Sydney--30 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest XML TECHNOLOGY... TOKYO - The XML Technology Certification Committee has announced that from May 29 it will offer prepaid voucher services for the XML Professional Certification Program: XML Master Exam via Prometric assessment services. http://www.xmlmaster.org/en/ COGNOSENSE APPOINTS... LAUSANNE and BEIJING - Erick Caron, concurrently, CEO of Cognosense SA and Chairman & CEO of its Chinese subsidiary, Cognosense (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd. is pleased to announce the nomination of Mr. Kevin Tsui, as new Managing Director, China & Asia Pacific region. http://www.cognosense.com HYCAMP TRIAL... BRISBANE - Australian drug development company Alchemia Limited will commence discussions with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following the successful conclusion of the Phase II clinical trial of its metastatic colorectal cancer treatment, HyCAMP. COSTA SERENA... HONG KONG - Costa Crociere, Europe's largest cruise liner, provides Asian passengers the best European vacation option with its newly launched flagship -- Costa Serena, departing from Venice to Greece, Turkey and Croatia in summer 2007 and from Savona to Canary Islands in winter 2007/2008 . www.secondlife.com www.costaserena.net http://xprnnews.xfn.info//Edelman/20070529/HK076699.htm ISI EXPANDS... WHIPPANY, N.J.- Image Solutions Inc., a leader in providing software and services to streamline the drug development fecycle, announced the opening of new operations in Tianjin, China. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070206/NYTU010LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.imagesolutions.com ICE ANNOUNCES... ATLANTA - IntercontinentalExchange, the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced that its ICE Futures subsidiary and its New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) subsidiary both established new daily volume records on Friday, a traditionally light trading day leading into the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend. www.nybot.com http://www.theice.com NOGUCHI'S 'UNDINE'... PHILADELPHIA - A standing-room only crowd in Freeman's Philadelphia auction gallery was given stiff competition from bidders around the world during the company's Sunday, May 20th sale of Modern & Contemporary Art. http://www.freemansauction.com L-3 COMMUNICATIONS'... EDMONTON - SPAR Aerospace Limited (L-3 SPAR), a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, successfully completed the first C-130 center wing refurbishment and reinstallation on May 28, 2007, achieving a critical milestone on the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) C-130 Life Extension Program. www.spar.ca www.L-3Com.com http://www.spar.ca/images/PressRelease/PR0507PhotoGallery.html DEUTSCHE TELEKOM... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - JAJAH announced that T-Online Venture Fund -- the investment arm of Deutsche Telekom -- has joined JAJAH's $20 million Series C investment. http://www.jajah.com http://www.t-venture.de ALLEGIANCE MINING... SYDNEY - Allegiance Mining is pleased to announce that its Chairman, Tony Howland-Rose will be presenting at the 4th Annual China Nickel 2007 Conference in Shanghai China. http://www.allegiance-mining.com.au/default.asp?id=65 www.allegiance-mining.com.au ADVANCED HAIR... MELBOURNE - Advanced Hair Studio issued a media statement today in response to the publication of a complaint to one of its ads in the UK by the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority). AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.