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European freighter detaches from space station (AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080906/ts_afp/spaceeuropeiss"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080906/capt.cps.nmu09.060908024233.photo00.photo.default-512x476.jpg?x=130&y=120&q=85&sig=6g9caav5eA78O4UkObwHQg--" align="left" height="120" width="130" alt="Graphic illustration of the ATV spacecraft which is positioning itself for a fiery, suicide descent into Earth's atmosphere(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A European robot freighter decoupled from the International Space Station (ISS), positioning itself for a fiery, suicide descent into Earth's atmosphere.</p><br clear="all"/>