среда, 29 февраля 2012 г.

Vic: Summer heatwave has damaged produce, farmers say


AAP General News (Australia)
02-03-2009
Vic: Summer heatwave has damaged produce, farmers say

Farmers in southeastern Australia say we shouldn't worry about about blemishes on fruit
and vegetables .. as they try to sell produce damaged in last month's record heatwave.

The Victorian Farmers Federation says the hot January in Victoria .. South Australia
and Tasmania .. has caused …

MRV to Showcase Optical and Carrier Ethernet Offerings at Upcoming Industry Events


Wireless News
05-23-2011
MRV to Showcase Optical and Carrier Ethernet Offerings at Upcoming Industry Events
Type: News

MRV Communications announced that a team of senior experts will share their insight and first-hand experience in optical transport, Ethernet exchanges, mobile backhaul and data center interconnection, among other hot topics, at several upcoming global speaking engagements.

"Through our involvement in a variety of industry events, standards organizations and technical conferences, MRV plays an active role in the dialog surrounding next-generation access and transport technologies," said David Stehlin, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing for MRV's Optical Communications Systems (OCS) division. "Our presenters' diversified understanding of Carrier Ethernet access, optical transport and WDM will make them a valuable asset to these key industry events."
MRV executives will highlight customer-specific examples and reference real-life deployments at the following conferences:

- Mobile Broadband Summit & Expo in New Delhi, India, from June 1- 2: The presenter will be Chen Genossar, VP, Sales, South East Asia. The presentation will center on the TDM to Packet Evolution Strategies for the Backhaul Network. This presentation will explore whether hybrid TDM/packet models are best suited to the Indian market, or whether Indian carriers should evolve to pure packet backhaul straight away. The presentation will be on June 1, at 11:35 AM.

- AMS-IX "More IP". The presenter will be Eli Laufer, VP, Research and Development, MRV OCS Division. The presentation will explore Optical IPAMS-IX, one of the world's largest Internet exchanges, and MRV will speak about the role of 100G in Ethernet exchange services. The presentation will be on June 9, at 10 AM.

MRV Communications is a global provider of carrier Ethernet, WDM optical transport, infrastructure management equipment and solutions, as well as network integration and managed services. MRV's solutions enable the delivery and provisioning of optical transport and carrier Ethernet services over any fiber infrastructure. MRV provides equipment and services worldwide to telecommunications service providers, enterprises, and governments, enabling network evolution and increasing efficiency, while reducing complexity and costs. Through its subsidiaries, MRV operates R&D centers in North America and Europe, along with support centers and sales offices around the world.

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VIC:Police find Roxburgh Park car


AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-2011
VIC:Police find Roxburgh Park car

Police have found car involved in a police shooting in Melbourne and have asked a suspect
to hand himself in.

The car, which they allege was stolen, was found in Craigieburn, north of Melbourne,
about 6.30pm (AEST) yesterday after a tip-off.

Earlier yesterday police fired a shot at the car in Roxburgh Park after approaching the driver.

The driver is alleged to have driven at an officer before the shot was fired.

Investigators wish to speak to 18-year-old JOSHUA NAGGS in relation to the incident
and have asked him to surrender to police.

AAP RTV kn/gfr/crh

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Research and Markets Adds Report: Colombia - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts


Wireless News
03-01-2011
Research and Markets Adds Report: Colombia - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts
Type: News

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Colombia - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts" report to its offerings.

In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:
The Colombian telecom market is favourable towards foreign investors and has a regulatory framework that favours competition. This report covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, pay TV, and converging media.

Subjects include:

-Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;

-Facts, figures, and statistics;

-Government policies and regulatory issues;

-Historical information;

-Telecom infrastructure;

-Major players, revenues, subscribers, ARPU;

-Internet, VoIP, IPTV;

-Mobile voice and data markets;

-Broadband (DSL, cable modem, WiMAX, mobile broadband, etc);

-Convergence and triple play solutions;

-Pay TV market;

-Scenario forecasts for the fixed-line, mobile, and broadband markets.

