NSW:Main stories in Sydney's Wednesday paper=3

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2011
NSW:Main stories in Sydney's Wednesday paper=3

The Australian:

Page 1: The federal government has discussed the possibility of a takeover of Qantas,
with Wayne Swan and Transport Minister Anthony Albanese inclined to oppose any private
equity bid, the newspaper reported. Labor backbencher Craig Thomson has resigned as the
head of a parliamentary economics committee. The volatility in world markets could expose
Australia to greater instability than that seen during the recent global financial crisis.

Page 2: The Health Services Union will consider whether to make a complaint to NSW
Police over Labor MP Craig Thomson's allegedly misuse of a union credit card. How has
the Health Services Union incurred so many bad debts, the newspaper asks.

Page 3: The Hendra virus has struck the Gold Coast's prime horse country, in the wake
of a new outbreak. Sydney naps seven of Gourmet Traveller's top 10 awards.

World: Libya's rebel forces face new challenges as its many factions crumble.

Finance: Foster's Group has reported its biggest decline in beer sales for 20 years.

Sport: The last thing Dan Vickerman thought he would be doing was starting for the
Wallabies in the last Tri Nations Test on Saturday.

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KEYWORD: MONITOR FRONTER NSW 3 SYDNEY

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Vic: Catholic priest charged with child pornography offences

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2008
Vic: Catholic priest charged with child pornography offences

A 61-year-old Victorian Catholic priest has resigned .. after being charged with child
sex and child pornography offences.

Meredith parish priest Father JOHN HAINES has served the district near Geelong for
more than a decade.

Colac detectives raided his home last Friday .. allegedly seizing images of children.

Father HAINES has been bailed to appear in Geelong Magistrates' Court on May 29 on
charges including indecent assault with a child under 16 .. and procuring a child for
child …

QLD:Questions raised over flood fund

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2011
QLD:Questions raised over flood fund

BRISBANE, April 27 AAP - Questions have been raised with Queensland's corruption watchdog
over an appeal set up to help flood victims west of Brisbane.

The Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) says it's assessing a complaint against the
Ipswich Flood Appeal.

A decision has not yet been made on whether the CMC will investigate the claims made,
and information on the allegations could not be released, a spokeswoman said.

But Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale said he's convinced the matter will be dismissed by
the CMC "very quickly".

He told AAP the complaint was a "total misuse of the CMC again by politically motivated
people close to election time".

He had no role in managing the community-run fund, he said.

Premier Anna Bligh said the matter represented a "serious allegation".

"But let's wait and see what the investigation shows, if anything," she told reporters
in Brisbane.

She said the funds were badly needed by the city's flood victims.

AAP jmm/crh/jl/nb

KEYWORD: RECOVERY CMC

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ACT:ACT plans to stop people avoiding juries

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2011
ACT:ACT plans to stop people avoiding juries

CANBERRA, Feb 12 AAP - The ACT government is proposing to change the law because it
says too many people are choosing to avoid appearing before a jury.

The ACT's Attorney-General Simon Corbell said the territory has the highest rate of
judge-alone trials in Australia at 56 per cent.

He said the next closest jurisdiction is South Australia where just 15 per cent of
people elect to appear before a judge only.

"This level of election of judge-alone trials was never intended when the election
process was introduced...in 1993," Mr Corbell said.

"At that time the changes were intended to provide the judge-alone trials in matters
where pre-trial publicity could prejudice a fair trial or those involving complex and
lengthy legal issues."

The proposed changes will require trials of offences such as murder, manslaughter,
culpable driving occasioning death and sexual offences to be heard before a jury.

The bill is to be debated in the ACT Legislative Assembly.

AAP ms/mm

KEYWORD: JURIES

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FED:Good evening Picture Editors, News Editors and Chiefs of Staff,

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2010
FED:Good evening Picture Editors, News Editors and Chiefs of Staff,

The following is a list of news assignments AAP will consider for picture coverage
tomorrow. The full-day list is preliminary and subject to change. However, to assist in
your planning, we have firmed most jobs before midday. These are marked 'Assigned'.

A fresh advisory will be issued at 9.00am in case breaking news overnight takes priority
and changes the schedule. A full day planner will be issued at 11.30am.

As always, your feedback is welcome. Please contact the Picture Desk on 02 93228707 for
further clarification.

Preliminary AAP IMAGE OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW, AUGUST 30, 2010

SYDNEY

Kristy Fraser-Kirk, suing David Jones for $37 million lawsuit - Assigned

Police analyst Terry Gregoriou, alleged to have leaked information about criminal investigations
to associates of the Comanchero bikie gang due in court - Assigned

NRL - Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Penrith Panthers - Assigned

MELBOURNE

UN conference on health - Assigned

Melbourne Day City Square celebrations - Assigned

CANBERRA

Independent Andrew Wilkie to meet with Tony Abbott in Canberra - Assigned

Country independents to meet with Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard in Canberra - Assigned

HOBART

Andy Muirhead faces Hobart Magistrates Court on child porn charge - Assigned

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Fed: Deal leaves door open to GST review

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2010
Fed: Deal leaves door open to GST review

The federal government has left the door open to changing the amount of GST it takes
back from the states and territories .. as part of its health and hospital reforms.

Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD had announced the government would take around a third of
GST revenue .. in return for the commonwealth taking control of 60 per cent of hospital
funding.

But in the agreement signed with all states and territories bar Western Australia yesterday
.. no GST amount is specified.

Mr RUDD is expected to continue negotiations with WA Premier COLIN BARNETT until the
agreement comes into effect on July 1.

AAP RTV so/wf

KEYWORD: HOSPITALS (CANBERRA)

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Fed: Gov't urges patience on health system reforms=2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2009
Fed: Gov't urges patience on health system reforms=2

It was disappointing such a critical issue was being given more of the silent treatment,
Australian Healthcare Reform Alliance founder John Dwyer said.

Australia was suffering under a healthcare system that divided responsibility among
the states and the commonwealth - the only OECD country to do so, he said.

"We have got to get rid of that system and bring our healthcare system under one set
of brains, with one pot of money," he told ABC Radio, backing the idea of a healthcare
commission to meld management of hospitals, community and primary care.

But he rejected the idea of a federal takeover as implausible because the commonwealth
had "zero experience".

AAP cj/rl/maur

KEYWORD: HEALTH 2 CANBERRA (REOPENS)

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Qld: Man charged with assaulting police

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-2009
Qld: Man charged with assaulting police

BRISBANE, April 30 AAP - A man has been charged with striking a female police officer
in the mouth in Brisbane.

Police said the constable was questioning the 27-year-old man at a newsagency in northeast
Brisbane when he allegedly struck her in the face, splitting her lip.

The officer used capsicum spray to restrain the man.

Police said a male officer also received facial bruising during the encounter.

He has been charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count each
of wilful exposure and obstructing police.

He is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday.

AAP peb/jl/

KEYWORD: CHARGE

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Vic: Thirty-six aged care residents evacuated after fire

AAP General News (Australia)
12-27-2008
Vic: Thirty-six aged care residents evacuated after fire

MELBOURNE, Dec 27 AAP - Thirty-six elderly residents were evacuated from a Melbourne
nursing home temporarily after a mattress caught fire.

Firefighters were called to the four-storey Sumner House aged care facility in Fitzroy,
in the city's inner north, at 6.35pm (AEDT) on Saturday following a mattress fire in one
of the rooms.

Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) crews were alerted by fire alarms and arrived at 128
Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy in four minutes.

The blaze was extinguished in minutes but it took more than an hour to clear the smoke
from the building.

One staff member was taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation.

Ambulance members checked each patient before allowing them to return to their rooms,
a statement from the MFB said.

The cause of the fire has been linked to a dementia patient.

