He blamed the failure on not carrying enough propane fuel to allow the proper steering that is needed in altitude changes.

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Ketosis is a state in which the body burns its own fat for fuel and can "cause health problems, such as kidney failure, " according to the medical Web site WebMD.

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Russia's space agency chief said the August rocket failure was an "isolated" glitch caused by a fuel pipe blockage.

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While the difficult economic climate at the time and other factors may have hastened the firm's failure, the risky business strategy and conduct by Corzine and his team helped fuel its demise, it says.

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Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, who set the fastest time in first and second qualifying sessions, retired on lap 27 due to an electrical failure, while Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg did not even start the race due to a fuel-system problem.

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Pakistan has felt let down by America's failure to back it in its wars against India, and abandoned when, after helping Pakistan fuel the anti-Soviet resistance in Afghanistan in the 1980s, America turned its attention elsewhere.

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