Competition livens up in Colombias promising telecom market

Colombias telecommunications could offer substantial returns for investors willing to take on emerging market risks. The outlook is promising for the countrys economy, which is forecast to grow by an average of 4.5 percent annually during the 2010-2020 decade.

The Colombian telecom market has been experiencing intensifying competition, increasing convergence, and the emergence of a rapidly growing broadband sector. A single Convergence Licence allows companies to offer fixed-line telephony, Internet access, broadband, and other value-added services.

During 2011, radical transformations are expected both in terms of market consolidation and in the provision of new services, with fixed-line operators ETB and Emcali seeking strategic partners and/ or investors, and sister companies Telmex and Comcel combining their fixed and mobile operations.

In Colombia, both the number of fixed lines in service and the national teledensity have been decreasing. Most of the fixed telephone lines are concentrated in the larger cities, so that facilities are quite poor in small urban centres and rural areas. Nevertheless, while lower than average for South America, Colombias fixed-line teledensity measures up favourably with the countrys low economic indicators.

The country has some 30 local telephone providers, partly private, and partly owned by the municipalities where they operate. Indeed, the participation of private capital in local telephony is relatively small, though companies are gradually selling shares to private investors.

The erstwhile fixed-line market leader, Telefnica Telecom, has been overtaken by ETB in terms of fixed lines in service. The third largest operator is municipally owned UNE, which has seen an increase in fixed-line customers and has been particularly active in offering bundled services. The fourth place is occupied by Telmex Colombia, which is also steadily increasing its fixed-line market share thanks to triple-play packages.

Long-distance services were liberalised in mid-2007. To operate, long-distance providers need a Convergence Licence and a multicarrier access code.

Although the Colombian mobile market has slowed down, it holds significant growth potential, particularly in the areas of mobile broadband and value-added services. Amrica Mvils Comcel is the leading mobile operator, followed by Telefnicas Movistar and Millicom-controlled Tigo. Avantel uses iDEN technology to serve a small number of subscribers in the corporate market. UNE-EPM is the countrys fifth mobile operator, but intends to focus on mobile broadband rather than voice services.

Helped along by a regulatory framework that encourages competition and by government efforts to reduce the digital divide, broadband is growing strongly in Colombia. In fact, this is one of the few Latin American countries where dominant telecom operators are obliged to provide local loop unbundling and wholesale services.

ADSL is the leading broadband technology, but cable broadband continues to grow both in subscriber numbers and in geographical coverage due to the popularity of triple-play solutions.

The cable-TV sector has undergone major consolidation and, as a result, two companies, Telmex and UNE, together control 90 percent of the market. In the satellite-TV sector, Telefnica Telecom has succeeded in gaining more than one third of the market in only three years since launching services.

Colombias 3G data or mobile broadband market took off in 2009, but penetration is still only about 2 percent. Unlike other Latin American countries, Colombian operators advertise their 3G data services as high-speed mobile Internet rather than mobile broadband due to regulations on minimum broadband speeds (1,024Kb/s download and 512Kb/s upload).

Market highlights:

-Two state-owned companies are up for sale: ETB, with about 26 percent of the countrys fixed lines in services, and Emcali, with about 7 percent.

-Competition will receive a further boost from number portability, to be implemented in July 2011.

-The government is raising the spectrum cap from 55MHz to 60MHz per mobile operator.

-The year 2011 promises to be a lively one for spectrum bidding. An auction will be held for 30MHz in the 1.9GHz band (to be used for 3G services), and there are tender plans for spectrum in the 1.7/ 2.1GHz and 2.5GHz bands.

-Having won 50MHz of spectrum in the 2.5GHz-2.69GHz band, fixed- line operator UNE is rolling out Latin Americas first 4G network using long term evolution technology. Launch is expected by September 2011

-More than 45 companies have received access codes for long- distance telephony. New entrants have managed to secure about one- third of the international telephony market but have only eked out a minuscule share of the domestic long-distance market.

