"The Yugoslav authorities are maybe trying to spill over the conflict to Albania, " Milo said.

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Mr Molyneux said Milo had been built using artificial intelligence developed by his firm Lionhead studios, along with technology that was "hidden in the dusty vaults of Microsoft".

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Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) mulled rolling out Voice-over-Internet Protocol, or VoIP, features to its new fiber network, which Google began lighting up last month, said Milo Medin, vice president of Google Access Services.

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Montenegro's Prime Minister, Milo Djukanovic, has said he hopes his country will succeed in joining the EU before neighbouring Serbia or Macedonia.

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"We're changing the mind of Milo constantly, " he said.

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"That's Milo Shaheed, " he said.

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Officials at Milo's Kitchen and Dogswell said their companies would continue to import chicken-jerky treats from China in the absence of any tests that showed they were dangerous.

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In addition, software allowed "complete control" over subtle facial elements such as blushing and even the diameter of Milo's nostrils, which he said could denote stress.

BBC: 'Virtual human' Milo comes out to play at TED in Oxford

Earlier, Mrs Albright said Mr Dodik and Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic - both at odds with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic - served as examples for long-term stability in the region.

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Mr Molyneux said that commands such as these were interpreted by Milo using voice-recognition software along with a database that attempted to interpret the players intonation and meaning.

BBC: 'Virtual human' Milo comes out to play at TED in Oxford

These seemingly inconsequential events could also impact on Milo's later life and development in the game, he said.

BBC: 'Virtual human' Milo comes out to play at TED in Oxford

He said the system exploited psychological techniques to make a person feel that Milo was real.

BBC: 'Virtual human' Milo comes out to play at TED in Oxford

Milo was shot down just outside our gate for trying to clean the traffickers out of our neighbourhood, " said Dr Juma, "This trust is his memorial.

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