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© 1997 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Rautiainen, T. & Alava, Mikko J. & Kaski, K. 1997. Dynamics of fracture in dissipative systems. Physical Review E. Volume 56, Issue 6. 6443-6450. ISSN 1539-3755 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physreve.56.6443, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.56.6443.