-Despite two failed auction attempts in November 2009 and in August 2010, the Colombian government still hopes to award a contract for the construction of a Ku-band satellite called Satlite Colombiano (Satcol), and expects to have it in orbit by 2013.

-IPTV, offered by UNE-EPM, is attracting a rapidly growing number of subscribers.

Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.

For those needing an objective and high-level strategic analysis on Colombia, this report is essential reading and gives further information on:

-An analysis of the telecom market and general industry outlook;

-Spectrum cap increases and spectrum auctions in Colombia;

-The arrival of UNE on the mobile market scene;

-The rise and fall of WiMAX;

-Wholesale services and local loop unbundling;

-The success of triple-play solutions.

Companies Mentioned:

-Telefnica Telecom (previously Colombia Telecom)

-Telebucaramanga

-ETB

-UNE-EPM Telecomunicaciones

-Edatel

-EPM Bogot

-Telefnica de Pereira

-Telmex Colombia

-Emcali

-Avantel

-Comcel (Amrica Mvil)

-Movistar (Telefnica)

-Tigo (Colombia Mvil Millicom)

Report information:

researchandmarkets.com/research/01d80b/colombia_telecom

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QLD:Qld police not commenting on sniper report


AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2010
QLD:Qld police not commenting on sniper report

Queensland police aren't commenting on reports a rooftop sniper shot a man at Surfers
Paradise last night.

The man in his 40s was wounded when a shot was fired into a group walking along the
Esplanade around nine o'clock.

He was taken to the Gold Coast hospital in a serious but stable condition.

About an hour earlier .. a man in a black BMW allegedly drove up beside another car
on the Pacific Motorway near Oxenford and fired a shot through the rear passenger window.

The shattered glass cut a female in the car.

The BMW driver is said to be in his late twenties with dark hair in a bun or pony tail.

AAP RTV lpm/jmt

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Fed: The many differences between Bieber and Vincent


AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2010
Fed: The many differences between Bieber and Vincent

SYDNEY, April 28 AAP - Justin Bieber and Mark Vincent - platinum-selling 16-year-old
singers, but worlds apart.



Justin Bieber:

Born: March 1, 1994, in Stratford, Ontario.

Family: Raised by his mother, who was 18 when she had him. Keeps in contact with father.

Talents: Plays the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet.

Break: At 12, Bieber came second in a local singing competition and his mum uploaded
the video. A YouTube star was born. Usher came across Bieber when he was recording demo
tapes in Atlanta, Georgia, by 13 and introduced him to Island Records who signed him in
October 2008.

Album: My World, featuring Usher, released on November 17, 2009, in the US. A follow-up
album My World 2.0 was released on March 19. Both went platinum in the US. Many Australian
fans have already purchased both albums - they went gold - but a combined local version,
My Worlds Australian Edition, went on sale on April 23.

Famous performances: Bieber performed Stevie Wonder's Someday at Christmas for US President
Barack Obama and the first family in December 2009.





Mark Vincent:

Born: September 4, 1993, in Caringbah, New South Wales.

Family: Grew up in a "very strict" family, his biggest inspiration was his late grandfather,
Bruno Riccio.

Talents: Riccio overheard Vincent singing Andrea Boccelli to himself at the back of
the family's Italian restaurant, aged nine.

Break: At 15, Vincent took part in the Network Seven show Australia's Got Talent. After
impressing the judges with his performances of Nessun Dorma and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah,
Vincent won the competition. He was soon after signed to Sony Music.

Album: My Dream - Mio Visione debuted at number two in the Aria chart in June 2009
and went platinum in less than four weeks. His follow-up album Compass, which was released
on April 16, is expected to go gold by next week.

Famous performances: Vincent's performance of Nessun Dorma on Australia's Got Talent
went viral on YouTube.



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KEYWORD: VINCENT FACTBOX

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NSW: Former doctor charged with more sex assault charges=2


AAP General News (Australia)
12-15-2009
NSW: Former doctor charged with more sex assault charges=2

He was refused bail .. and is expected to appear at Parramatta Local Court today.

