SYDNEY, Dec. 20--AsiaNet/InfoQuest AUTOMOTIVE INSPECTION... BURARI: The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)has issued a letter of intent to award a contract toEnvironmental Systems Products (ESP) to develop the country'sfirst automated vehicle safety and emissions inspectionlanes. NOTE ISSUE... WASHINGTON: New York Stock Exchange company Fannie Mae willnot issue a Noncallable Benchmark Note this month. http://www.fanniemae.com NEW PLANT... LEHIGH VALLEY: Air Products has announced its plans toconstruct an ultra-high purity (UHP) Ammonia distillation plantin Ulsan, Korea to serve the market in Asia. http://www.airproducts.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 14 securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$667.126 million on December 27, 28 and 29 at a redemptionprice equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemedplus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com DRUG STUDY... LONDON: AstraZeneca announced Friday that the initialanalysis of the primary endpoint of Study 709, IRESSA SurvivalEvaluation in Lung cancer (ISEL) has been conducted, and showsthat IRESSA failed to significantly prolong survival incomparison to placebo in the overall population, or in patientswith adenocarcinoma. PROPERTY DESIGN... LONDON: John Hitchcox, Philippe Starck and YOO have joinedforces with Jade Jagger to create "Jade Jagger for YOO", anexciting new concept in residential property design anddevelopment. http:// www.yooarehere.com SCIENCEDIRECT IMPROVED... AMSTERDAM: Elsevier's leading web delivery platformScienceDirect, has expanded its full-text collection andintroduced enhanced functionality to improve the customerexperience. http://www.sciencedirect.com http://www.elsevier.com MINING APPROVAL... ADELAIDE: Santos Limited, on behalf of the VIC/P44 jointventure, has announced that the A$200 million Casinodevelopment, offshore Victoria, has been granted formalenvironmental approval by the Commonwealth Government. http://www.deh.gov.au (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)