SYDNEY, July 5 -- AsiaNet FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae, the nation's largest source offinancing for home mortgages, will not issue Callable BenchmarkNotes this month. http://www.fanniemae.com SOSSEGO COPPER... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce announces theofficial inauguration, with the attendance of Mr. Luiz InacioLula da Silva, President of Brazil, of the Sossego copperproject. http://www.cvrd.com.br FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 4 securities issues amounting to a total of US$205million on July 12 and 15 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com CSM WORLDWIDE... DETROIT: CSM Worldwide, the global leader in providingmarket foresight to the automotive industry, is pleased toannounce additions to the company's Asian team. http://www.csmauto.com DISEASE CENTRE... BASEL & SINGAPORE: Novartis announced today the officialopening of the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD)in Singapore's new Biopolis research facility. http://www.novartis.com RIM HOLDINGS... NEW YORK: Rim Holdings, Inc. announced today that it enteredinto a Stock Purchase Agreement on June 29, 2004 to acquire a50 per cent ownership interest in Starway Management Limited. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--