SYDNEY, Feb. 21--AsiaNet/InfoQuest PARKER HANNIFIN... CLEVELAND: Parker Hannifin Corporation announced that it hasacquired Markwel Hose Products PVT, Ltd., a manufacturer ofbraided and spiral hydraulic hose products, with operations inMumbai and Hyderabad, India. http://www.parker.com GORO NICKEL-COBALT... TORONTO, PARIS and NOUMEA: Inco Limited and the threeprovinces of New Caledonia announced that they have enteredinto the necessary agreements under which the provincesacquired a 10% equity interest in Goro Nickel S.A., the projectcompany for the Goro nickel-cobalt project in New Caledonia. www.inco.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of two securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$56.28 million on various dates at a redemption price equalto 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com ELEMENT SIX... ASCOT: Element Six (E6) announces that in collaboration withthe University of Ulm in Germany it has produced preliminarymicrowave devices (MESFET transistors) using synthetic singlecrystal diamond made by chemical vapour deposition (CVD). EX-IM BANK... WASHINGTON: The board of directors of the Export-Import Bankof the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved a preliminarycommitment request from Westinghouse Electric Company ofMonroeville, Penn. for a combination of guaranteed and/ordirect loans of up to almost $5 billion to support export salesto construct four nuclear power plants at two sites in thePeoples Republic of China. http://www.exim.gov TSUNAMI DISASTER... PHUKET: Governments of nations whose citizens are stillmissing after the Tsunami disaster in Thailand have beenadvised that the identification and return of the severalthousand victims may be delayed unnecessarily unless serious issues with the overall management of the process areacknowledged and resolved. AIDS TREATMENT... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif: Benitec Ltd. has announced acollaboration with City of Hope (based in Duarte California)todevelop a novel T-cell based therapy for AIDS patients. http://www.benitec.com ALPHA SPACECOM... HONG KONG and BEIJING and LOS ANGELES: Alpha Spacecom, Inc.,announced that The State Administration of Radio, Film andTelevision of the People's Republic of China has approved theapplication for the formation of the Joint Venture betweenChina Film Group and Alpha Spacecom, Inc., to be known asDigital Cinema Reconstruction Corporation (DCRC). www.alphaspacecom.com ADVANCED ENERGY... FORT COLLINS, Colo: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. hasintroduced its new Summit series of DC power conversion andcontrol systems for the most advanced PVD applications. www.advanced-energy.com TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS... TOKYO: The Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure andTransport, in cooperation with the World Bank, has devisedpotential solutions for traffic problems in metropolitan citiesin South East Asia by utilizing information technology. http://www.hido.or.jp (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)