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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness.   REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    Vimpelcom says to sell Apple iPhone in Russia

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    Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:02am EDT

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    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vimpelcom (VIP.N), Russia's second-largest mobile phone operator, said on Thursday it had signed a distribution deal with Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) to sell iPhone 3G in Russia.

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    "Vimpelcom announced today it has signed an agreement with Apple to bring iPhone 3G to Russia, expected later this year," the company said in a statement.

    (Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Editing by Robin Paxton)



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