AAP md/it

KEYWORD: FIRE

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NSW: Della Bosca expects to make a return as early as this week

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2008
NSW: Della Bosca expects to make a return as early as this week

Embattled New South Wales Labor MP JOHN DELLA BOSCA expects to be exonerated over his
involvement in the Iguanas nightclub affair .. and reinstated as education minister as
early as this week.

Mr DELLA BOSCA has been in political exile for more than two months .. after he and
his wife .. federal Labor MP BELINDA NEAL .. were accused of bullying staff at a Central
Coast nightclub on June 6.

The state opposition has been calling for Mr DELLA BOSCA'S permanent removal from the
front bench .. after he was forced to talk to police about the events of that night.

Mr DELLA BOSCA has told Fairfax newspapers he has absolute confidence in the Director
of Public Prosecutions and NSW Police Force .. which are expected to deliver their findings
as early as this week .. and says he expects to be exonerated.

Premier MORRIS IEMMA has said he'll reinstate Mr DELLA BOSCA as education minister
if he's cleared by the DPP.

AAP RTV kaj/apm/psm/

KEYWORD: IGUANAS (SYDNEY)

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WA: Police chase ends in crash with pursuit car

AAP General News (Australia)
04-11-2008
WA: Police chase ends in crash with pursuit car

PERTH, April 11 AAP - Two Perth men have been charged after a car chase through two
suburbs which ended with a police car and the alleged offenders' car colliding.

Police started chasing the men after they allegedly failed to stop in Northbridge at
11.20pm (WDT) yesterday.

Police said the chase was called off briefly when the offenders' Holden veered onto
the wrong side of the road, but the car then slowed in a Mirrabooka street and the driver
jumped out while it was still moving.

It was then that a police car and the Holden crashed into each other, causing moderate
damage to the police car.

The driver, a 26-year-old man from Warwick, was caught and charged with reckless driving,
failing to stop, burglary and stealing.

There was also an outstanding return to prison warrant against the man.

An 18-year-old man from Mirrabooka, the passenger in the Holden, has been charged with
breach of bail.

Both will appear before the Perth Magistrates Court today.

AAP np/jec/mn

KEYWORD: CHASE

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Qld: Jealous arsonist found guilty of murdering own son

AAP General News (Australia)
12-07-2007
Qld: Jealous arsonist found guilty of murdering own son

By Christine Flatley

BRISBANE, Dec 7 AAP - A man who deliberately lit a house fire which killed three people,
including his own son and his former partner, has been found guilty of murder.

A Supreme Court jury took just one day to find Errol Graham Hayes guilty of three counts
of murder and one count of arson.

Hayes will be sentenced at a later date, but is facing life in jail, the automatic
sentence for murder in in Queensland.

During the trial the Brisbane court was told Hayes, a regular drug user, set fire to
a wooden Queenslander-style house in the southern Brisbane suburb of Annerley in the early
hours of February 20.

Hayes' 18-month-old son Joshua and former partner Theresa Dominique Marchetti perished
in the blaze, which destroyed the wooden home.

A third occupant of the house, Mark Stewart Christensen, 39, also died during the fire.

The court was told Hayes had started the fire in a jealous rage because he suspected
Ms Marchetti had been unfaithful with Mr Christensen.

Prosecutor Ross Martin, SC, told the court Hayes and Ms Marchetti had been arguing
constantly in the week leading up to the fire.

During one argument Mr Martin said Hayes had told Ms Marchetti that she would "burn alive".

A witness testified Hayes had later made his way to the house where the trio were sleeping
and lit the fire.

The witness told the court Hayes had later said he only meant to start a small blaze
that would frighten Ms Marchetti and Mr Christensen.

AAP cf/pjo/jt/de

KEYWORD: HAYES

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Fed: GG urges calm on terror as Australia honours Anzacs

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2007
Fed: GG urges calm on terror as Australia honours Anzacs

Large crowds have attended dawn services in cities and towns around Australia to honour
the sacrifice of the Anzacs 92 years ago .. and those who've followed them.

In Brisbane .. Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD has urged people to visit foreign battlefields
where Australians have fought and died.

He says more than 100 thousand troops have died in battle for our country .. displaying
the values of courage .. mateship .. larrikinism and discipline.

And Mr HOWARD predicts Anzac Day will become more hallowed as the years roll by.

Flags have flown at half mast in Melbourne .. where the crowd huddled in semi-darkness
at the Shrine of Remembrance .. some wearing service medals.

Others crouched with their heads in their hands as they paused to remember the Australian
legend which emerged from the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.

At Canberra's dawn service at the Australian War Memorial .. rain that had held off
suddenly began falling .. just as the first notes of the Last Post rang out.

At Adelaide's dawn service .. Anzac Day Committee chairman BILL DENNY said the original
Anzacs would be saddened by the indiscriminate slaughter of the war in Iraq .. but proud
of Australia's troops serving there.

Not all Anzac memorial services went to plan today.

In the New South Wales city of Bathurst .. five teenage girls allegedly painted anti-Anzac
slogans and peace signs on a war memorial just hours before the dawn service .. and RSL
members .. council workers .. and fire brigade officers had to work frantically to clean
it up.

Australians overseas are also commemorating Anzac Day.

Commander of Australian forces in Iraq .. Brigadier MICHAEL CRANE says dawn services
will be held across the Middle East .. followed by a couple of beers and maybe a few games
of two-up for most of the diggers.

Mr HOWARD and Opposition Leader KEVIN RUDD will attend the national service in Canberra
later today .. which will follow Anzac Day marches around the country.

AAP RTV dcr/cjh/jlw/rt/jmt

KEYWORD: ANZAC DAWN (CANBERRA)

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Qld: Two injured after car crashes into tree

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2006
Qld: Two injured after car crashes into tree

Eds: Updates with age of driver

BRISBANE, Dec 24 AAP - A male driver has escaped injury after being thrown from his
vehicle after hitting a tree north of Brisbane this morning while two passengers had to
be transported to hospital.

Police said the car was travelling on Duffield Road, Kallangur, north of Brisbane this
morning at about 4am (AEST).

Initial investigations suggest the driver, 18, lost control of the vehicle on a bend
in the road, before hitting the tree.

A male passenger had to be cut from the vehicle and was transported to the Royal Brisbane
Hospital with head injuries.

A 17-year-old female passenger was taken to Redcliffe Hospital with suspected internal injuries.

No other vehicles were involved.

Investigations into the cause of the accident are continuing.

AAP cf/ks

KEYWORD: CRASH (REISSUES)

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Qld: Caltibiano says Premier could be a Liberal

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2006
Qld: Caltibiano says Premier could be a Liberal

BRISBANE, Aug 17 AAP - Senior Queensland Liberal MP Michael Caltabiano says his party
will provide the next premier if it wins more seats at the September 9 elections.

Mr Caltabiano, who is the Liberals' Treasurer and member for the Brisbane seat of Chatsworth,
told the Courier-Mail newspaper today it was "standard practice in politics" for the premier
to come from the party with the most seats.

"If you have the numbers in government, you provide the leadership to govern," Mr Caltabiano
said.

Yesterday, Liberal leader Bruce Flegg dismissed the idea as a "fanciful hypothetical".

Nationals leader Lawrence Springborg said the Liberals had never won more seats than
the Nationals in Queensland and such a scenario would not happen at next month's election.

Centrebet odds on a Coalition victory in the September 9 poll firmed yesterday to $5.50
after opening at $8 when the election was called on Tuesday.

But Labor remains hot favourite at $1.12 after opening at $1.05.

AAP rad/cjh

KEYWORD: POLL QLD SECOND D/L

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Fed: Labor announces policy for superannuation overhaul

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2006
Fed: Labor announces policy for superannuation overhaul

KIM BEAZLEY says a Labor government would overhaul the 790 billion dollar superannuation
industry .. to make it easier for people to find lost accounts.

He's announced a six-point plan for a simpler superannuation system.

But Assistant Treasurer PETER DUTTON has described the plan as a reheated policy ..

first announced by Labor almost three years ago.

