Sydney--9 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest MIRACLES LAUNCHED... CAPE TOWN: "I think not being able to see is one of the mostdebilitating disabilities in our world today," Archbishop Tutusaid at the launching of Christian Blind Mission's worldwide"100,000 Miracles" campaign at an International PressConference held on Wednesday at Groote Schuur Hospital, CapeTown, South Africa. VACCINATION SUCCESSFUL... BASEL: On Wednesday Novartis announced the successfulconclusion of a two-year nationwide mass vaccination campaignin New Zealand based on the company's MeNZB vaccine, which wasdeveloped specifically for the effort. http://www.novartis.com SMA EXPANDS... NIESTETAL: Within only a few weeks of its existence, theKorean office of Europe's largest solar inverter manufacturer,SMA Technologie AG, has expanded its sales team in Seoul. KORN/FERRY ACQUIRES... LOS ANGELES: Korn/Ferry International, the premier globalprovider of talent management solutions, has announced that ithas agreed to acquire Lominger Limited, Inc., one of thelargest providers of leadership development tools forindividuals, teams and organizations. http://www.kornferry.com http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060808/LATU082LOGO FANNIE MAE REDEEMS... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae will redeem a principal amount ofsecurities issues on August 18 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accruedinterest thereon to the date of redemption. http://www.fanniemae.com SCANNER UNVEILED... HOLTSVILLE: Symbol Technologies, Inc., The EnterpriseMobility Company, on Wednesday introduced the LS3008 ruggedhandheld scanner designed for high-performance and reliabilityin healthcare, warehousing, manufacturing and back-end retailenvironments. http://www.symbol.com ULDAGE CALLS... TOKYO: Uldage Inc. has issued a call for patents that areessential to the Japanese Digital Broadcasting Standardsdeveloped by the Association of Radio Industries andBusinesses. http://www.uldage.com http://www.ip-adr.gr.jp PANAGENE LICENSE... DAEJEON: Panagene announced on Wednesday that it hasexclusively licensed the right to peptide nucleic acids customsynthesis from the Copenhagen Inventor Group effective July 1,2006. http://www.panagene.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)