SYDNEY--29 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuestFANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$120million on December 8, 2006 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. Fannie Mae will also redeem US$25 million MTNRsecurities issues on this date. www.fanniemae.com STELLA ARTOIS... STOCKHOLM: Stella Artois is launching "Le Defi - une affaired'honneur", the second installment in their epic series ofdigital brand experiences. www.stellaartois.com/ledefi MOBILE RADIATION... SAN FRANCISCO: Amid a growing body of studies indicatingthat cell phones may cause health hazards to adults andchildren there are ways to protect yourself fromelectromagnetic fields emanating from cell phones and otherelectronic devices. The air tube headset has the advantage ofkeeping harmful radiation away from your head and brain and isaffordable for adults and children at the price of US$34.95. www.mybiopro.com/awengrove http://awengrove.org CHINESE APPROVAL... NASSAU, Bahamas: Global Environmental Energy Corp (Bahamas)subsidiary Biosphere Asia Pacific has received officialapproval from the State Environmental Protection Administrationof China for the operation of its new MK-V Biosphere ProcessSystem at Chengzhou in Zhejiang province. www.gli-geecf.com QUAD INTEGRATES... PETALUMA, and NEWPORT BEACH, California: QUAD, developer ofan innovative Converged Delivery Platform (CDP) that integratesrich media content and data into one seamless converged system,and OpenClovis Inc., provider of the premier open source,commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) application service platform,have announced that QUAD will integrate the OpenClovisApplication Service Platform (ASP) into its flagship product -the 1SYSTEM CDP. www.quadcdp.com www.openclovis.com MOTOFONE DEBUTS... LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois: Motorola, Inc., a global leader inwireless communications, has announced the global debut of thehighly anticipated MOTOFONE at an event held in New Delhi. www.motorola.com www.motorola.com/motoinfo http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/motofone PREGABALIN EFFECTIVE... SYDNEY: Findings from a new study published in the journalNeurology demonstrate that the oral medication pregabalin issignificantly effective in relieving central neuropathic(nerve) pain and improves pain-related sleep disturbance andanxiety in patients with spinal cord injury. www.pmri.med.usyd.edu.au ALCAN PRIZE... NEW DEHLI: Alcan and the International Business LeadersForum are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2006 US$1million Alcan Prize for Sustainability is India's BarefootCollege. www.alcan.com www.flickr.com/photos/barefootcollege/sets MOUSER ELECTRONICS... MANSFIELD, Texas: Mouser Electronics, Inc., the fastestgrowing catalog distributor in the electronics industry,announced it has extended its distribution agreement with DigiInternational to include the MaxStream embedded productfamily. www.mouser.com EURAIL ADDS... UTRECHT: The EURAIL GROUP G.I.E. is offering its customerseven more choice in European rail travel by increasing itsproduct range to include new passes and country combinationsfrom 2007. www.Eurail.com www.eurail-acprail.com www.flightcentre.com www.gta-travel.com www.raileurope.com www.raileurope.fr/wheretobuy VERIZON BUSINESS... READING: Sandvik, a global high-tech engineering group, hasselected Verizon Business to expand a Managed Private IPnetwork reaching Sandvik's 41,000 employees at 250 sites in 130countries across Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and SouthAfrica. www.verizon.com www.verizon.com/news www.verizonbusiness.com I-POP NETWORKS... SINGAPORE: i-POP Networks, the premier mobile media servicescompany in Asia, has kicked off the inauguration of actionadventure network AXN Asia's mobile interactive WAP site athttp:\\wap.axn-asia.com. The mobile launch is in conjunctionwith the debut of AXN's biggest original production in Asia -The Amazing Race Asia. www.i-pop.net (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)