He says the policy contains no new ideas and the proposed forecasts would be costly
and complex to prepare.

AAP RTV pjo/so/goc/bart

KEYWORD: LABOR SUPER (CANBERRA)

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Fed: Relations with Malaysia will be better - Howard

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2005
Fed: Relations with Malaysia will be better - Howard

(EDS: Reissuing, amending timeframe of visit in second par)



CANBERRA, April 4 AAP - Australia could expect better relations with Malaysia under
the leadership of Abdullah Badawi, Prime Minister John Howard said today.

The new Malaysian prime minister arrives in Australia on Wednesday for his first official visit.

Mr Howard said he was looking forward to the tour and expected political relations
with Malaysia to be better than under former prime minister Mahatir Mohamad.

"I think the relationship will be better at a political level," Mr Howard told ABC radio.

"It was always very good underneath. The people to people links and the business links
were always very strong."

Mr Howard's confidence came despite critical comments made by Dr Badawi in the lead-up
to the visit.

Dr Badawi used a radio interview to accuse Mr Howard of being more interested in echoing
the views of the United States than focusing on the Asian region.

He also panned Australia's policy of pre-emptive action against potential terrorists
in the region.

Mr Howard Dr Badawi's comments were to be expected.

"I think you have to expect it. You don't agree with each other about everything."

Mr Howard stood firm on his pre-emption policy.

"I will, in any discussions I have with world leader, put forward Australia's viewpoints
and I'll advocate Australia's interests, as I expect each leader I meet to advocate his
or her nation's interests.

"But we have an enormous amount in common, Malaysia and Australia.

"There's no nation in the world that we agree with on everything.

"What you have to try and do sensibly - and Abdullah Badawi is a sensible, gracious
man - is find many areas of agreement."

AAP dep/sco/sd

KEYWORD: MALAYSIA AUST (REISSUING)

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supply risk

supply risk
1. The inherent risk in project financing that the raw materials necessary for the operation of the plant to be constructed may become unavailable. Compare completion risk; technological risk.

2. The risk of disruption of inputs into a firm.

VBN software powers 50 online networking communities.

M2 PRESSWIRE-22 October 2002-Virtual Business Network: VBN software powers 50 online networking communities (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:10222002

A pioneering Cambridge company is playing a vital role in fostering European business innovation, with its software powering no less than 50 different networking community websites.

The latest community to choose Virtual Business Network (VBN) is Huddersfield University, which will use the technology to develop and link several regional business networks, such as a Manufacturing Excellence Club and an Incubation Network.

But VBN's software platform is used daily by diverse organisations** ranging from 'cluster' groups backed by Regional Development Agencies to university business groups and industry trade associations, including two in continental Europe. And the common theme for all is innovation.

VBN's founder and managing director Dr Simon Elliott developed the first database-driven system for the Cambridge Network, the high technology community at the heart of the Cambridge Phenomenon, and it has acted as a model for many similar ventures. He says: 'Without exception, all the networking communities for whom we develop websites have at their core the desire to create something new and better through change.

'Whatever the initial reason people have come together to form a network, they are able to make and maintain contact with others, and to run an effective membership infrastructure through the use of the software alone.

'Our back office administration system combines both content and membership management, achieving the unique benefit of enabling organisations to manage all their membership business from one simple-to-use web browser.'

VBN supports the development of the successful client network once a website is built, with best practice hosting and technical support, together with an active user group of clients and ongoing consultancy.

Aware that successful networks depend on physical contact and face-to-face meetings as well as virtual ones, it has also developed modules to facilitate online event registration and ticketing, for example.

** A list of all 50 VBN sites can be found at http://www.vbnonline.com/

About Virtual Business Network

Virtual Business Network (VBN) formed in 1999 as a spinout from leading telecoms strategy consultancy Analysys is the UK market leader in building and supporting online business networks.

Everywhere you look people and organisations are getting together in communities. Whether such communities form out of common interest, common geography or shared purpose, all have a fundamental need to gather people together, to make and maintain contact.

VBN's in-house developed database-driven software platform meets this need and more. It facilitates effective virtual networking via the Internet, and uniquely enables community organisations to manage both ongoing contact with members including online payment for subscriptions and events, for example and regularly changing website content. This is achieved through a simple interface that gives controlled access to multiple users, and an easy-to-use 'back office' editing and administration system.

A common thread of all VBN communities is the fundamental need to create an 'innovation network', where nurturing a culture of participation (both on and offline) will lead to improvements in the economy, infrastructure or business environment. It hosts and supports sites for some 40 clients* ranging from the renowned high technology community, Cambridge Network for which the first VBN software was developed to the industry sector organisation for biotechnology in Ireland. Other clients include RDA-backed 'cluster' groups, University business networks, Chambers of Commerce and Business Links, Royal Institutes and trade associations. Two are based in continental Europe in Leuven, Belgium and Munich, Germany.

VBN has broken new ground by opening up the means for clients' websites to share the same database, where appropriate, creating a 'network of networks'to enable the sharing of content within an enlarged community.

Based In Cambridge, VBN is led by the company's founder and managing director, Dr Simon Elliott.

CONTACT: Dr Simon Elliott, MD Tel: +44 (0)1223 707 600 e-mail: enquiries@vbonline.com Holdsworth Associates Tel: +44 (0)1954 202 789

((M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data prepared by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to info@m2.com)).

Top clubs help Granada's play for future sports rights.(Company Business and Marketing)

TV giant Granada has staked its claim on next generation sports coverage through deals with the UK's leading football teams. Russell Clarke evaluates its Web and broadband strategy.

GRANADA

IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT OTHER media companies aside from BSkyB are scurrying away and amassing their stakes in sports rights. Granada Media, after quietly forming partnerships with Liverpool FC, Arsenal FC and Manchester United TV, now has a share in what are arguably England's three biggest footballing brands.

If you're a fully paid-up subscriber to the content is king principle, Granada's football partnerships promise to deliver truly global audiences. Just as live Premier League football sold Rupert Murdoch's satellite dishes and live Champions League football sold ONdigital's set-top boxes, Granada believes that the provision of full-length -- if delayed -- streamed matches over the club's respective Web sites will drive audiences.

Granada Media is tapping into the English Premier League's move towards full dissemination of its digital intellectual sports property rights. This is likely to benefit its member clubs and their respective sites and Web partners in the short term as, for the first time, these clubs and sports-content providers are given audio. visual access to their own home matches.

The live rights will remain on TV with BSkyB, which paid a world-record fee of [pound]1.11bn for a three-year contract and highlights will switch to ITV for [pound]183m for the same period. However from the beginning of the 2001/02 season, each Premiership club will be permitted to screen their own home matches between 24 and 72 hours after a match ends. With Manchester United (through MUTV) the only Premiership club with its own full TV channel, most clubs will initially seek to stream this new audiovisual content through their respective Web sites.

During the first quarter of 2000, Granada Media acquired a 9.9% stake in Liverpool Football Club at a cost of [pound]22m which will allow the media company to broadcast highlights of the club's matches on the Internet, mobile devices and digital TV. The service, to be called Liverpool Broadband, will initially be free of charge for online users although Granada does envisage subscriptions, particularly when mass broadband improves audiovisual quality. The service is also to include full t-commerce, e-commerce and online betting.

In a similar move, Granada Media took a 5% stake in Arsenal in the third quarter of 2000, in the form of 2,947 new ordinary shares, at a cost of [pound]27m. Soon after taking this stake in Arsenal, Granada paid a further [Pound]20m to fund an Arsenal broadband venture. As a result, Granada became the club's commercial services and media agent and, more interestingly, its new media agent. This saw the launch of a new joint venture, Arsenal Football Club Broadband (AFC Broadband), which aims to become a global portal through which to exploit the club's new media rights.

