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　　the trouble with tracy: in 2003, the comedy network in canada announced that it would produce and air a remake of the 1970s canadian sitcom the trouble with tracy. the original series is widely considered to be one of the worst sitcoms ever produced. several media outlets fell for the hoax.

　　national television station (tvm) in malta: in 1995, tvm announced the discovery of a new underground prehistoric temple with a mummy. another year, tvm announced that malta would adopt the european continent convention of driving on the right-hand side of the road [citation needed].

　　free wine for all:the norwegian newspaper "bergens tidende" announced in 1987 that the state's alcohol monopoly had 10,000 litres of illegally smuggled wine that had been confiscated. the inhabitants of bergen were invited to the main store in town to receive their share of the goods, rather than to spill good wine down the drain. that morning staff were met by about 200 men & women with bottles, buckets, and other suitable vessels for carrying the prized goods. legislation in norway causes alcohol to be relatively expensive and have limited availability [citation needed].

　　rain drop power: on april 1st 2006 norwegian media had a one-page story concerning "rain drop power", which could replace oil as a primary energy source.

　　one could write to the energy c

　　ompany bkk in bergen in order to be a volunteer and receive the power generated for free.

　　the canadian news site announced in 2002 that finance minister paul martin had resigned "in order to breed prize charolais cattle and handsome fawn runner ducks."

　　sars infects hong kong: in 2003 during the time when hong kong is seriously hit by sars, it was rumored that many people in hong kong had become infected with sars and become uncontrolled, that all immigration ports would be closed to quarantine the region, and that tung chee hwa, the chief executive of hong kong at that time, had resigned. hong kong supermarkets were immediately overwhelmed by panicked shoppers. the hong kong government held a press conference to deny the rumor. the rumor, which was intended as an april fools' prank, was started by a student by imitating the design of ming pao newspaper website. he was charged for this incident.

　　(announcement of hong kong government denying this rumor)

　　china decapitates Chinese Taiwan: in 2005, an undergraduate nicknamed skymirage, who was well-known in Chinese Taiwan for his humor, fabricated a series of news that china's airforce was bombarding office of president, Chinese Taiwan.

　　water on mars: in 2005 a news story was posted on the official nasa website purporting to have pictures of water on mars. the picture actually was just a picture of a glass of water on a mars candy bar.

　　annual bmw innovations see a new "cutting-edge invention" by bmw advertised across british newspapers every year, examples including:

　　warning against counterfeit bmws: the blue and white parts of the logo were reversed

　　the "toot and calm horn" (after tutankhamun), which calms rather than aggravates other drivers, so reducing the risk of road rage,

　　mini cars being used in upcoming space missions to mars,

　　ids ("insect deflector screen") technology - using elastic solutions to bounce insects off the windscreen as you drive,

　　shef ("satellite hypersensitive electromagnetic foodration") technology, which sees the car's gps systems synchronise with home appliances to perfectly cook a meal for the instant you return home,

　　marque-wiper - mini-wipers for each exterior "bmw" logo coming as standard on all future models,

　　"uninventing the wheel" to counter the "eu ban" on right-hand drive cars, and

　　zoom impression pixels ("zip") to counter new "slow cameras".

　　sheng long - electronic gaming monthly's infamous hoax of a secret character in street fighter ii.

　　there have been several other egm pranks that readers have fallen into. among them: claiming that some street fighter ii characters possessed unlisted special moves, including chun-li hurling her bracelets at an opponent, sega mascots sonic and tails appearing as playable characters in super smash bros. melee, and the release of a graphically-remade the legend of zelda: the wind waker as a preorder bonus. all such pranks have been met with praise and equal hatred from its readers, as can be seen in the "april fools" letters section in the may issue.