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Jun 16 2007, Aneez

U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams has set a new record for the longest uninterrupted space flight by a woman.

At 0547 GMT on Saturday, Mrs Williams, who is a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station, surpassed the previous record of...

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