The deal gives Granada the rights to delayed online coverage of Premier League matches from August 2001, as well as UEFA Cup matches and local and regional radio rights when they next become available. AFC Broadband will be permitted to broadcast the full 90 minutes of Arsenal's Premier League home games from midnight on Sunday, following a Saturday afternoon match, as well as the full midweek matches from midnight the same night. This is all providing that BSkyB hasn't chosen the club for that week's featured live TV matches. Although full details have yet to be disclosed, Granada isn't likely to initially charge fans for this service. Once a loyal following has been built up and fans are accessing broadband quality pictures, subscriptions/pay-per-view charges may apply. The site will also offer an archive of classic Arsenal matches, together with reserve, junior and Arsenal women's matches and full live audio commentary of first-team games. The site will also feature online gambling and merchandising facili ties.

"We're acutely aware that the delayed action rights given to us from the beginning of next season are very valuable," says Simon Shaps, managing director of Granada Broadband. "This is unique content which we believe will significantly drive traffic. We're in the final stages of deciding exactly how to utilise this content and exactly which revenue model to apply to it."

However, Shaps says the changes made to the site will be incremental rather than big bang. The aim is to add content richness over time -- in the same manner that penetration and density of bandwidth and capacity will evolve. "We want to build partnerships with incredibly strong brands to develop broadband services," he adds. "The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool with their very passionate -- and global -- fan bases are ideal."

Indeed, the respective sites' global appeal is fundamental to their success. The Arsenal site already attracts 40% of its 4m visitors every month from overseas, while Liverpool FC estimates that it now has l0m overseas fans. The long-term goal for the respective sites is to reach a number of key international markets including Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Scandinavia.

This global interest is the main reason why many major European clubs play their pre-season games in markets such as the Far East. The arsenal.co.uk site was even re-launched as arsenal.com earlier this year in a bid to target fans at home and abroad in America, Scandinavia and Asia specifically.

The success of the Liverpool FC Broadband and AFC Broadband projects depends mainly on two factors. Firstly, both clubs need to consistently qualify and progress in big European tournaments, to maintain and build their international fan bases. The second crucial factor to success is the global take-up of broadband technology (see first table).

Although the long-term goal of the AFC Broadband and Liverpool Broad-band projects is to develop a wide range of entertainment, e-commerce and personalised services, the sites will initially enhance existing revenue streams by providing different distribution outlets for ticketing and replica kit sales. However, it's hoped that the value-added service of delayed match coverage will boost overseas users visiting the official team sites. Because of the Internet's global nature the clubs will be able to cash in on this support directly for the first time, through advertising and e-commerce revenues and possibly subscriptions. Ultimately, the sites may feature live action instead of delayed full-match coverage. However for this to happen, the Premier League clubs would need to break away or wrestle back intellectual property rights from the Premier League.

In the long-term, it's expected that the emergence of broadband capability will effectively do away with the need to launch a Manchester Utd-style pay-TV channel. As the Internet and TV converge, fans will be more likely to sit and watch matches, and potentially pay for them, on a pay-per match basis, or via a TV season ticket. With the dedicated Premier League fan only given access to a set number of live matches featuring their favourite club each season -- even if they choose to subscribe to all available pay-channels--there is a huge untapped market for streaming matches over club sites. From next season, Granada Media will offer Liverpool and Arsenal fans the first available chance to watch most of their club's home matches in full via the broadband sites.

                             GLOBAL STREAMING                             MEDIA FORECASTS                                        2001       2002    2003 Web pages offering streams              790        950    1,104 Video streams served (m)               506.2      733.9  1,064.2 Broadband video streams (m)            121.9 [*]  212.8   361.8 Percent of broadband video stream       24         29      34 Weekly hours live Web-casts             95         128     167 Percentage Web traffic streaming [**]    7          9      11                                         2004 Web pages offering streams              1,221 Video streams served (m)               1,543.1 Broadband video streams (m)             601.8 Percent of broadband video stream        39 Weekly hours live Web-casts              217 Percentage Web traffic streaming [**]    13 Source: Informa Media Group (*.)Digital Broadcast and Programming Webcast Track (**.)audio and video 

MUTV

               GRANADA FINANCES, YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 2000                      2000 total, pre     Digital TV                       digitalTV and      and online                     online ([pound]m)  2000 ([pound]m) Turnover                  1,166              53 Group turnover            1,087               - Operating costs            808               176 Operating profit           253              -176 Profit (gross)             260               26 Pre-tax profits            301               12 Profit after tax           207               54 Adjusted per share        13.8p               -                     2000 total after    1999 total, pre                      digital TV and     digital TV and                     online ([pound]m)  online ([pound]m) Turnover                  1,219               998 Group turnover            1,087               998 Operating costs            984                732 Operating profit           77                 251 Profit (gross)             286                248 Pre-tax profits            313                296 Profit after tax           261                206 Adjusted per share        17.3p              12.7p 

OTHER GRANADA SPORTS VENTURES

Granada has an equal 33% stake in Manchester United's TV channel, MUTV together with the club itself and BSkyB. MUTV is available on Sky and NTL digital between 17.00 and 23.00 daily. It also recently signed an agreement with Telewest, making the service available on the group's Active Digital network from 1st April. However, the station revealed losses of more than [pound]1m in the club's year-end figures to July 2000. Although no figures have been released for subscription levels, the club stated that subscriptions "have doubled" during 2000. The availability of first team action on the channel between 24 and 72 hours after matches end, from August 2001, should boost subscriptions further.

ITV-F1.CO.UK

ITV-F1 is amongst the market leaders for Formula 1 news and features on the Web and is the official tie-in site for ITV's Formula 1 TV coverage. A primary aim is to complement the TV broadcasts with in-depth news and analysis -- a service that will become more integrated with the roll-out of Internet TV. The site first went live in 1998 and has since undergone a considerable evolution. It has been subject to several redesigns to improve its look while content and features have been frequently altered. The site has around 500,000 average monthly unique users.

ITV-FOOTBALL.CO.UK.

ITV's powerful position in the football TV rights war may well boost traffic to its fledgling football site. From next season, TV will own exclusive live rights to the UEFA Champions' League (along with ONdigital) Premier League highlights (ending the reign of the BBC's Match of the Day) and live Worthington's Cup and play-off action. As Internet and TV converge, the ITV-football site will increasingly be linked to live action. In March 2001, ITV's interactive services were boosted by the launch of Text+, a new 24-hour information service carrying coverage of the Champions' League. The text service retains a picture in the bottom-left corner of the screen, allowing viewers to see European matches while accessing live score updates, statistics and group tables. Football fans are also offered 'spot the ball', a shoot-out game and a football quiz.

COMPANY HISTORY

* July 1999: Granada acquires a 9.9% stake in Liverpool FC for [pound]22m.

* May 2000: Granada and Compass merge.

Creation of Granada Broadband to focus on pay-TV and Internet ventures.

* July 2000: Granada Media floats 20% of the company.

* September 2000: Granada takes a 5% stake in Arsenal Football Club.

* October 2000: Granada takes 40% stake in joint health and beauty venture Wellbeing with Boots.

* February 2001: Granada demerges, separating its media and hospitality businesses.

Completes its acquisition of the TV assets of United News and Media

* April 2001: Granada and Carlton announce the alignment of ITV and ONDigital. ONDigital to be renamed ITV Digital.

ONDIGITAL - SPORT ENTERS THE DIGITAL AGE

In a 50:50 venture with Carlton Communications, Granada launched ONdigital, the world's first digital terrestrial operator in November 1998. Subscription levels broke the 1m barrier to 1.02m for the end of 2000 -- a figure up 83% from 1999. The service offers users a variety of pay and free-to-air TV channels and a number of interactive services and pay-per-view movies.

However, many analysts believe that Ondigital's subscriptions have risen so dramatically because of the group's capture of live and exclusive rights (together with ITV) to the glamourous and popular UEFA Champions' League.