REEVES is already charged with nine counts of aggravated sexual assault .. six of indecent
assault .. one of genital mutilation and one of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily
harm.

Those charges relate to ten women he operated on between 2001 and 200 .. while working
on the NSW south coast at Bega and in Richmond .. in Sydney's northwest.

AAP RTV vpm/hn/wf

KEYWORD: REEVES 2 SYDNEY

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Fed: McClelland wants new media policy for sensitive leaks


AAP General News (Australia)
08-06-2009
Fed: McClelland wants new media policy for sensitive leaks

The federal Attorney-General says a new protocol should be developed to manage the
publication of sensitive leaks to the media.

The Australian newspaper has been accused of publishing the details of counter-terrorism
raids just hours before they were due to be carried out in Melbourne two days ago.

Editor PAUL WHITTAKER says the paper withheld the story until its later editions so
as not to jeopardise the operation that foiled an alleged plot to attack Sydney's Holsworthy
Barracks.

Attorney-General ROBERT MCCLELLAND's told ABC radio it was a nightmare waiting to see
whether the paper would expose the planned raids.

AAP RTV bsb/rl/jmt

KEYWORD: TERROR LEAK (CANBERRA)

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Vic: Residents return to Kinglake fire horror


AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2009
Vic: Residents return to Kinglake fire horror

By Xavier La Canna

KINGLAKE, Vic, Feb 11 AAP - Farmer Charles Exton knows more about potatoes than bombs,
but he has no doubt about what he saw as the hellish inferno rolled through Pheasant Creak
on Saturday.

"There were explosions from fuel tanks and gas bottles," he told AAP.

"You are seeing them first around you and it was like we were being bombed - like a war zone."

Mr Exton, 55, was one of many who lost nearly everything in Saturday's inferno when
his property near Kinglake and sections of Victoria was reduced to ashes.

"I lost my own house and the house next door to my mum's, all my farm machinery, the
packing sheds and equipment," he said.

"When I go back, I just can't believe that my father worked for over 70 years here,
and it's just gone."

In Kinglake on Wednesday many got to see their devastated properties for the first time.

A Country Fire Authority commander said the townsfolk were in shock and disarray, but
remained staunch despite their ordeal.

John Duthie, 40, said the sound of the approaching fire was like jumbo jets flying
at full throttle.

He described the eerie feeling when the haze blacked out the sun.

"It was pitch black at 4.30 in the afternoon," Mr Duthie said.

"Gas bottles were exploding, cars were exploding. Every five or 10 minutes, there was
an almighty huge boom like a car bomb."

His partner Madeleine (Madeleine) Jablonski, 33, said the town was gripped by panic
when the threat level became fully apparent and her neighbour's son became hysterical.

"He came down the road and freaked, totally freaked," she said.

"He said `the town is on fire, cars are burning, there is no CFA and we have got to run'."

Another Kinglake resident Janeden River, 44, said he felt almost guilty to have survived
the fire when so many had lost their lives.

"The sky went black and it was like an instant eclipse. I piled the wife and the little
guy in the car and we took off," Mr River said.

"I walked in yesterday and you could see that if we went in the other direction, we
would be dead."

AAP xlc/gfr/jfm/jlw

KEYWORD: BUSHFIRES VIC KINGLAKE UPDATE

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Box: Badar-Uugan wins Mongolia's first boxing gold


AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2008
Box: Badar-Uugan wins Mongolia's first boxing gold

BEIJING, Aug 24 AFP - Badar-Uugan Enkhbat won Mongolia's first ever Olympic boxing
gold medal by beating Cuba's Yankiel Leon 15-5 in the bantamweight final in Beijing today.

Cheered on by a sizeable Mongolian contingent in the Workers Gymnasium, Enkhbat built
up an early 4-1 lead after the first round and extended it with slick counter-punching
off the back foot as Leon moved forwards.

It completed a stunning Games for Mongolia, which last week won its first ever Olympic
gold medal through Tuvshinbayar Naidan in the heavyweight judo competition.

