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UK economic growth jumps to
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BBC News iPhone app is launched
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Microsoft gets at chip blueprints
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Ballet film heads Venice
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'Eternal plane' returns to
Earth The record-breaking Zephyr unmanned solar-powered plane touches down in Arizona after two weeks of non-stop flight.
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UK nanotech centres 'may be axed'
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Bone 'turnover' link to
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Life in a Day YouTube seeks video snapshot of one day around the world
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