In fact, ONdigital claims that its viewers have access to more sport than through any other platform and is currently building a premium sports channel to accommodate the extravaganza. Together with its Champions' League and Worthington Cup offerings (which, incidentally is "free" to all subscribers who take the basic package) ONdigital has also won exclusive rights to broadcast the Football League's live-pay, pay-per-view and tree-to-air matches with ITV from next season. The operator also exclusively offers the Men's ATP Tennis Masters and subscriptions to British Eurosport and Sky Sports 1, 2 and 3.

ONdigital is also offering 'all the benefits of having the world in you own front room' through its ON net service. The Internet-through-TV service offers walled-garden and unlimited Web access through a 56k modem the size of a paperback book, on top of the ONdigital set-top box. The service also offers ONmail, through a cordless keyboard which lets the user send video stills and audio clips to any email address.

However, ONnet has been largely criticised because insiders don't see how it fits into Granada's overall strategy as it clashes directly with the group's beleaguered PowerChannel service. PowerChannel was billed as offering free Internet access through the TV for people without personal computers. PowerChannel users would have free TV-Internet access in return for filling in a questionnaire every month, which could then be sold onto data-capture companies. However, PowerChannel, in which Granada Media has a 23% [pound]13.5m) stake, has seen its launch delayed four times in the past

14 COMPANIES FORM PROCUREMENT SITE.

Fourteen mining and metals companies have created an independent, global Internet-based procurement marketplace.

The venture will create a platform to bring together mining and metals producers and suppliers in more than 100 countries and intends to provide unrivaled access to procurement sources worldwide.

The founding shareholders are Alcan Aluminium Ltd., Alcoa Inc., Anglo American Plc., Barrick Gold Corp., Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd., Compania Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., Inco Ltd., Newmont Mining Corp., Noranda Inc., Phelps Dodge Corp., Rio Tinto and WWIC Ltd.

These companies represent more than 60 percent of the market capitalization of the global mining and metals industry and are among the world's largest producers of aluminum, coal, copper, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, silver, zinc, industrial minerals and platinum group metals.

Other mining and metals companies are expected to participate in the online marketplace. The estimated procurement spending of the industry last year was approximately $200 billion.

The founders expect that the open and neutral platform will transform the procurement practices of the mining and metals industry and bring benefits to both suppliers and buyers through standardization, transparency, streamlined transaction processes and improved inventory management.

The new virtual marketplace will use a common catalog of products in multiple languages and will allow participants, regardless of size and location, to access and trade with a large pool of suppliers and buyers locally and abroad. The exchange will preserve the confidentiality of information and relationships between the trading partners.

Participants have agreed to structure an interim management team in order to fast-track marketplace implementation of the venture. A CEO and a technology partner have yet to be chosen.

The venture will also develop a comprehensive supplier and buyer adoption program. It is expected that Internet-based transactions will commence by year's end.

AFC Asian Cup 2011: Japan, China, Korea top viewership markets.

TASHKENT, June 29, 2011 (UzReport.com): Asian football powerhouses Korea Republic and Japan set new records domestically for this year's AFC Asian Cup with a significant increase in cumulative ratings.

Audiences in Japan grew from 131 million in the previous edition of the event to 209.2 million this year, and 29.5 million to 41 million in Korea Republic.

According to CSM Media Research, Japan, China and Korea emerged as the top three viewership markets with Japan capturing 43.2% of the total AFC Asian Cup 2011 audience.

Audiences in Japan and Korea made up just over half of the 63 million viewers who watched the semifinal between the two traditional Asian football rivals the highest rated match of the entire tournament and in both countries despite the late night airtime. In Japan, TV Asahi drew an audience of 24.46 million while KBS2 had just over eight million in Korea.

This year's event held in Doha, Qatar received record "live" television coverage of nearly 3,600 hours which delivered more than 484 million viewers in 80 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America and North Africa. The event also generated a total reach of more than 2.5 billion.

The second most watched AFC Asian Cup 2011 match was the final between Japan and Australia with 54.4 million viewers while the third highest rated match was the quarterfinal between Japan and Qatar with an audience of 45.63 million.

This is the first time that television ratings have been available in the Middle-East for the AFC Asian Cup. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the fourth and fifth largest viewership markets respectively for the event accounting for 5.8% and 1.1% of the total audience. Hosts Qatar had the fourth highest audience figures in the Middle-East after Kuwait.

Although China's early exit and the absence of Asean nations from the competition impacted overall ratings, the total viewership in China was 156.6 million - 32% of the total audience for the event while Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam had a combined audience of 24 million.

"The AFC Asian Cup 2011 delivered top class football and the significant television viewership achieved reaffirms its position as the top sporting event in Asia," said Pierre Kakhia, President, West Asia, World Sport Group, the exclusive marketing and media partner of the AFC.

"Asian football fans are incredibly passionate about their national teams and we are delighted to have delivered record multiplatform and "live" coverage for the fans as well as our marketing and broadcast partners across the Asia-Pacific region and most of the world."

The event also enjoyed significant following on internet and social media platforms. Nearly seven million fans visited the AFC Asian Cup 2011's official website www.afcasiancup2011.com, while 2.5 million followed the event on its Facebook page. Additionally, there were 1.2 million views of 115 videos featuring AFC Asian Cup 2011 action that were available on You Tube.

The viewership report for the AFC Asian Cup 2011 was collated by CSM Media Research in association with its partners TNS, the world's largest market research company and Kantar Sports, a world leader in TV audience (TAM) and radio audience measurement (RAM), with Video Research Ltd. and Pan Arab Research Center (PARC) contributing data from Japan and the Middle-East respectively.

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Atrinsic, Inc. Receives Favorable Decision From NASDAQ.

NEW YORK -- Atrinsic, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRN), a marketer of direct-to-consumer subscription products, including Kazaa (www.kazaa.com) - a digital music subscription service, and owner of an internet search marketing agency, Atrinsic Interactive, announced today that, on June 7, 2011, the Company received a favorable determination from the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Staff (the "Staff") indicating that the Staff has granted the Company's request for the transfer of its listing to The NASDAQ Capital Market. The Company's securities will begin trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market effective with the open of business on Friday, June 10, 2011. The transfer of the Company's listing from The NASDAQ Global Market to The NASDAQ Capital Market should have no impact on trading in the Company's shares, and the Company's stock will continue to trade on NASDAQ under the symbol ATRN.

As previously disclosed, on April 14, 2011, the Staff notified the Company that it no longer satisfied the $10 million stockholders' equity requirement for continued listing on The NASDAQ Global Market. The Company subsequently submitted an application for the transfer of its listing to The NASDAQ Capital Market, particularly in light of the Company's belief that it satisfies and will continue to satisfy the criteria for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, including the applicable $2.5 million stockholders' equity requirement.

About Atrinsic and Kazaa

Atrinsic, Inc. is a marketer of direct-to-consumer subscription products and an Internet search-marketing agency. Built around the Kazaa brand, Atrinsic sells entertainment subscription products directly to consumers, which are marketed through the Internet. Atrinsic also sells Internet marketing services to its corporate and advertising clients. Atrinsic has developed its marketing media network, consisting of web sites, proprietary content and licensed media, to attract consumers, corporate partners and advertisers. Atrinsic believes its marketing media network and proprietary technology allow it to cost-effectively acquire consumers for its products and for its corporate partners and advertisers.

Kazaa is a subscription-based digital music service that gives users unlimited access to millions of CD-quality tracks. For a monthly fee users can listen to unlimited music files and play those files on up to three separate computers and download unlimited ringtones to a mobile phone. Unlike other music services that charge you every time a song is downloaded, Kazaa allows users to listen to and explore as much music as they want for one monthly fee, without having to pay for every track or album. Consumers are billed for this service on a monthly recurring basis through a credit card, landline, or mobile device. Royalties are paid to the rights' holders for licenses to the music utilized by this digital service. Atrinsic and Brilliant Digital, Inc. jointly offer the Kazaa digital music service pursuant to a Marketing Services Agreement and a Master Services Agreement between the two companies.

