SYDNEY, March 30--AsiaNet/InfoQuest WORLD EXPO... NAGAKUE - The 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan, opened inthe Nagoya Eastern Hills of Aichi Prefecture on March 25. UntilSeptember 25, a variety of exhibits and events are scheduled tounfold at the Expo site spanning the town of Nagakute and thecities of Toyota and Seto. GENE TECHNOLOGY... CANBERRA - Australian and Japanese researchers havedemonstrated the application of RNAi technology for genereplacement in plants, developing the worlds only blue rose. http://www.csiro.au/bluerose http://www.csiro.au/bluerose-feature AIRLINE TICKETING... MOSCOW & SYDNEY - Aeroflot Russian Airlines announced todaythe successful migration of the carrier and its affiliatedtravel agencies to a comprehensive booking and ticketingsolution from Sabre Airline Solutions. http://www.aeroflot.ru http://www.aeroflotbonus.ru RED BOOK... SYDNEY - The people who have been researching Australia'sautomotive market for over fifty years - the Red Book - arecoming to Hong Kong. MOBILE GRAPHICS... TOKYO - HI Corporation today announced an agreement toprovide its MascotCapsule V3 3D graphics engine for SKTelecom's mobile devices. http://www.hicorp.co.jp/e_index.html http://www.sktelecom.com/eng/ OIL FIELD... ADELAIDE - First commercial production commenced yesterdayfrom Australia's newest oil field development, the Santosoperated Mutineer-Exeter development in the offshore CarnarvonBasin, Western Australia. COTECNA STATEMENT... GENEVA - Cotecna is examining the Second Interim Report bythe IIC in detail. However it, wishes to make a preliminarystatement available at: http://www.cotecna.com ASSUREX APPOINTMENTS... COLUMBUS - Assurex Global is pleased to announce theappointment of three senior executives: Kelli K. Black,Executive Vice President and COO; Curt C. Anderson, VicePresident, Finance; and Paul H. Chidester, Vice President,Business Development. http://www.assurexglobal.com COLORVISION IMAGING... LAWRENCEVILLE - ColorVision digital imaging products werecreated for professional photographers and creative designerswho needed consistent color display and output calibrationsystems at affordable prices. http://www.datacolor.com http://www.colorvision.com MORGAN STANLEY... NEW YORK - In response to media inquiries a group ofshareholders and former members of senior management of MorganStanley released a letter, which was sent earlier this month tothe Board of Directors of Morgan Stanley. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae prices new issue of10-Year benchmarknotes to be priced on March 29, 2005 and mature on April 15,2015 with an issie size of US$3.0 billion. http://www.fanniemae.com BORGWARNER JAPAN... NABARI CITY - BorgWarner Morse TEC has opened a facility inAoyama, Japan as an extension of its operation in Nabari City,which is about 17 kilometers from the new location. http://www.borgwarner.com LASER DIODES... HEILBRONN - Atmel Corporation, a global leader in thedevelopment and fabrication of advanced semiconductorsolutions, announced today the availability of two new laserdiode drivers for 8x DVD dual-layer write speed. http://www.atmel.com DETECON INTERNATIONAL... BANGKOK - Detecon International, fully owned subsidiary ofT-Systems International, one of the leading internationalproviders of information and communications technology (ICT),has given the starting signal for a stronger commitment to theAsian-Pacific region. http://www.detecon-asia-pacific.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)