http://www.tivarati.com/world/ world News Thu, 22 May 2008 06:32:08 +0700 en http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-21/35910004/ Wed, 21 May 2008 16:45:08 +0700 SYDNEY 21 May AsiaNet/InfoQuest DEFENCE DEPLOYS... MOUNTAIN VIEW To support NATO peace keeping in Afghanistanand elsewhere, the Polish Ministry of Defence is deploying aRadio Frequency Identification based solution provided by Savi,a Lockheed Martin company, to automate tracking and managementof military http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-21/35867239/ Wed, 21 May 2008 10:12:34 +0700 BEIJING 21 May Xinhua PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest On May 19 14:28, an Air China weekly routine meeting was suspended and all participants observed a 3 minutes silence to express their deep condolences to those that lost their lives in the Wenchuan earthquake. The meeting resumed afterwards to discuss the arrangements http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-20/35806528/ Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:49 +0700 SYDNEY 20 May AsiaNet/InfoQuest PRIME MINISTER SCORES... KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk SeriAbdullah Badawi, scored a high 80 per cent on his Chinesespoken language test at the Taiwan booth after the officialopening of WCIT 2008 this morning. http://www.galileo masters.com http://www.itri.org.tw http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-20/35805439/ Tue, 20 May 2008 16:46:36 +0700 SYDNEY 20 May AsiaNet/InfoQuest CORENET CHAIRMAN... SYDNEY Nokia's Mr Mark Tamburro of the United Kingdom isthe new Chairman of CoreNet Global's Board of Directors, the7,000 member international association of corporate real estateand workplace executives announced today.www.corenetglobal.org Taiyo Fund Takes http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-20/35790164/ Tue, 20 May 2008 14:33:17 +0700 GENEVA 20 May PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest Shocking Lack of Global Statistics Prompts Creation of First Global Resource on Hepatitis: The Hepatitis Atlas The World Hepatitis Alliance, a newly formed Non Governmental Organisation, today called on governments around the world to do more to drive improvements in http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-20/35770128/ Tue, 20 May 2008 11:10:51 +0700 LONDON 20 May PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest British designer Paul Smith has teamed up with Manchester United Football Club to design and supply the team players with formal wear and accessories for the next three years. This is the first time that Manchester United has entered into such a partnership. ( Photo: http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-20/35765235/ Tue, 20 May 2008 10:29:19 +0700 STOCKHOLM 20 May PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest Tonium, the Swedish tech company behind Pacemaker, the pocket sized DJ system, has announced the launch of the Pacemaker music community. Hosted on www.pacemaker.net , the Pacemaker music community allows members to upload andlegally share the mixes of their music, created http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-20/35759253/ Tue, 20 May 2008 09:43:45 +0700 HONG KONG and SINGAPORE 20 May Xinhua PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest Logwin AG integrates its businesses and re brands as one company Birkart Globistics, a leading provider of global transportation and freight forwarding services, today announced a major re branding which will see the company renamed as Logwin effective http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-16/35630197/ Fri, 16 May 2008 17:54:51 +0700 VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. 16 May PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest The board of directors of Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) today elected Donald J. Stebbins as president and chief executive officer, effective June 1, 2008. Stebbins, who was president and chief operating officer, succeeds Michael F. Johnston in the CEO http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-16/35627526/ Fri, 16 May 2008 17:41:40 +0700 SYDNEY 16 May AsiaNet/InfoQuest THOMSON REUTERS EXPANSION... PHILADELPHIA, PA. Thomson Reuters, the world's leadingsource of intelligent information for businesses andprofessionals, has further increased coverage of the growingpatent activity in the Asia Pacific region with the addition ofregistered Japanese Utility http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-16/35625348/ Fri, 16 May 2008 17:26:47 +0700 PARIS 16 May PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest Sanofi aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced today that findings from the landmark ATHENA study showed that Multaq(R) (dronedarone), a potential therapy for the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter, decreased the risk of http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-16/35604080/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:11:31 +0700 Bangkok 16 May วอร์เนอร์ มิวสิค Scarlett Johansson will release her debut album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, on Atco Records, an imprint of Warner Music Group’s Rhino Entertainment, on May 20. The inspired album features 10 Tom Waits songs and includes one original track. Collaborating with TV on the Radio producer http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-16/35582473/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:30:31 +0700 BEIJING 16 May Xinhua PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest 9 Flights Carrying Relief Troops to Sichuan Air China adjusted capacity timely according to the relief situation and allocated wide body aircrafts as its best to evacuate stranded passengers in Sichuan province. On May 15, 28 flights departed from Chengdu and other 9 http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-16/35577580/ Fri, 16 May 2008 09:45:15 +0700 BASEL 16 May PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest Patients with breast or colorectal cancer, two of the world's most common cancers, can expect further treatment advances with Avastin(R) (bevacizumab) and Herceptin(R) (trastuzumab) following new data that is being presented at the 44th American Society of Clinical Oncology http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-16/35570575/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:59:08 +0700 INDIANAPOLIS, IN. 16 May PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest Lung cancer patients whose histology is factored into treatment decisions may fare better as a result, according to data from a pivotal non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) clinical trial. Data from the trial, which involved Eli Lilly and Company's ALIMTA(R) http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-15/35522255/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:55:50 +0700 SYDNEY 15 May AsiaNet/InfoQuest THOMSON REUTERS DONATION... NEW YORK Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI; TSX: TRI; LSE: TRIL; Nasdaq: TRIN),the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses andprofessionals, today announced that Thomson Reuters and its Foundation willsupport disaster relief efforts in http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-15/35514117/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:39:07 +0700 NICE 15 May PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest The REACH Registry reveals that 70% of deaths in the stable stroke population were due to a cardiovascular event other than stroke New two year data from the REACH Registry presented at the European Stroke Congress, highlight that among those who die after a stroke the vast http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-15/35511446/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:01:54 +0700 BEIJING 15 May Xinhua PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest A major earthquake hit Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province at 14:28pm, PEK time on May 12, 2008. Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) airport is closed. 12 CA (Chengdu Airport) flights en route to Chengdu have been diverted to other airports. CA announced the emergency plan to be in http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-15/35473508/ Thu, 15 May 2008 09:53:50 +0700 BRUSSELS and HANOI 15 May PRNewswire AsiaNet/InfoQuest The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES translational research grant program will fund a pilot study in the Philippines that will offer culturally appropriate and improved diabetes care in rural communities using local health workers.The community http://www.tivarati.com/news/2008-05-13/35326539/ Tue, 13 May 2008 17:32:29 +0700 SYDNEY 13 May AsiaNet/InfoQuest GIP ANNOUNCEMENT... NEW YORK, LONDON and HONG KONG Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), anindependent fund that invests in infrastructure assets worldwide, announcedtoday that it has completed fundraising for its flagship first fund. Totalcommitments to the Fund are US$5.64