McAfee and Carnegie Mellon Report Finds Serious Disconnect Between Businesses and Mobile Users.

Risky Behaviors and Weak Security Postures are Commonplace in Mobile Security

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & PITTSBURGH -- McAfee today released "Mobility and Security: Dazzling Opportunities, Profound Challenges" , a global report focused on the consumerization of IT and its impact on security. The report looks at mobility from two perspectives -- that of the company's senior IT professional and that of the general end users of mobile devices in the workplace. Researchers found that while an increasing number of consumers use mobile devices for both business and personal activities, large numbers are not familiar with their employer's corporate policy on the use of mobile devices.

"Devices are no longer just consumer devices or business devices. They are both," said Richard Power, a CyLab Distinguished Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, the primary author of the report. "Devices are more than extensions of the computing structure, they are extensions of the user. The way users interact with their personal data mirrors the way they want to interact with corporate data."

Reliance on mobile devices is already significant and accelerating rapidly. In the survey, almost half of organizations are very reliant on mobile devices. Almost seven in 10 organizations are more reliant on mobile devices than they were 12 months ago. IT is becoming increasingly consumerized and businesses now operate in a heterogeneous mobile environment where BlackBerrys are no longer the standard. The survey found that 63 percent of devices on the network are also used for personal activities.

Key Report Findings:

* Lost and stolen mobile devices are seen as the greatest security concern for IT professionals and end-users - Four in 10 organizations have had mobile devices lost or stolen and half of lost/stolen devices contain business critical data. More than a third of mobile device losses have had a financial impact on the organization and two-thirds of companies that had mobile devices lost/stolen have increased their device security after this loss.

* Risky behaviors and weak security postures are commonplace - Although the need for mitigating mobile security risks and threats is acknowledged, fewer than half of device users back up their mobile data more frequently than on a weekly basis. Around half of device users keep passwords, pin codes or credit card details on their mobile devices. One in three users keeps sensitive work-related information on their mobile devices.

* There is a serious disconnect between the policy and reality - 95 percent of organizations have policies in place in regard to mobile devices, however, only one in three employees are very aware of their company's mobile security policies

"Data loss remains a huge problem for both consumers and businesses," said Todd Gebhart, executive vice president and general manager, consumer, small business and mobile, McAfee. "Consumers need tools to protect their personal information and businesses need a way to protect their valuable intellectual property. It's far too easy to leave a mobile device in a cab, or at the airport. This study shows that there is a lot of room for improvement in terms of education and putting the right tools in place to ensure mobile security."

"Mobility and Security: Dazzling Opportunities, Profound Challenges" is based on a survey of more than 1500 information technology and end user respondents from 14 countries and was commissioned by McAfee and produced by Carnegie Mellon's CyLab. A full copy of the report is available for download at www.mcafee.com/mobilesecurityreport.

About the report:

In collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, McAfee took a hard look at the topic of mobile security and the consumerization of IT. The online surveys were administered by international research firm Vanson Bourne. More than 1500 respondents from 14 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the U.K., and the U.S., participated in the survey. The participants were split between two surveys targeted towards general end-users of mobile devices and senior IT decision makers in companies with 100 or more employees.

About McAfee:

McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more securely. Backed by its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security. McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep our customers safe. http://www.mcafee.com

About CyLab:

Carnegie Mellon CyLab is a bold and visionary effort, which establishes public-private partnerships to develop new technologies for measurable, secure, available, trustworthy, and sustainable computing and communications systems. CyLab is a world leader in both technological research and the education of professionals in information assurance, security technology, business and policy, as well as security awareness among cybercitizens of all ages. Building on more than two decades of Carnegie Mellon leadership in Information Technology, CyLab is a university-wide initiative that involves more than 50 faculty and 100 graduate students from more than six different departments and schools. www.cylab.cmu.edu/.

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Bin Laden fails to stir young Arabs in revolts era.

DUBAI: The apparent indifference of young Arabs to the killing of Osama bin Laden is being seen as a sign of Al-Qaeda's flagging popularity and the preoccupation in the Middle East with revolutions at home.

An Egyptian expert on Islamist movements, Diaa Rashwan, said his killing by US troops has failed to provoke Arab street protests because they are already marching for freedom.

"The death of bin Laden does not mean much to the Arab people," Rashwan said, noting the Middle East was awash with revolutions to topple longtime autocratic rulers.

Bin Laden's elimination was "a natural development at a time when people are turning the page on guns and violence that targeted civilians indiscriminately," he said.

The death of Al-Qaeda's leader marked the end of an era.

With his popularity already on the decline, the Saudi-born Islamist militant "would not have even enjoyed the media coverage he has had now if he had been killed a bit later," said Rashwan.

This week has not seen any major popular protest, neither at the announcement of bin Laden's death nor over the disposal of his body at sea.

Washington says it opted for a sea burial out of concern that a traditional funeral could have produced a shrine for bin Laden, who topped the most wanted list for the past decade since the 9/11 terror attacks.

President Barack Obama announced that US forces shot dead bin Laden early on Monday local time after tracking him down to a hideout at Abbottabad near the Pakistani capital.

Sporadic street rallies have been held in support of bin Laden in Afghanistan and Pakistan where the Al-Qaeda chief spent most of his life, but no such events have been reported in the Middle East.

Islamist forums on the Internet, however, have been active in hailing his contribution to radical Islam.

Salman Shaikh, director of Brookings Doha Centre, said the absence of sympathy for bin Laden was not surprising. "The Arab world moved a long time ago from Al-Qaeda ... The Arabs are instead moving towards popular revolts," he said.

"They are focusing more on the struggle to have their own freedom. And besides that, they want to get rid of the extremists. They want to move forward and look to the future."

Shaikh said Arabs did not want to be identified with or viewed as "terrorists," despite mixed feelings of denial and disbelief among loyalists who insist bin Laden lives on.

The youth, at the forefront of the so-called Arab Spring, is focused on freedom, democracy and higher living standards, agreed Lebanese sociologist Dalal Bizri, although this did not mean a total lack of sympathy for bin Laden.

A leader of Al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen on Wednesday vowed revenge.

"We will take revenge for the death of our Sheikh Osama bin Laden and we will prove this to the enemies of God," he told AFP, contacted by telephone from Yemen's restive southern province of Abyan, an Al-Qaeda stronghold.

"They will see what they haven't expected ... We are preparing a plan to continue jihad in the coming period," the militant warned, requesting anonymity for "security reasons."

Bizri said Islamist movements in the Arab world were increasingly influenced by the Turkish model of rule in a secular state, with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Syria more amenable to the West and abandoning anti-Western slogans.

Since Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's ouster in February, the formerly banned Muslim Brotherhood has formed a non-theocratic" party in Cairo to contest up to half of the parliamentary seats in September elections.

"The main feature of the coming period will be the involvement of Islamists in power, and they will then fight against extremists and silence them," predicted Bizri.

Egypt's Brotherhood itself said on Monday that "Islam is not bin Laden."

"After September 11, there had been a lot of confusion. Terrorism was mixed up with Islam," said Mahmoud Ezzat, the Brotherhood's number two. "In the coming phase, everyone will be looking to the West for just behavior."

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Travelsoon.com: Brits to Be More Adventurous With Easter Holiday Travel Plans.

A recent travel industry survey has revealed that a number of factors, such as the Royal Wedding and the extra bank holidays have inspired British holidaymakers to be more daring with their holiday choices this year, say Travelsoon.com

ROMFORD, England, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey has found that Brits wanting to travel during the Easter holidays have been given a boost by the extra bank holiday in April, with recent estimates saying that millions of British travellers are expected to go on holiday over Easter and the Royal Wedding. The poll, which questioned 3,000 British holidaymakers 28% of respondents stated that they were travelling to a destination that they'd never been to before, which shows that more holidaymakers are becoming much more daring when it comes to their holiday choices in 2011, say Travelsoon.com.

