Telecommunications: Molex expands flex circuit capabilities with AFlextech, Inc. acquisition

Lisle, Ill. (BUSINESS WIRE) - Molex Incorporated (NASDAQ:MOLX and MOLXA), a global electronic components company, today said that it has completed its previously announced- acquisition of Taipei, Taiwan-based AFlextech, Inc.

AFlextech, Inc. designs and manufactures a variety of flexible circuits and assemblies that provide innovative power and signal interconnect solutions in a unitized package that also helps lower total applied costs and enhances reliability of the finished assembly.

According to Todd Hester, Molex's Vice President and General Manager of the Printed Circuit Products unit of the Global Integrated Products Division, this is a strategic acquisition that will help Molex boost its share of the global flex circuit market.

"AFlextech is an excellent fit for Molex because it expands our flex circuit capabilities in terms of product offerings and markets as well as geographically," said Hester.

"AFlextech specializes in 1 to 10 layer flex circuits for applications that include consumer handheld devices such as smart phones and personal medical electronics as well as computer peripherals, data storage and automotive. We already offer more complex circuits of up to 20 layers for military, datacom, industrial and large medical equipment through our Copper Flex Products business in St. Paul, Minnesota. So now we can offer a wide range of flex circuit products, supported by our connector design and technical expertise, in both the U.S. and Asia. And because AFlextech was a Molex supplier, we are familiar not only with their solid capabilities but with their commitment to quality and customer service. AFlextech has technical expertise, a strong customer base, and an excellent group of talented and experienced people. With Molex's global resources we are confident that together we will grow even faster in the rapidly expanding market for flex circuit boards."

According to Sando Chen, General Manager, AFlextech Inc., the company also offers Molex expanded capabilities for SMT, through-hole and hybrid assembly in addition to flex circuit capabilities.

"The combination of Molex's global footprint and resources with AFlextech's flex circuit expertise and assembly services will help expand our offerings globally," Chen said.

"The employees and management staff at AFlextech are excited to join the Molex family."

AFlextech Inc., which was founded in 2003, has sales of approximately $25 million and has 300 employees. It will operate as a subsidiary of Molex Incorporated and will be part of the company's Global Integrated Products Division.

Molex Incorporated is a 70-year-old manufacturer of interconnection systems, including electrical and fiber optic interconnection products and systems, switches and integrated products, with 59 plants in 19 countries throughout the world.Editor's note: Molex is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (MOLX and MOLXA) in the United States and on the London Stock Exchange. The Company's voting common stock (MOLX) is included in the S&P 500 Index.

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Legal: Sidley Austin elevates four lawyers to partnership in Asia Pacific

Law Firm Announces New Partners in Beijing Office's Life Sciences and Corporate Practices, Hong Kong Office's Corporate and Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives Practices, and Sydney Office's Securities Practice

Hong Kong (BUSINESS WIRE) - Four lawyers in the Asia Pacific offices of Sidley Austin are among the 34 lawyers elevated to partnership in the firm. Effective July 1, the firm will have 681 partners in offices in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. The new partners will be Chen Yang, Life Sciences and Corporate; Jason Tzu-cheng Kuo, Corporate; Scott Dennis Peterman, Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives; and Bruce Dailey, Securities.

"Welcoming this new group of talented lawyers to our partnership is a great privilege," said Thomas A. Cole, chair of the firm's Executive Committee.

"These lawyers embody our firm ideals and our commitment to excellence, integrity, diversity and collegiality."

"It is tremendously exciting to be able to add four new partners to our Asia Pacific team," added Thomas W. Albrecht, a member of the firm's Management Committee and Executive Committee and the partner responsible for international operations.

"Our platform in Asia has long been one of the most experienced and diverse in Asia and these new partners will only strengthen our practices in life sciences, corporate, securities and investment funds."

Chen Yang, 39, resident in Beijing, heads the firm's China Life Sciences group and focuses her practice on regulatory, corporate and commercial law, including intellectual property and antitrust aspects of life sciences matters. Over the lastten years, she has been advising international companies on their investment projects and acquisition efforts in various Chinese industries, as well as providing them with regulatory advice in areas such as life sciences, intellectual property, employment, tax and real property.

