Oct 17--PRNewswire/AsiaNetSEVEN WONDERS... ZURICH: Following the worldwide outrage at the destruction of the colossal Buddha Statues in the Valley of Bamiyan in Afghanistan last March, a consortium has assembled to rebuild the larger of the two Buddha's, using high definition photogrametric technology, the New 7 Wonders Foundation announced today.FALSE POLLING... PRINCETON: Polling companies are using the Gallup Organisation name in an unauthorised manner, the company said, in response to reports of an election poll conducted by an entity called "Gallup Pakistan".UNION BLOCKADE... PONCA CITY: Taiwan's Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) is launching an international campaign to end Taiwanese-owned Continental Carbon's five-month lockout of 86 employees at its Oklahoma plant. The campaign is being conducted in conjunction with the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers Unions (ICEM), along with major support from the Taiwan Confederation of Industrial Trade Unions and the Taiwan Petroleum Workers, the Pace International Union said today.CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE... CAMBRIDGE: Researchers have identified a new role for a known enzyme that could treat ardiovascular disease, Millenium Pharmaceuticals have announced. Matrix Metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8) has traditionally been used to deal with white blood cell inflammation, but was unexpectedly discovered to have an effect on the heart during genomic testing.INCENTIVE MARKETING... BEIJING: A Chinese branding alliance between Sohu.com and Beijing Mobile Communication Corporation will use an incentive-marketing campaign, the World Cup Asian Qualifier competition, to increase wireless traffic in China, the companies announced today.MULTIMEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE... HONG KONG: Data, voice and video capabilities will be available via a single secure connection on Asia Global Crossing's global communications network, the company said today.EARTHQUAKE CONTROL... CARY: Japan's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, an interactive museum featuring some of the world's most scientifically creative concepts, has been constructed with a unique earthquake control system that includes custom-designed magnetorheological fluid dampers, the technology's developer, the Lord Corporation said today.HARDWARE SECURITY... MOBILE: A hardware-assisted remote debugger for Intel "microarchitecture", code/lab Debug, has been released by Accelerated Technology, according to a company news release.INTERNET OPTIONS... TOKYO: New options will be added to Internet Initiative Japan's connectivity services from November 1, the company said. The new options would enable smaller corporates to have up to eight IP addresses via one payment scheme and one IP address at a scaled down monthly rate, a media release revealed.(AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.au for full-text versions).