Earlier today Serdamba Purevdorj also won silver in the boxing light-flyweight category
- he and Enkhbat yesterday became the first Mongolians to reach boxing finals.

Bronze medals went to Veaceslav Gojan of Moldova and Bruno Julie of Mauritius, who
won his country's first ever Olympic medal.

AFP jmt

KEYWORD: OLY08 BOX BAN LEAD

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FED:US keen on Rudd idea of expanding 6-nation talks:ambassador


AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2008
FED:US keen on Rudd idea of expanding 6-nation talks:ambassador

CANBERRA, April 18 AAP - The US government has taken on board Prime Minister Kevin
Rudd's suggestion of expanding the six-nation talks on North Korea into a regional security
architecture.

US Ambassador Robert McCallum says America is interested in the suggestion, which Mr
Rudd raised on his recent trip to Washington.

"The six-party talks are focused in a particular area right now - the denuclearisation
of the Korean Peninsula," he told Sky News today.

But, he said, all of the countries involved in the six-party talks, aimed at resolving
concerns over North Korea's nuclear program, were at least considering the possibility
that a regional security dialogue might be in everyone's interest.

"The prime minister certainly raised that with the secretary of state (Condoleezza
Rice), she is interested in it, but where exactly that goes right now is pure speculation,"

he said.

Mr McCallum said it was too premature for him to speculate on how the idea might develop,
but there was genuine interest in considering the plan.

"One never knows where it will go, whether it will go anywhere at all, but ... it is
very significant that the countries (concerned) are interested in continuing to develop
their relationship whether in that forum or some other forum that we haven't even thought
of," he said.

On China, he said the US was not concerned over Australia's efforts to forge closer
ties with Beijing, rejecting the suggestion that it posed a risk to US-Australian relations.

"I think all countries in this region are well served with an increasing participation
by China in the community of nations," he said.

"I think that is something that everyone is interested in - there are numerous issues
that the prime minister and the president recognise and acknowledge in increasing the
close relationship with China.

"Both our nations will be well served, the people of China will be well served by that,
and the people of this entire region will be well served by that."

Mr McCallum said the US was also interested in developing a stronger economic relationship
with China.

"The United States is interested in developing closer relationships economically and
otherwise with China, just as Australia is," he said.

"And as China develops those relationships with our two countries, it becomes more
dependent on our two countries, and therefore we have a greater opportunity ... to show
China that certain activities are not in its best national interest and certain activities
are.

"The two of us who agree on so many, many things may in the aggregate have a greater
positive impact on relationships with China than any one of us by ourselves."

AAP kms/sb/jnb/cdh

KEYWORD: KOREA AUST MCCALLUM

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Vic: Tobacco giant loses appeal against documents


AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2007
Vic: Tobacco giant loses appeal against documents

By Shelley Markham

MELBOURNE, Dec 14 AAP - The family of Victorian woman that won, then lost, a damages
action against the tobacco multi-national she blamed for her lung cancer is a step closer
to reopening her case.

Shortly before she died in 2002, Rolah McCabe, 53, sued British American Tobacco Australia
Services (BATAS) for damages in a case won after her death when a Victorian Supreme Court
case awarded damages of $700,000.

But the decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal in December 2002, and Ms McCabe's
estate was ordered to pay more than $2 million of BATAS' legal costs - a demand that would
bankrupt her estate.

In July this year Justice David Byrne cleared the way for the McCabe family and law
firm Slater and Gordon to use hundreds of confidential BATAS documents in a bid to reopen
a case against the tobacco company.

Mrs McCabe's daughter and executor of her estate, Roxanne Cowell, wants to use the
disputed documents to prove BATAS and its lawyers acted illegally.

BATAS went to the Court of Appeal seeking orders to prevent the documents being used
against it to revive the case.

One of the disputed documents was an internal inquiry that found two of law firm Clayton
Utz's partners engaged in serious misconduct in order to defeat Mrs McCabe's original
claim.

Victorian Court of Appeal judges Alex Chernov, Geoffrey Nettle and Marilyn Warren ruled
today that the McCabe family's lawyers could use the documents.