Ms. Yang, currently a counsel, received her LL.B degree from Peking University, with the honor of "Best Graduate of the Year," and an LL.M from the University of Georgia. She is a native Chinese speaker and is fluent in English.

Jason Tzu-cheng Kuo, 41, resident in Hong Kong, will be a partner in the Corporate practice. He has extensive experience in corporate securities and general corporate matters. He has worked on a broad range of securities transactions, including IPOs, debt offerings, private placements and pre-IPO venture capital investments, involving issuers from the P.R.C., Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, India, Korea and Australia.

Mr Kuo, currently a counsel*, received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and his B.Sc. from the University of Minnesota. Mr Kuo is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and has a working knowledge of Japanese.

Scott Dennis Peterman, 56, resident in Hong Kong, will be a partner in the Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives practice. He advises on alternative investments, fund formation and private equity transactions, including leveraged buyouts, venture capital and entrepreneurial transactions, as well as the regulatory issues implicated by these matters. His private equity clients include many of the world's leading buyout firms, large Japanese banking institutions, the world's largest sovereign wealth funds and Asia's prominent asset managers.

Mr Peterman, currently a counsel* in Hong Kong and a Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi in the firm's Tokyo office, received his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, a Ph.D. from Stanford University, M.A. from Vanderbilt University, M.A. from Ohio State University and his B.A., with honors, from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Mr Peterman speaks Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.

Bruce Dailey, 37, resident in Sydney, represents issuers, investors and underwriters in private placement debt and equity transactions, syndicated bank lending transactions, secured transactions and complex structured financial transactions of all types. Mr Dailey has represented and has relationships with a broad range of financial services clients, including many of the major United States insurance companies and investment banks and collateral/asset management firms in the United States and abroad.

Mr Dailey, currently a counsel, received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and his B.A., with high honors, from University of California, Berkeley.

Sidley also named the following to partnership in its other offices: Brussels - Ken Daly and Kristina Nordlander; Chicago - Bobbi O. Anderson, Mark Borrelli, Kara L. McCall, Robert P. O'Keefe, Patricia M. Petrowski, John T. Schaff, Elizabeth M. Schubert, Amanda M. Todd, Dennis M. Twomey, Scott R. Williams and Ami N. Wynne; Frankfurt - Werner Geielmeier; Geneva -
Nicolas J.S. Lockhart; London - David Howe; Los Angeles - Joshua E. Anderson, Stephen D. Blevit, Alycia A. Degen and Mitchell Poole; New York - Jonathan P. Brose, Nicholas H. De Baun, Bindu Donovan, Stuart S. Koonce, Todd L. Krause, Michael Madigan and Xiaowen Qiu; San Francisco - Theodore W. Chandler; Washington, D.C. - Karl F. Kaufmann and Robert D. Keeling.

Sidley has been advising clients in the Asia Pacific region for over 20 years. With more than 120 lawyers in the region, the firm handles corporate, finance, commercial, banking, securities, property, litigation, regulatory and industry-specific matters.

Sidley has clients based in virtually every major location in the Asia Pacific region including mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Korea, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Sidley's Asia Pacific team has extensive experience in SEC-registered offerings as well as listings on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (Main Board and GEM board). Sidley was recently ranked as one of the top 10 legal advisers on China's IPOs, based on the sum of all funds raised by China Law & Practice.

Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world's largest full-service law firms, with more than 1800 lawyers practicing in 16 U.S. and international cities, including Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. Every year since 2003, Sidley has been named to Legal Business' Global Elite, their designation for "the 15 finest law firms in the world."

BTI, a Boston-based consulting and research firm, has named Sidley to their Client Service Hall of Fame as one of only two law firms to rank in the Client Service Top 10 for seven years in a row.

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Business: Russell Global Index adds Vietnam stocks

Tacoma, Wash. (BUSINESS WIRE) - Russell Investments has added companies in Vietnam to the Russell Global Index for the first time.

