The artificial digit has a pad made from silicone to mimic the way the skin on the end of a finger moves and stretches as it drags across a surface.

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Ponting returned to applaud his team off at the end with his little finger strapped.

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Those on the receiving end have to keep a finger on a photo to view, a feature meant to deter users who might snap a picture for posterity.

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Mark Zoller, acting scientific director of the Genomics Center, expects to finger the target gene by the end of this year.

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Oster was back amongst it at the other end but Steve Harper followed Hahnemann's lead and finger-tipped his effort clear.

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Vonn, who won women's downhill gold and bronze in super-G, competed despite a fractured finger but her Games came to an early end.

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Her return to Kashmir brings to an end three years of operations to stabilise her skull, provide basic hand and finger functions as well as skin grafts and physiotherapy.

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Phelps finally made Wigan's early pressure pay when he got on the end of Sam Tomkins' kick-through, and only the faintest of finger-tip knock-ons by Richards prevented Amos Roberts adding to that score when he got on the end of Thomas Leuluai's high ball.

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How did the loot end up in the U.S.? The U.S. Justice Department points the finger at Pierfrancesco Munari, an accountant hired by the Rovellis once the family "became aware" the settlement from the bank was dirty.

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