SYDNEY, Jan.4 /AsiaNet/InfoQuest
ACEH AID...
ACEH: Approximately 340 volunteers from several Branches such as Aceh Besar,
East Aceh, South East Aceh, North Sumatra, South Sumatra, Lampung, Pidie,
Bireun, Bengkulu, Central Java, South Sulawesi, Bandung and DKI Jakarta has
been deployed to PMI Operation Centers in Banda Aceh and Lhokseumawe to carry
out evacuations, burial and relief distribution.
GRATEFUL INDONESIA...
JAKARTA: The Government of Indonesia has exerted all possible steps to deal
with the aftermath of the natural disaster that has devastated cities and
villages in the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra.
http://www.dfa-deplu.go.id
THAI TRAGEDY...
PHUKET: The Thai government is in the process of establishing an
international standard post mortem and ante-mortem identification centre in
Phuket as the processing of victims of the tsunami that hit Thailand gets
underway.
DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT...
HAMILTON, Bermuda: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. announced that it has declared a
regular quarterly dividend of US$0.30 per common share.
http://www.wpstewart.com
NORAK BIOSCIENCES...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C: Norak Biosciences, Inc. announced it has
changed its corporate identity to Xsira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. effective
immediately.
http://www.xsira.com
GEO RISES...
CLEVELAND: GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. and its subsidiary, GEO Specialty
Chemicals Limited, announced that they emerged from bankruptcy on December 31,
2004 pursuant to their plan of reorganization approved by the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey on December 20, 2004.
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