Nine Vietnamese firms qualified for addition as a result of the annual reconstitution process and were added to the global index as well as several sub-components such as the Russell Emerging Markets Index, Russell Asia Index and Russell Asia Pacific Index.

"The Russell Vietnam Index is an important addition to our comprehensive family of global indexes," said Stephen Wood, senior portfolio strategist for Russell.

"The annual reconstitution process captures the changing fortunes within key markets, such as this good news in Vietnam, and recalibrates the indexes to accurately measure current realities. This process gives investors truly representative benchmarks to better gauge the performance of their stock portfolios or retirement plans."

The nine additions are Corporation for Financing & Promoting Technology, SaiGon Thuong Tin Commercial JSB, PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Services JSC, Tan Tao Investment-Industry Corp., PetroVietnam Fertilizer & Chemicals Corp., Vietnam Dairy Products JSC, PhaLai Thermal Power JSC, Vincom JSC and Saigon Securities Inc.

Each of these companies also is included in the Russell Global Small Cap Index. Three are in the materials and processing sector, while six are designated as value companies and three as growth companies.

Membership in Russell's equity indexes?widely used as benchmarks for passive and active investment strategies?is determined by objective rules, such as market capitalization rankings.

Accurate benchmarks are an integral part of Russell's ongoing process to monitor more than 8,000 investment manager products worldwide for Russell's $213 billion active investment management business. Russell's U.S. indexes currently have $4.4 trillion in assets benchmarked against them and account for an industry-leading 58.5% of institutional benchmarked products.

The official list is available at http://www.russell.com/Indexes/membership/Reconstitution/default.asp.

About Russell

Russell Investments provides strategic advice, world-class implementation, state-of-the-art performance benchmarks and a range of institutional-quality investment products. Russell has more than $213 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2008, and serves individual, institutional and advisor clients in more than 40 countries.

Russell's industry-leading indexes have $4.4 trillion in assets benchmarked to them as of Dec. 31, 2007. Founded in 1936, Russell is a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Russell Investments
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High-Tech: Fujitsu Media devices developed world's smallest device

Fujitsu Media devices developed ultra-compact SAW duplexers and SAW filters for W-CDMA using Hermetic seals to create the world's smallest device

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Yokohama, Japan (BUSINESS WIRE) - Fujitsu Media Devices has developed the world's smallest SAW duplexers (for bands I, II, IV, V and VIII) for W-CDMA mobile phones and SAW filters for GSM (850, 900, 1800 and 1900) technology, using a hermetic seal structure.

Fujitsu Media Devices has once again taken the lead in contributing to space-saving within mobile phones for RF components by using a hermetic seal structure to develop the world's smallest W-CDMA SAW duplexers and GSM SAW filters.

Product Characteristics 1. The use of a hermetic seal structure has realized the world's smallest size while maintaining MSL1.(1) SAW duplexers bands I, II, IV and VIII 2.5 x 2.0 mm (maximum 0.6 mm height) band V 2.0 x 1.6 mm (maximum 0.5 mm height) SAW filters GSM 850 and 900 1.1 x 0.9 mm GSM 850, 900, dual 1.5 x 1.1 mm ? GSM 1800, 1900, dual 1.5 x 1.1 mm 2. Compatible with interfaces for the currently predominant transceiver ICs.

The SAW duplexers use a 50 ohm unbalanced interface for the antenna and transmitter pins and a 100 ohm balanced interface for the receiver pins.

The SAW filter's input interface is 50 ohm, unbalanced, and the output interface is 150 ohm, balanced.

(1)MSL stands for Moisture Sensitivity Levels and is based on the resistance of semi-conductor packages to humidity and moisture absorbency. A rating of 1 indicates that re-flow soldering can be done without any dry process.
Sample Pricing Product Sample Price Shipment Dates Sales Plan (starting in 1Q of FY2009) SAW Filters USD 5.00 starting July 7th 20 million units/month SAW Duplexers USD 10.00 starting July 7th 10 million units/month Trends in the W-CDMA Mobile Phones Market Research indicates that demand for mobile phones in 2008 will approach 1.3 billion units(2), of which 230 million units(2) are expected to be W-CDMA compatible, nearly all of which will include GSM functionality.

