SYDNEY--27 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuestRONALDO RECOVERING... MARIENFELD: Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, who limped off in yesterday'sbruising clash with the Netherlands, has an 80 per cent chance of recovering intime to face England, the team doctor said today. PORTUGAL APPEAL... MARIENFELD: Portugal plans to appeal the red card handed to playmaker Decoin the stormy second round win over the Netherlands, coach Luiz Felipe Scolarisaid today. FOOTBALL ATTRACTION... KATHMANDU: Nepalese youngsters are finding a haven from the civil strifethat is tearing apart their country in Kathmandu courtyards screening matchesof the World Cup football finals in Germany. JFA OFFERS... BELGRADE: Dragan Stojkovic, president of Serbian club Red Star Belgrade,said Monday he has been contacted by the Japan Football Association for the jobof the country's national team coach. HIDDINK PROUD... KAISERSLAUTERN: Australia coach Guus Hiddink said he was proud of his teamafter the "Socceroos" made a World Cup exit following a controversial 1-0defeat to Italy in the second round on Monday. ITALY WINS.. KAISERSLAUTERN: A controversial last-minute penalty by Francesco Totti gave10-man Italy a 1-0 win over Australia in Kaiserslautern on Monday to send theAzzurri into the World Cup quarterfinals. NEW GUIDELINES... LISBON: The newly released version of the International Consensus Statementon Prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), one of the leadingexpert consensus document specifically dedicated to the prevention andtreatment of VTE, was presented at the 22nd Congress of the International Unionof Angiology, Lisbon, Portugal. NEW OFFICE... WILTON, Conn. and SYDNEY: Ciao, a leading provider of Internet-based datacollection and research services worldwide and subsidiary of Greenfield OnlineInc, Monday announced its expansion into Asia-Pacific with the planned openingof a new base of operations in Australia on July 3, 2006. http://www.Greenfield.com http://www.ciao-group.com SUPERMICRO LAUNCHES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Supermicro Computer, Inc., a leader in high-qualityservers, chassis and serverboards, Monday announced the immediate availabilityof more than thirty X7 server platforms based on Intel's newest Dual-Core Xeon5100 series processors (codenamed Woodcrest). http://www.Supermicro.com PEPSICO SELECTS... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo announced Monday that Albert (Al) P. Carey has beennamed President & Chief Executive Officer of the company's Frito-Lay NorthAmerica (FLNA) division. http://www.pepsico.com LAB TEST... MILPITAS, Calif.: JDSU on Monday announced that its Reliability EngineeringTest Lab in Shenzhen, China is the first manufacturing test lab in Asia tocomplete Verizon's rigorous Fiber Optic Component (FOC) testing program. http://www.jdsu.com DEVELOPMENT KIT... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Atmel Corporation on Monday announced a $499"program-and-go" development kit for multimedia, point-of-sale (POS),navigation, small office/home office (SoHo) network gateway/router, and printerapplications. http://www.atmel.com AGREEMENT REACHED... PHOENIX AND TORONTO: Phelps Dodge Corporation, Inco Limited and FalconbridgeLimited on Monday announced they have agreed to combine in a US$56 billiontransaction to create a North American-based mining company that is one of theworld's largest. http://www.phelpsdodgeinco.com http://www.phelpsdodge.com MOBILE TICKETS... SYDNEY: bCODE, the universal provider of mobile ticketing solutions, on Monday announced thelaunch of its mobile ticketing service for Manly Cinemas. www.bcode.com NEW SERVICE... NEW YORK: Fusion Telecommunications International, Inc. (Amex: FSN), aglobal VoIP service provider, has introduced one of its new paid services, efoout, at CommunicAsia 2006 in Singapore. http://www.fusiontel.com http://www.efonica.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)