Luke Nathan of Travelsoon.com says: "The news that British travellers are becoming braver in their holiday choices is really a very positive one, as it shows that consumers are more willing to try something different this year due to the extra time off that they will have. What's also interesting is that the poll also said that many travel companies are reporting that bookings to certain holiday destinations, have increased by as much as 180% compared to 2010."

While 47% of respondents said that the current economic climate meant that they were still being careful about how much they spend on their holidays, the study showed that only 18% of those questioned said that they would book through a traditional high-street travel agent. Compared to 55% of respondents who said they look for the best deals and discounts on their holiday by searching for their holiday, such as all-inclusive Egypt vacations online, which shows that people are increasingly turning to the internet to find the best possible deals on their holidays.

Nathan continues: "The news that consumers have not only taken advantage of the extra bank holidays in April and May, but that they are increasingly turning to the internet to do so is just fantastic, as it shows that consumers still have confidence in the online travel industry. What makes this survey really interesting is that is reveals that while British holidaymakers are choosing to travel to places that they have never been to before, they are looking outside of traditional destinations to things like Travelsoon's Sharm el Sheikh holidays online, which is just fantastic."

About Travelsoon.com:

Travelsoon.com is one of the leading travel consultancies in the country, specializing in tailor made and package holidays for our new and established client base. Located in Romford, Essex, Travelsoon works in conjunction with some of the leading tour operators to provide solutions for all manner of our client's holiday requirements. Travelsoon's commitment to consumer satisfaction means that our staff is mindful of the customer experience as a whole, and implements the most up to date technology and systems to ensure their needs are met and exceeded. Our consultants are dedicated to establishing and cultivating relationships with our partners as well as our customers to ensure their holiday stay is unforgettable. Praised for their innovation and creativity, the firm employs over 100 staff and our market share grows from strength to strength. Travelsoon is part of the Freedom Travel Group and is fully ATOL and ABTA bonded.

SOURCE Travelsoon.com

IPL to do million dollar business this season: Modi.

Mumbai, March 27 -- IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi made the bold prediction that the league would generate a revenue of USD 1 billion this season because of its huge fan following across the globe that would attract a large number of advertisers.

"The tournament is still on and we have not reached the final number. Yes, it will be more than a billion dollars (about Rs 4,700 crore) this season. Last season we did $450 million.

"Thereafter, we would double every year," Modi said. He asserted that as long as fans keep flocking to the IPL, the league's brand value would keep increasing and hence the revenue would too.

Modi also said that Sony, the official broadcaster of the IPL, would alone have a revenue of Rs. 700-800 crores. He also brushed aside criticism that the advertising rates for IPL-3 were very high.

"There may be some advertisers who feel that way but there are many others who are willing to join us," he said pointing out that the huge success of the tournament in terms of TV viewership would certainly entice the advertisers.

"There is no other sporting event across the world generating more eyeballs than the IPL," he said, adding that the league was virtually in every part of the world through either broadcasters or through the Internet via YouTube.

Recently, Brand Finance had come out with a valuation of USD 4.13 billion for the IPL, which was more than double the valuation from last year. Modi said about the figure that "it is indeed the valuation given to us by outsiders."

Comparing the English Premier League with the IPL, the study said that although the English Premier league was valued much higher than the IPL at USD 12 billion, the IPL had risen to its value of USD 4 billion in just three years.

Modi also pointed out that with regards to the EPL and bigger sports clubs in the West, most of those had negative cash flows and the EPL itself was facing a USD 800 million deficit.

"Here, we are talking about cash flow and it is going to grow in the future at IPL," he said, while detailing the dynamics of the financing of IPL franchises.

Modi said that the IPL teams had no load on them. "We are providing infrastructure and stadiums free of cost," he added.

To questions on predictions from some quarters that the IPL would not be able to sustain this kind of explosive growth, Modi retorted, "Let them (cynics) say anything. I know the numbers. I know the game. I have delivered. We will continue to deliver."

"The success of the IPL has hinged on its capacity to draw huge crowds - a fact that need not be proven again and again," Modi said.

He also added that there was a level playing field for all the teams since they were equally placed financially in their capacity to buy players, since the IPL had fixed caps for the maximum amount that could be bid.

"The level playing field between the teams would make the event more interesting," he said and added that another factor for success was that the revenue would be proportionate to the number of matches that are played.

"This season there are 60 matches and the number would go to 90 by next year and, therefore, the revenue would increase on a pro-rata basis," he said.

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Cox Enterprises and Georgia Power Produce Green Energy for Georgia.

Rooftop Solar Installation at Atlanta Vehicle Innovation Facility Supports Cox's National Sustainability Program

ATLANTA, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Enterprises announced today the completion of its 10,000-square-foot solar panel installation, the largest of its kind for Georgia Power's alternative energy program in Georgia.

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Located at Cox's Manheim DRIVE facility in Stockbridge, Ga., the 100-kilowatt rooftop system converts the sun's radiation to electricity and generates approximately 150-megawatt hours annually. The renewable energy is fed back into the utility grid system and reduces the amount of energy generated by Georgia Power.

"Embracing renewable energy is a key component of Cox Conserves, our national sustainability program," said Mike Mannheimer, vice president, supply chain services and chief procurement officer, Cox Enterprises. "Our Manheim DRIVE solar project is a win for Cox, the environment and the community. The project reduces our energy costs and directly feeds renewable energy back into the community."

"We take great pride in being the first Manheim location in Georgia to install rooftop solar panels," said Donald Foy, executive director, Manheim DRIVE. "Our team is committed to looking at new and different ways to conserve the resources we use every day, including energy and water, to ensure we do our part for the environment and the community."

The panels are virtually maintenance-free and have a life expectancy of more than 20 years. Manheim DRIVE joins other Cox locations harnessing solar energy in Arizona, California and New Jersey.

"Cox Enterprises has always been a leader in promoting cutting-edge technologies," said Ervan Hancock, Georgia Power's renewable and green strategies manager. "The installation of this solar panel at Manheim DRIVE really reinforces their commitment to the environment and underscores how solar technology is evolving in Georgia."

Cox Conserves seeks to conserve resources, embrace renewable forms of energy and reduce the company's greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2017. Since 2000, Cox Enterprises has reduced its energy consumption by 10 percent while growing at nearly 12 percent a year. The program also encourages Cox's 77,000 employees and their families to engage in eco-friendly practices.

The Manheim DRIVE Center is the first-of-its-kind innovation center in the vehicle remarketing industry. Bringing together automotive leaders to solve industry challenges, the Center hosts conferences, symposiums, roundtables and management retreats, as well as live auctions that are held in the 180-seat bidding theatre. Since its opening in 2004, more than 20,000 guests from around the world have visited DRIVE.

About Cox Enterprises:

Cox Enterprises is a leading communications, media and automotive services company. With revenues exceeding $15 billion and more than 77,000 employees, the company's major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications, Inc. (cable television distribution, telephone, high-speed Internet access, commercial telecommunications, advertising solutions and the Travel Channel); Manheim, Inc. (vehicle auctions, repair and certification services and web-based technology products); Cox Media Group, Inc. (television stations, digital media, newspapers, advertising sales rep firms and majority-owned, publicly-traded Cox Radio, Inc.); and AutoTrader.com. Additionally, Cox's Internet operations include Kudzu.com and Adify Corporation, a unit of Cox TMI, Inc.

About Georgia Power:

Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the nation's largest generators of electricity. The company is an investor-owned, tax-paying utility with rates well below the national average. Georgia Power serves 2.3 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties.

