SYDNEY, March 28--AsiaNet/InfoQuest FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 2 securities issues amounting to a total of US$280million on April 4 & 6, 2005, at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT... LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd. has completed a 12 monthagreement, for execution on 29th of March after the Easterholiday, with Sigma Wireless for 30,000 units to be distributedin Ireland, following the Recent announcement confirming Sigmaas an official distributor and a 19th April street date for theregion. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com GRAPHICS SOFTWARE... LONDON - Corel Corporation introduced on 28 February, CorelDESIGNER Technical Suite 12, the latest version of thecompany's award-winning technical graphics software. http://www.corel.com http://www.corel.com/designer http://www.corel.fr/designer http://www.corel.de/designer/ TSUNAMI REVIEW... SION, Switzerland - The woman who spearheaded theunprecedented expansion of cutting-edge HIV/AIDS prevention,education and treatment projects in India will arrive in NewDelhi on March 27 to review progress made in its tsunami reliefefforts and to consult with its new team appointed tostrengthen its efforts nation-wide. http://www.fxb.org NON-LETHAL DEVICE... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - TASER International, Inc., a marketleader in advanced non-lethal devices announced that the HomeOffice released a Ministerial Statement approving use of theTASER X26 conducted energy device for authorized firearmsofficers throughout England and Wales. http://www.taser.com http://www.taser.com/Savinglives/index.htm XUBISYNC CERTIFICATION... PARIS - XandMail, the digital communication solutionsprovider has reached an OMA DS 1.1.2 certification forXubiSync, the synchronization tool dedicated to its solution,after successfully carrying out conformance andinteroperability testing during the 8th OMA TestFest that washeld in Madrid on January 17th-21st. http://www.xandmail.com http://www.openmobilealliance.org MOTOR SHOW... BANGKOK - WaveCrest Laboratories, a leading-edge technologycompany that is developing and commercializing advancedelectric propulsion and drive systems, is making its firstappearance at the 26th Bangkok International Motor Show. http://www.wavecrestlabs.com IT CONTRACT... HACKENSACK, N.J. - Ness Technologies Inc., a provider ofinformation technology solutions and services, announced thatit has been awarded an offshore contract by Cartesis, a leadingbusiness performance management vendor. http://www.ness.com http://www.cartesis.com MICREL LAUNCH... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel Inc., an industry leader inanalog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet ICsolutions, launched the SY89840U-SY89843U, SY89837/8U family ofnew, ultra-low jitter LVDS, CML and LVPECL high-performanceclock multiplexer ICs. http://www.micrel.com VALEO ACQUISITION... PARIS - Valeo announced that it has signed an agreement forthe acquisition of all the shares - held by Bosch AutomotiveSystems Corp. (Japan) - in its subsidiaries ZVCC and VZCCC,representing respectively 50 per cent and 40 per cent of theshare capital and voting rights. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)