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devices, SAW duplexers, SAW filters Fujitsu Media Devices, Ltd.Technical InquiriesKyoichi Shinoda, +81-45-471-0065
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Business in Asia Today - July 3, 2008

INDIA'S GLENMARK ACQUIRES 7 POLISH PHARMACEUTICAL BRANDS
Mumbai (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Indian drug maker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday said it has signed agreements with Iceland-based Actavis to acquire seven pharmaceutical brands in Poland for an undisclosed amount.
The acquisition would provide Glenmark with its first access to the growing pharmaceutical market in Central and East Europe, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The acquisition of the product portfolio of seven established brands was done through Glenmark Pharmaceuticals' Czech subsidiary Medicamenta, which signed agreements with Actavis and Biovena, an affiliate of Actavis.

AUSTRALIAN FORESTRY FIRM GUNNS NEGOTIATES PULP MILL LOANS
Melbourne (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Forestry firm Gunns Ltd (ASX:GNS) says it is negotiating facility terms with a banking syndicate to finance a controversial $A2 billion ($US1.92 billion) pulp mill project at Bell Bay in Tasmania.
"The company continues to receive strong international interest in relation to the financing of the Bell Bay mill, and all approvals required for the project remain on track," Gunns executive chairman John Gay said.
Mr Gay said Gunns was in talks with a number of banks in relation to financing of the project. The company was proceeding to negotiate facility terms with the banking syndicate even though debt market conditions remained challenging.

MALAYSIA'S PETRA PERDANA TAKES MAJORITY STAKE IN AUSTRALIAN VENTURE
Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Malaysia's offshore marine services provider Petra Perdana Bhd (KLSE:7108) has taken a controlling 55 per cent interest in a joint venture to market, manage and operate offshore oil and gas marine services in the southern Asia Pacific region, particularly Australia and New Zealand.
Its Australian partners in Petra Marine Australia Pty Ltd (PMA) are The Underwater Centre Fremantle Pty Ltd (TUCF) from Western Australia, which holds a 25 per cent stake, and CJES Trust from Victoria with a 20 per cent interest.
TUCF, a marine operator and diving services contractor, will be involved in providing the operational foundation necessary to ensure development of the joint venture's marine operations.

TSUJI HEAVY TO BUILD SECOND SHIPYARD IN CHINA
Tokyo (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Tsuji Heavy Industries Co. plans to spend about 50 billion yen (US$472.45 million) to construct a shipyard in China's Zhejiang Province by next April, the firm's second shipbuilding facility since it entered this business in 2006.
The new shipyard, to be established on 1.6 million sq. meters of land, will be capable of annually turning out 36 midsize and large bulk cargo vessels in the 60,000- to 100,000-ton class.
A local firm in the marine transport business will participate in the project.

AUSTRALIA'S AVITA MEDICAL CLEARED TO REGISTER DEVICE IN CHINA
Perth (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Avita Medical Ltd (ASX:AVH), formerly Clinical Cell Culture, has been granted approval by the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) to register its ReCell cell harvesting device for the Chinese market. The Perth-based company, which develops skin and burns treatments, said in a statement today that the CFDA approval was the first stage in the approval process and a key milestone in China's challenging regulatory environment.
"The next stage in the approval process is to resolve importation issues with some of the biologically active components of the ReCell device," it said.

LG ELECTRONICS TO RELEASE 'IPHONE RIVAL' IN U.S.
Seoul (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - LG Electronics Inc. (KSE:066570), the world's fourth-largest handset maker, said today it will release a new touch-screen mobile phone in the U.S. in order to compete with Apple Inc.'s latest iPhone models.
The LG-VX9700 model, nicknamed "Dare," will be launched Thursday in the U.S. through Verizon Wireless, and sell for US$199.99, the South Korean company said in a statement.

