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Page last updated at 09:13 GMT, Sunday, 23 November 2008

Sea eagle
Sea eagles could be reintroduced
Conservationists plan to bring the sea eagle, the UK's largest bird of prey, back to the skies above England.

NASA astronauts participate in the second space walk (Photo: AP/NASA) Fresh spacewalk in vexed mission
International Space Station astronauts try to resolve the latest of a series of glitches that have plagued their mission.

Ear Light-wave implant hope for deaf
An implant which works by firing infrared light into the inner ear is being investigated by US researchers.

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