"We consider that BATAS would suffer no relevant prejudice if his Honour's (Justice
Byrne) orders were to stand such that the respondents (McCabe family) could use the BATAS
information for the purpose of preparing their defence in the proceeding," Justice Warren
said.

Outside court the McCabe family's lawyer Leon Zwier said the decision paved the way
for the family to reopen the case against BATAS.

"The McCabe family is obviously very pleased with the Court of Appeal's decision today,"

Mr Zwier said.

"It takes away some of the delay.

"The hope is that we will be able to move on with expedition.

"This litigation will proceed, and hopefully it will proceed on a speedy timetable
going forward."

BATAS lawyers said today that they would consider appealing the decision in the High Court.

AAP sam/ce/jt/mn

KEYWORD: MCCABE

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Fed: ACOSS says Australia facing crisis in dental care


AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2007
Fed: ACOSS says Australia facing crisis in dental care

The Australian Council of Social Service says Australia is facing a crisis in dental care.

New research by ACOSS-backed activist forum AUSTRALIA FAIR .. shows nearly half of
all Australians cannot afford basic preventative dental care.

The findings show almost a quarter of those surveyed haven't seen a dentist for more
than two years .. and 46 per cent say they can't afford the 300 dollars for a basic preventive
dental treatment.

ACOSS Executive Director ANDREW JOHNSON says the research reinforces the fact that
Australia has a crisis in access to dental care .. particularly for low income and disadvantaged
Australians.

Mr JOHNSON says with large budget surpluses and a strong economy .. it's not fair that
one in four Australians haven't seen a dentist for two years or longer.

ACOSS wants Australians to lobby the federal government to fund dental care for people
on low incomes.

AAP RTV jb/sb/wz/psm/

KEYWORD: DENTAL (CANBERRA)

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NSW: Officer says he believes Rix is the likely killer of teen


AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2007
NSW: Officer says he believes Rix is the likely killer of teen

A detective has told an inquest .. he believes a person of interest in the death of
a 17-year-old prostitute killed the Sydney teenager.

ARRON LIGHT's remains were found in a shallow grave beside a canal in Sydney's inner-west
in 2002.

He disappeared just before he was due to give evidence against FREDERICK GEORGE RIX
.. who was charged in 1996 with sexually assaulting him.

Following ARRON's disappearance .. the prosecution offered no evidence in Mr RIX's
trial and he was subsequently acquitted.

Mr RIX has been named a person of interest at the inquest.

Detective Inspector BRAD MONK has told Glebe Coroner's Court .. he believed Mr RIX
might have killed ARRON .. when it was first feared the teenager was dead in December
1997.

He says ARRON had expressed concerns of someone being after him around the time of
the RIX trial .. but he had been showing signs of paranoia.

The inquest continues.

AAP RTV ab/sk/was/els/ibw

KEYWORD: LIGHT (SYDNEY)

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Fed: Protein could bring relief for arthritis sufferers


AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2006
Fed: Protein could bring relief for arthritis sufferers

By Tamara McLean, National Medical Writer

SYDNEY, Aug 23 AAP - A protein that naturally fights inflammation in the body could
be the key to relief for arthritis sufferers, Australian researchers have discovered.

A study by Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane scientists has found that injecting high doses
of an anti-inflammatory drug can "turn down" the overactive immune systems of people with
rheumatoid arthritis.

The discovery, detailed in the latest issue of the international journal The Lancet,
is being heralded as a long-awaited breakthrough in the field.

The protein, known as chaperonin 10, works naturally in everybody to fight off inflammation
when it initially flares up.

In people with rheumatoid arthritis, the overactive immune system attacks the tissues
lining the joints, leading to painful inflammation, heat and swelling.

Queensland biotech company CBio have created a drug containing the protein which was
tested on 23 people with moderate to severe forms of the disease.

The compound was injected intravenously twice a week over three months and was found
to be "safe and effective".

All volunteers experienced improvements, with patients on the highest doses of the
drug up to 70 per cent improved after treatment.