INDIA'S SUPREME COURT HEARS AMBANI BROS US$13.5 MLN LOAN DISPUTE
Delhi (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Anil Ambani group company Reliance Infocom Infrastructure has moved to the Supreme Court seeking to recover more than Rs 580 million (US$13.5 million) of outstanding loans from a Mukesh Ambani group firm.
Reliance Infocom Infrastructure, in its petition, alleged that Madhuban Merchandise Pvt Ltd (MMPL) had failed to repay more than Rs 580 million out of Rs 2.34 billion advanced to it in 1999.
The matter will come up for hearing in the second week of July.
Challenging the Bombay High Court judgement that dismissed its winding up petition against MMPL in February this year, Reliance Infocom said that the Mumbai-based MMPL had raised "a false, unsubstantiated and untenable defence" as it did not intend to repay dues.

INDONESIA'S SUMMARECON TO WHOLLY ACQUIRE GADING ORCHARD
Jakarta (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Indonesian real estate company PT Summarecon Agung will wholly acquire PT Gading Orchard, which has a land asset of 36 hectares in the Kelapa Gading business district in Jakarta.
Summarecon and Gading Orchard have reached an agreement to sign a deal valued at Rp344 billion (US$38 million), Summarecon President Johanes Mardjuki said.

OMAN CABLES & TAKAMUL SET UP ALUMINIUM PROCESSING JV
Muscat (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Oman Aluminium Processing LLC (OAPIL), a newly established joint venture, will sign an agreement today covering the purchase of hot metal as feedstock from Sohar Aluminium for its proposed downstream project at Sohar, the Oman Daily Observer reported. OAPIL is 51 per cent owned by Oman Cables Industry SAOG (OCI), a leading manufacturer and exporter of high quality cables, while Takamul Investment Company, an investment vehicle promoted by the state-owned Oman Oil Company SAOC, has a 49 per cent stake.
The joint venture is expected to formalise a deal for the supply of feedstock from Sohar Aluminium for the next 10 years.

MALAYSIAN FIRM SET TO OPEN UNIVERSITY AREA IN VIETNAM
Hanoi (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on July 1 awarded an investment certificate to the Malaysian company Berjaya Land Berhad (KLSE:4219) to build the Vietnam International University Township Project.
The project will develop a university urban area covering 925 ha of land in Tan Thoi Nhi Commune of Ho Chi Minh City's outer Hoc Mon District.
The project will require an investment of US$3.5 billion and form part of the city's northwest metropolitan area.
The master plan envisions the project as an integrated township dedicated to work, knowledge, lifestyle and leisure as well as to sustainable growth.

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Business: AES expands its wind platform in China

Guohua agreements will boost AES China wind capacity to 150 MW

Arlington, Va. & Beijing - The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) today announced a substantial increase in its China-based wind power operations through two new agreements with Guohua Energy Investment Co. Ltd., one of China's largest wind power developers.

AES acquired 49 per cent of the Guohua Hulunbeier Wind Farm, which began commercial operation in September 2007 in Inner Mongolia, China.

The wind farm currently produces 49.5 MW of wind generated power. This acquisition is AES's second wind power project with Guohua.

AES also reached a separate agreement with Guohua to proceed with construction of phase II of their jointly-owned Huanghua wind project in Hebei Province, approximately 200 kilometers southeast of Beijing.

The expansion will add another 49.5 MW, doubling the operating capacity of Huanghua to 99 MW when construction is completed in 2010.

Phase I of the Huanghua Project is currently under construction with commercial operation expected in late 2009.
Construction on phase II will begin after construction is completed on phase I. AES owns 49 per cent of the Huanghua Project which has the potential to expand to up to 200 MW.

"The acquisition of the Hulunbeier Wind Farm and extension of the Huanghua Project are part of AES's continued expansion of its wind power business in China," said Tom Kunde, President of AES China.

"We see a tremendous opportunity for further growth for AES in China. Together with Guohua, a leader in China's renewable energy field, AES is helping China meet its commitment to generate 30,000 MW of wind power by 2020."

