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Thu 11 Nov 2006EU parliament approves €54bn for R&DThe European Parliament has approved a €54 billion fund earmarked for research and development for the next seven years, paving the way for companies and researchers take a share of the money.The Seventh Framework Programme is the European Union's chief instrument for funding research, giving cash to a wide range of projects, upgrading laboratories and encouraging a new generation of scientists.