And 13 per cent of patients effectively went into remission.

"What we've shown is that by giving extra chaperonin 10 to people who suffer from this
disease, we can essentially limit this malfunction," CBio chief executive Dr Wolf Hanisch
said.

"It's exciting to now know it definitely works in humans."

While still in the early stages of development, the compound may prove more effective
than new-age rheumatoid arthritis treatments known as biological response modifiers, which
can weaken the immune system, he said.

Dr Hanisch hopes it could eventually be used to treat other auto-immune conditions
like the skin disease psoriasis.

Another trial of 40 people will start later this year to work out the best dose size
and when it should be administered, before large scale trials begin.

AAP tam/cjh/nf

KEYWORD: ARTHRITIS

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NSW: Driver in fatal crash was on wrong side of road: police


AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2006
NSW: Driver in fatal crash was on wrong side of road: police

SYDNEY, April 17 AAP - Police say a driver apparently crossed onto the wrong side of
a Sydney road before his car collided head-on with another, killing him and two other
people.

NSW's traffic services commander, Chief Superintendent John Hartley, has repeated calls
for young motorists to take care following today's triple fatality at Horningsea Park,
in Sydney's west.

The crash killed the male driver of a Subaru WRX, and a male passenger, both aged in
their early 20s.

The 75-year-old driver of the other car, a Holden Kingswood, also died at the scene
on Bringelly Road about 10.05am (AEST).

A third young man, who had been travelling in back seat of the Subaru, was taken by
ambulance to Liverpool Hospital under the care of an NRMA CareFlight doctor.

"It certainly would appear that the driver of the WRX has travelled on the incorrect
side of the roadway for an unknown reason," Supt Hartley told reporters.

"This is a tragedy. It should not have happened."

Supt Hartley warned young drivers to slow down.

"I reminded people yesterday about young people on our roads, and the road safety message
to them ... to slow down, to take their time," he said.

The crash takes the NSW Easter road toll to seven after two single car accidents overnight.

A Canberra man, aged in his 30s, died when the four-wheel drive he was travelling in
overturned on Moira Vale Road, near the Melrose to Condobolin Road.

A 39-year-old was killed when the car he was driving left the road and hit a tree at
Coolangatta Estate, near Nowra, on the NSW south coast.

Supt Hartley said that more than 8,500 motorists had been booked for speeding since Thursday.

He said some young drivers had been caught clocking more than 200kph in 80kph and 110kph zones.

"These are some alarming statistics," he said.

"Certainly we are concerned about the high number of speeds detected across this state."

Supt Hartley urged motorists to be patient and careful as they returned from their Easter breaks.

AAP tr/ag/was/tnf

KEYWORD: TOLL NSW HARTLEY

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понедельник, 27 февраля 2012 г.

Vic: Firefighters mopping up at house fire


AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2005
Vic: Firefighters mopping up at house fire

A smoke alarm has saved the residents of a burning house in Melbourne's east.

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade says the residents were awoken by the alarm and fled
the early morning fire that badly damaged their home in Chesney Drive, Ringwood.

It says 16 firefighters took 20 minutes to bring the blaze under control.

No-one was hurt.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

AAP RTV kw/jmt

KEYWORD: BLAZE (MELBOURNE)

2005 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.

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strap A triple option on a share or commodity market, consisting of one put option and two call options at the same price and for the same period. Compare STRIP.

FOUR MEDIA COMPANY ASIA.(Brief Article)

 FOUR MEDIA COMPANY ASIA 30 Choon Guan Street, #04-00 Singapore 079809 Tel: +65 220 0208 Fax: +65 220 0328 sales@4mca.com www.4mca.com 

Location Production - single camera EFP crew

Studio Production - 3500 sq.ft. 3 camera studio (CBD) - 4000 sq.ft. 4-wall stage (Loyang)

Technical Services - professional duplication - standards conversion

Language Versioning - subtitling - audio layback

Occasional Satellite Services - live studio link-up - VTR playout & recording - uplinking & downlinking - space segment

Internet Streaming & Video Encoding