The scale proposed for the Arizona projects would be a step-change in scale for these types of solar-energy projects.

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Eurozone finance ministers' decision that European banks should raise more than 100bn euros of new capital is an important step towards averting a full-scale financial crisis, but it is only a step.

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Hong Kong Telecom plans to bring the world's first commercial video-on-demand service to the territory this year, the first step toward full-scale interactive television.

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"This is a major step forward in our pursuit to build molecular-scale electronic devices, " said Phaedon Avouris, lead researcher on the project.

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