Autos blog Nissan Sunderland, Britain’s largest car plant, shows the way. “isn’t it a tragedy that it took the Japanese to pick us up, dust us down and point us in the right direction?”
Industry Feature Can Weird Twizy Succeed As Over-Ambitious Electric Cars Stall? Trying To Make Electric Cars Match Traditional Ones Doomed. Twizy Has Limited Ambitions, But Keen Price.
Industry Feature Calls For E.U To Help European Car Shakeout Look Incredible. If Ellesmere Port Goes, Investors Will Question GM Sanity. “I can’t see for the life of me how bailouts could possibly work”. “In A Sane World, Opel Would Be For The Chop” 
*Politics Opinion - BBC Watch - Call me Dave - Religion Of Peace
BBC Diary WintonsWorld’s report on incompetence by BBC operatives, and the organisation’s failure to meet its guidelines of balance and fairness.
The BBC reported the proposals on Lords reform and I didn’t hear anybody on its news bulletins or discussion programmes saying a 15 year term was not very democratic.
Opinion Here’s How To Beat Vodafone And Its Ilk Into Submission. By All Means Use The Media To Bring Shame, Pressure. But What If, Like Vodafone, They Ain’t Got No Shame Genes?. Threat Of The Small Claims Court Will Do The Trick
We The Living Book Review Rand’s Great Novel “We The Living” Set In 1920’s Russia. Touching Love Story; Horrendous Warning About State Power. How Can Such Powerful And Poetic Writing Have Such A Low Profile? “You’ve driven us into an iron cellar, you’ve closed all the doors, and locked us airtight, airtight till the blood vessels of our spirits burst” 
U.K. Muslims Opinion U.K. Muslims Need New Koran Purged Of Uncivilised Beliefs. Respect For Religion Not Automatic, Depends On Content. Traditional Islam Not Compatible With British Culture. Inaction From Supine Government Means Innocents In Danger. “Non-Islamic religions preach sweetness and light and won’t throw a lethal wobbly if slighted in some obscure way” 

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