SYDNEY--12 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.- Fannie Mae announced that it will offernew issue 2-year Benchmark Notes and new issue 10-yearBenchmark Notes via dealer syndicates. http://www.fanniemae.com WORLD CUP... SINGAPORE - A recent online 5-country survey revealed Chinais set to catch a strong dose of World Cup fever, with 95 percent of respondents preparing to follow the tournament, ofwhich 32 per cent plan to track results on their mobilephones. BUS CRASH... SINGAPORE - American Home Assurance Company, Malaysia Branch(AHA), a member company of American International Group, Inc.(AIG) is providing coverage for the medical care, evacuationand repatriation of victims of the recent bus crash in Shaanxi,China. JAPANESE STRIKER... BONN - Japan striker Atsushi Yanagisawa returned to fulltraining today after 10 days on the sidelines with injury anddeclared himself fit for the Asian champions' World Cup openeragainst Australia. PLASTIC SURGERY... NEW YORK - The International Society of Aesthetic PlasticSurgery (ISAPS), representing nearly 1,500 of the world'sleading board certified aesthetic plastic surgeons in 73countries has launched its new website with the publication ofthe first ever comprehensive international guidelines forconsumers traveling for plastic surgery procedures -- commonlyreferred to as Plastic Surgery Tourism. http://www.isaps.org ORANGE BUSINESS... TOKYO - France Telecom announced the creation of OrangeBusiness Services, a banner for all the company'scommunications services to businesses worldwide. http://www.orange-business.com/etrali PHARSIGHT AND... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Pharsight Corporation, a leadingprovider of software and strategic services designed tooptimize clinical drug development, announced that it hasentered into a Cooperative Research and DevelopmentAgreementwith the Food and Drug Administration's Center forDrug Evaluation and Research. http://www.pharsight.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)