CONTACT: Elizabeth Halter, Cox Enterprises, +1-678-645-0762, elizabeth.halter@coxinc.com; Lynn Wallace, Georgia Power, +1-404-506-7676, LYMWALLA@southernco.com

Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/126288.html

Broadband provider gives SoHo a big boost.(TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)

Rainbow Broadband, a leading provider of broadband connectivity to the New York business community, is enabling businesses to settle in SoHo, by meeting their Internet demands with WiMAX services.

To date, incumbent carriers have denied improvements to the network infrastructure, leaving SoHo-area businesses and landlords without viable bandwidth options.

"Rainbow Broadband's service allows us to rapidly exchange program files and provide our office space with the Internet speed we need to meet our deadlines," said Matthew Johnson. director of operations at WordWorld, the literacy-based preschool series on PBSKids, with learning toys at Target.

"Both our studio and headquarters are benefiting from Rainbow's cable and fiber network, which can handle the bandwidth-intense digital workload in this location."

The majority of the buildings in SoHo are older B & C class buildings. Fiber connections are rarely available because of high installation cost. Inhibiting SoHo business growth is the need for 5 to 10 Mbps of broadband for day-to-day operations--the current copper wiring is limited to T1 and DSL speeds. Rainbow Broadband's network hub, located at 32 Avenue of the Americas, allows them to beam their broadband network to virtually every building in SoHo.

Said Russ Harem. founder of Rainbow Broadband, said, "With our network hub ill place, businesses in SoHo can access the type of high-speed broadband that is mission critical for day-to-day business."

Vivienne's appeal to Irish mums; THE HUNT FOR MADELEINE.(News)

Byline: By SARAH JELLEMA and ROD CHAYTOR

GORGEOUS mum Vivienne Connolly led a vigil for kidnapped Madeleine McCann yesterday.

The Irish model held her three-year-old son Ben at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, as she asked Irish mothers to pray for the snatched tot's safe return before going to bed tonight.

Appalled by the abduction, Vivienne said she wanted to do her best to make a difference.

The mum of two added: "The Minute for Maddy campaign is simply a minute together, praying with our children.

"If normal people get together and show solidarity, it creates a momentum and awareness that will keep the campaign going.

"Momentum to encourage people, wherever they are in the world to always be on the lookout for Madeline and never give up the search."

Meanwhile, family and friends of Madeleine yesterday launched an appeal fund to help in the search for the missing child.

The Madeleine Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned will allow people to offer financial support to aid the hunt and bring her abductors to justice.

Donations would could also allow her distraught parents Kate and Gerry, still out in Portugal, hire private detectives if the official inquiry falters.

Family members, friends and advisers have been working behind the scenes for several days to set up the fund as the hunt for Madeleine drags on.

It was launched yesterday at Leicester City's Walkers Stadium, near the McCanns' home village of Rothley.

Her uncle John, who travelled from Glasgow, said: "People have been phoning to ask where our fund is. There is a groundswell of emotional support that people want to turn into something concrete.

"We are hoping this is going to be resolved very soon. We have got one objective - we want to get our darling wee Maddy back."

The public face of the appeal will be World Cup winning former England rugby captain Martin Johnson, who said of Madeleine's disappearance: "Obviously this has touched everyone. But as a parent and father myself, this has really hit home.

"I am here to help in any way I can and support the fund and represent the local community."

If the McCanns' ordeal is brought to an end soon surplus money will be used to help families who suffer a similar nightmare in the future.

Internet donations can be made via "Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned", sort code 60 40 05, account number 32130058.

CAPTION(S):

SUPPORT: Vivienne and Ben on Grafton Street, Dublin; SUFFERING: Gerry and Kate with twins

NiSource Declares Quarterly Common Dividend.

MERRILLVILLE, Ind., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of NiSource Inc. has declared a quarterly common dividend payment of 23 cents per share, payable on Feb. 20, 2007, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Jan. 31, 2007.

About NiSource

NiSource Inc. , based in Merrillville, Ind., is a Fortune 500 company engaged in natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, as well as electric generation, transmission and distribution. NiSource operating companies deliver energy to 3.7 million customers located within the high- demand energy corridor stretching from the Gulf Coast through the Midwest to New England. Information about NiSource and its subsidiaries is available via the Internet at http://www.nisource.com/. NI-F

CONTACT: Media, Kris Falzone, Vice President, Corporate Communications, +1-219-647-5581, or klfalzone@nisource.com, or Investors, Randy Hulen, Director, Investor Relations, +1-219-647-5688, or rghulen@nisource.com, both of NiSource Inc.

Web site: http://www.nisource.com/

Lixxus continue to celebrate its 1st year by launching free UK calls for all.

M2 PRESSWIRE-7 November 2005-Lixxus: Lixxus continue to celebrate its 1st year by launching free UK calls for all(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:07112005

Lixxus (www.lixxus.co.uk) are now offering free unlimited UK calls from GBP9.99* a month to anyone with a broadband connection. Unlike many similar ISP offerings the LixxTalk package is not specific to just Lixxus broadband customers, you don't need special software or headsets for your computer, infact you don't even need your computer turned on! To make the whole operation as smooth as possible, and as part of its imminent 8Mb+ broadband service, Lixxus are offering a preconfigured ADSL2+ modem which should satisfy almost every broadband user supplying everything you will need to make a call, go online, game online, roam wirelessly round your house and the router will still work at speeds of up to 24Mb where and when available.

'Why change the habit of a lifetime?' a Lixxus spokesman said, 'You don't need to know how or why, just pick up the phone**, hear the dial tone and make a call the same way as you've always done.'

LixxTalk Home Setup Cost GBP15.99 Monthly Cost GBP9.99*

Optional Hardware: LixxTalk Modem GBPFree (when moving broadband connection to Lixxus) GBP64.61 (for users who don't already have broadband) GBP116.99 (for user who just want to purchase the router outright)

Pricing includes: Free UK calls day and night, Voicemail, second phone line delivered over existing broadband connection, incredible savings on calls to UK mobiles and abroad.

What's more, if you don't already have broadband Lixxus will throw in a 2Mb connection free of charge, only paying for the amount you use!

Joe Kelly, Lixxus CEO explains, 'As Broadband and Voice specialists, Lixxus focuses on what it does best, and that's to deliver what their customers really want: Service, savings, speed and reliability ensure that Lixxus customers remain loyal and that Lixxus goes from strength to strength. This Lixxus offer marks the end of our first year of operation during which it has come to be seen as providing the most imaginative customer-focused approach to enabling Broadband take-up in the UK. Lixxus are due to launch 8Mb broadband nationwide very soon and will be offering existing users free re-grades.'

For further information go to www.lixxus.co.uk

Notes for Editors

1. Free UK landline* calls and broadband connection when you subscribe to LixxTalk at GBP9.99/mth.

2. Free internet calls 3. Free broadband setup if customer doesn't already have broadband installed 4. Only pay for Broadband if and when you use it - true PayGo from GBPzero.

5. Free router worth GBP116.99 when you migrate to Lixxus from another provider.

6. Free migration and a free re-grade with free installation for existing broadband users migrating to Lixxus.

7. Innovative approaches to pricing and product ensure loyalty.

8. 8Mb ADSL will be offered soon to existing users who will receive free re-grades.

9. LixxTalk call and StartBasic broadband packages are also available separately.

10. Comparison -

A) V-Two-One - GBP9.98/mth for a broadband connection only when you buy a freetalk package of calls for GBP11.98/mth www.v21.co.uk

B) Tiscali and BT typically charge their customers between GBP14.99 and GBP17.99 a month plus over-use charges for Broadband only.

Competitor prices correct at time of going to press.

-- * Geographical numbers only such as codes beginning 01, 02 - anytime day, night and weekends.

-- ** Phones with Tone-Dial capability

CONTACT: James Kershaw, Sales DirectorTel: +44 (0)845 456 6308e-mail: james.kershaw@lixxus.co.uk

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