"Renewable energy is a key component of AES's growth strategy and today nearly 20 per cent of our portfolio consists of renewables like hydro and wind," said Ned Hall, AES Executive Vice President and President, AES Wind Generation.

"Last year, AES was one of the fastest growing wind producers in the United States and we see significant opportunity for further expansion on a global basis, with China playing a key role in that growth."

AES currently has more than 1,000 MW of wind power in operation and another 6,000 MW of wind projects in various stages of development in fast growing markets including Bulgaria, Chile, China, France, Greece and Scotland.

About AES

China AES is one of the first US-based power companies to begin building wind generation facilities in China.

In 1994, AES became the first US-based power company to enter China, and now operates nine power plants in nine provinces and municipalities with a total generation capacity of 2,941 MW. AES's diverse operations in China include gas-fired, oil-fired, hydroelectric, wind and coal-fired plants.

AES China's workforce of more than 400 people is helping to create a sustainable and secure energy future for China.

To learn more about AES China, please visit www.aeschina.com.cn

About AES

AES is one of the world's largest global power companies, with 2007 revenues of $13.6 billion. With operations in 29 countries on five continents, AES's generation and distribution facilities have the capacity to serve 100 million people worldwide.

Our 15 regulated utilities amass annual sales of over 78,000 GWh and our 123 generation facilities have the capacity to generate more than 43,000 megawatts.

Our global workforce of 28,000 people is committed to operational excellence and meeting the world's growing power needs.

To learn more about AES, please visit www.aes.com or contact AES media relations at media@aes.com.

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Forward-looking statements are not intended to be a guarantee of future results, but instead constitute AES's current expectations based on reasonable assumptions.

Forecast financial information is based on certain material assumptions. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, continued normal levels of operating performance and electricity volume at our distribution companies and operational performance at our generation businesses consistent with historical levels, as well as achievements of planned productivity improvements and incremental growth investments at normalized investment levels and rates of return consistent with prior experience.

Actual results could differ materially from those projected in our forward-looking statements due to risks, uncertainties and other factors.

Important factors that could affect actual results are discussed in AES's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the risks discussed under Item 1A "Risk Factors" in AES's 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Readers are encouraged to read AES's filings to learn more about the risk factors associated with AES's business.

AES undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Technology: Sky Detective enters Asia Pacific

Sky Detective enters Asia Pacific; signs contract with HIMSAT to provide advanced tracking devices and network services

Eagle, Idaho (PRIME NEWSWIRE) - Sky Detective, Inc. today announced that it has signed a three year agreement to provide advanced tracking devices and network services to HIMSAT, a Nepal based rural satellite communication company that provides Telecom equipment and services. HIMSAT is the first Nepalese company to sign an agreement with Nepal Telecom. It is the leading provider of SMS online recharges in Nepal. HIMSAT will use Sky Detective's tracking devices and software in Nepal for numerous projects, including an M-commerce platform for mobile payment and banking.

"Entering the Asia Pacific market is a major development in Sky Detective's goal of becoming a global provider of advanced end-to-end tracking systems," said Jerry Thompson, CEO of Sky Detective. "HIMSAT is taking the lead in becoming Nepal's first fully integrated CDMA/GSM/GPRS solution for the region -- a region with a potential market of three million GSM/CDMA users that will grow to six million by 2010. We are pleased to be a partner in the growth of HIMSAT and to bring this kind of life changing technology to the region."

Thompson also said that the Sky Detective technology would be invaluable in providing tracking capabilities for the thousands of tourists and climbers who annually travel to Katmandu and other mountainous regions in Nepal. "Our SD30 device can accurately locate individuals and assets in the most 'impaired environments,' which includes the kind of rugged terrain and high elevations that attract expeditions and climbers to this part of the world. The SD30 can and will save lives."

About Sky Detective:

Headquartered in Eagle, Idaho, Sky Detective provides state-of-the-art global intelligence, security, and GPS/CDMA assisted asset tracking solutions used for heavy equipment, cargo containers, shipping and logistics, fleet management, vehicle theft prevention and recovery, prison and jail reduction and offender and gang control in the United States and around the globe.

