SYDNEY--12 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest HUNGER STRIKE... BANGALORE, India: U.S.-based evangelical leader Dr. K.A. Paul and theHonorable Rev. Walter Fauntroy, a former member of the U.S. House and civilrights leader, marked more than 1-week in hunger strike to reinstate a peacemission with Deva Gowda and 25 other Indian Members of Parliament to Iran,Libya, Sudan, Venezuela and Syria. http://www.globalpeacenow.com DISTRIBUTION DEAL... CHICAGO, IL. and TOKYO: RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS) and Tokyo-basedIntersoftkk Thursday announced that they have entered into a distributionagreement to sell and support the entire portfolio of RTS' professional tradingsolutions to the Japanese market. http://www.rtsgroup.net http://www.intersoftkk.com TIES EXPANDED... CHICAGO, IL. and PARIS: Fimat and Trading Technologies International, Inc.(TT) Thursday announced that they have expanded their existing North Americanrelationship and will begin marketing TT's electronic trading solutions tocustomers in Europe and Asia. http://www.tradingtechnologies.com http://www.fimat.com PROXY TALK... SAN FRANCISCO, CA.: Glass, Lewis & Co., a leading independent research andproxy advisory firm, will host a Proxy Talk conference call on Thursday, July12 at 12:00 p.m. (EDT) with Vodafone Group plc shareholder proponent EfficientCapital Structures. http://www.glasslewis.com BENCHMARK NOTES... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae on Wednesday priced US$4 billion 2-year BenchmarkNotes due July 13, 2009. http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of onesecurities issue of US$30 million on July 21, 2007 at a redemption price equalto 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com ATMEL EXTENDS... ROUSSET: Atmel Corporation Wednesday announced the addition of three newmembers of its AT91SO family for high security systems. http://www.atmel.com/products/SecureTerm AVIATION UPDATES... NEW YORK: AVIATION WEEK, the largest multimedia information and servicesprovider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries, Wednesdayannounced that Global Aviation Updates on radio-frequency identification (RFID)will take place during the upcoming MRO Asia and MRO Europe events. http://www.aviationweek.com http://www.aviationweek.com/conferences http://www.aviationweek.com/awin http://www.mcgraw-hill.com CLINICAL TRIAL... BRISBANE: Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited Wednesday announced key features ofits Phase 3 clinical trial design for its anti-cancer treatment for livercancer, PI-88. www.progen-pharma.com OTIS AWARDED... FARMINGTON, Conn.: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United TechnologiesCorp. (NYSE: UTX), was awarded contracts for three large commercial projects inRussia: the Auchan hypermarket in Moscow, the Metropolis office and shoppingmall complex, also in Moscow, and the Sony Trade Centre in Yekaterinburg. http://www.otis.com PARTNERSHIP FORGED... ROCKVILLE, Md. and KUALA LUMPUR: Synthetic Genomics Inc., a privately-heldcompany dedicated to commercializing synthetic genomic processes and naturallyoccurring processes for alternative energy solutions, and Asiatic Centre forGenome Technology Sdn Bhd (ACGT), a center that focuses on the application ofgenome technology to improve oil palm and other crops, Wednesday announced amulti-year, research and development joint venture to sequence and analyze theoil palm genome. http://www.syntheticgenomics.com http://www.asiatic.com.my DIGI LAUNCHES... MINNETONKA, Minn.: Digi International Wednesday introduced the XTend(TM) andXStream(TM) radio frequency (RF) modems, and the XPress(TM) Ethernet Bridge. http://www.digi.com PUB CRAWL... PERTH: Australian touring company Thirsty Swagman is set to embark on theworld's first 11-day cross-country pub crawl through Europe in September, thatwill be sure to leave its staggering punters askingwhere the bloody hell was I? www.worldsbiggestpubcrawl.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.