SYDNEY, June 20--AsiaNet/InfoQuest BETAC RECALL... BELLEVILLE: Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, Saturday announced that the Canadian arm of its Pharma Division (Bioniche Pharma Canada Limited) is initiating a Class 1 recall of Betac, (NDC 62086-139-50/DIN 02245625), an injectable ascorbic acid product that is produced at the Bioniche Pharma Group Limited's sterile injectable manufacturing facility in Galway, Ireland. http://www.bioniche.com http://www.fda.gov/medwatch GLOBAL FUND... WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Global AIDS Alliance Saturday urged Japan to have a greater impact by directing overseas development assistance to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. http://www.globalaidsalliance.org LEARNING SYSTEM... ALEXANDRIA, Va.: At the June Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference in Toronto, SLA unveiled its new online learning system -- designed specifically for library and information professionals. http://www.sla.org http://www.clickuniversity.com ASIAN ARTISTS... SINGAPORE: THE LISTEN CAMPAIGN Saturday announced that four star Asian music artists, David Tao, Wang Lee Hom, A-Do and Kit Chan, will perform in LISTEN LIVE on 1st October in Singapore. http://www.tradewindsmice.com/listen/listen.htm http://www.listencharity.org http://www.asianetnews.net/home.asp BENCHMARK NOTES... Fannie Mae Saturday announced that it will issue US$3.0 billion of three-year Benchmark Notes which will mature on July 15, 2008. The Notes will be priced on June 22, 2005 while the settlement date is June 24, 2005. http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae Friday said it will redeem the principal amount of nine securities issues amounting to a total of US$304 million on June 28 and June 29, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)