Company CEO Jerry Thompson, an entrepreneur, retired deputy sheriff and inventor of Gang Tracker, leads a team with more than 200 combined years' of experience in law enforcement, anti-terrorism, SWAT, search & rescue, street patrol, gang & jail operations, executive protection and private investigation. Sky Detective's employees also possess extensive experience in GPS solutions, software development, and supply chain management. The result is the industry's most highly-optimized GPS/CDMA-assisted solutions for tracking people, packages, and equipment of any kind, anywhere. For more information, please visit www.skydetective.com

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Health/Medical: Anadis' cancer related Mucositis Project awarded with VISTECH grant

Melbourne, Australia - Anadis Ltd. (ASX:ANX; OTC:ANDIY) an Australian biopharmaceutical company has been awarded a product development grant for its Cancer-related Alimentary Mucositis project.

The award was one of only three made by the VISTECH bi-national fund, following a competitive process, which included a thorough scientific assessment.

The fund was established by the Government of Victoria (Australia) and the Government of Israel through the Office of the Chief Scientist in its Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor.

The intended product for the oncology market will leverage a special formulation of Anadis' immune milk-derived anti LPS antibodies, growth factors and other bioactives delivered using Anadis' oral delivery technology.

Mr Gavin Jennings, Victorian Minister for Innovation stated: "(The) projects will lead to new health and sustainability-related products that will improve Victoria's quality of life and create more skilled jobs. VISTECH demonstrates the value of international partnerships in commercialising our research and highlights what Victoria can offer such partnerships on the world stage."

The first installment of the grant (overall grant is $500,000 over 18 months), was awarded to Anadis and its Israeli
collaborator, Maya BioTech, with whom Anadis will explore an innovative delivery device.

Anadis anticipates that a commercial product to broadly address Alimentary (GI and Oral) Mucositis using its milk derived antibodies and other proteins would reach the market in 2-3 years given the product's excellent safety profile.

Mucositis is a significant side effect in cancer therapy (between 20% and 100% of patients, depending on the type of cancer and treatment).

It is characterized by intestinal tissue destruction throughout the GI tract, including painful mouth ulcerations.

In the U.S. alone there are more than 10 million patients undergoing cancer treatments and 1.5 million new cancer cases per year.

There are currently no effective treatments for GI Mucositis available in the marketplace and treatment for Oral Mucositis is very expensive and limited to a narrow group of eligible patients.

Anadis' clinical studies will be initially conducted at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.

It is one of the largest hospitals in Israel with teaching and research centers affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

The study at Tel Aviv Medical Center is led by Professor Nachum Vaisman, the head of Clinical Nutrition and by Professor Zamir Halpern, the head of the Gastrointestinal Institute.

Dr. Zeil Rosenberg, CEO of Anadis said: "Oral and GI tract mucositis are health issues that affect a significant portion of the patient population. The pain and discomfort of Mucositis is among the top reasons for people to stop their cancer therapy and is also correlated with poor disease outcome.

"We hope that our product will become a new Gold Standard in cancer treatment, addressing the needs of millions of cancer patients."

Dr. Oren Fuerst, VP Business Development at Anadis said: "We continue to receive recognition to the value of our immune milk-derived platform.

"In this case, the product will have a significant impact on the cancer treatment world, enabling longer and more effective treatment to millions of patients. We also believe our product will positively impact the oncology drug and biotherapuetics industry, improving their safety profile and thereby allowing more sustained use of new products.

"We intend to partner with these companies for the benefit of cancer patients."

Keyword Tags: antibodies, cancer, milk, mucositis, oncology, polyclonal antibody ABN03530185 Anadis Dr. Oren Fuerst, +1 1 646-259-3321 VP, Business Developmentoren@anadis.com or Gran Rawlin, +61 3 9358 6388 VP, Research and Developmentgrant@anadis.com or Arie Nudel, +61 3 9358 6388 Investor Relationsarie.n@anadis.com.au