SYDNEY--5 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest UNIFEM-AVON PARTNERSHIP... NEW YORK: UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, and AvonProducts, Inc. will Wednesday announce a public-private partnership to promotewomen's empowerment and end violence against women.http://www.avoncompany.comhttp://www.unifem.org NZ SCIENTIST... MELBOURNE: The deadly toxins associated with red tide algal blooms are beinginvestigated as potential drugs by New Zealand scientist Margaret Brimble whois in Paris this week for the For Women in Science Awards.www.scienceinpublic.com GOLF CENTRE... ZALTBOMMEL: By building the world's largest indoor golf centre in TheNetherlands, golf simulator manufacturer ProTee United and makers of syntheticgrass, practice facilities, Southwest Greens reaffirm their position as globalleaders in the golfing industry.http://www.protee-united.comhttp://www.southwestgreens-benelux.comhttp://www.indoorgolfarena.eu DARA APPOINTS... RALEIGH, N.C.: DARA BioSciences Wednesday announced the appointment of DavidJ. Drutz, MD to the Board of Directors.http://www.darabio.com FREQUENT FLYER... ORLANDO, Fla.: Marker InfoComm Inc, the world's largest independent providerof software tools to hotels for airline Frequent Flyer Program (FFP)administration, is pleased to announce the release of iHAMMS Direct -- itsnewest solution specifically designed for connecting existing hotel PropertyManagement Systems (PMS) and CRM/Loyalty Programs directly to the world's mostpopular Frequent Flyer Programs.http://www.ihamms.com STRATEGIC ALLIANCE... DUBAI: Tatweer, a member of Dubai Holding, announced Tuesday a strategicalliance with US-based Six Flags Inc., the world's largest theme park company,to develop thrill-driven theme parks across the Arab world. MATRIKON LAUNCHES... EDMONTON: Matrikon Inc. Tuesday announced the official launch of MatrikonMobile Equipment Monitor at the SME Conference held in Salt Lake City February25-27.www.matrikon.com SPECIAL ENVOY... AUSTIN, Texas: CACH Capital Management, LLC, announced Wednesday that thefirm's founder, Sada Cumber, was appointed by President George W. Bush to bethe Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Mr.Cumber assumes his duties effective March 3, 2008.http://www.cachcapital.com KEUKENHOF 2008... LISSE: His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange will conduct the officialopening of this year's 59th edition of the international Keukenhof flower showon Wednesday, 19 March, 2008.http://www.keukenhof.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of sevensecurities issues amounting to a total of US$304.581 million on March 14 and18, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amountredeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com ELEMENT SIX... LONDON: Brendon Grunewald has joined Element Six as head of E6 Ventures toset up and run the group's new venture business to identify and invest in newbusiness opportunities.http://www.e6.com PININFARINA UNVEILS... GENEVA: Pininfarina Tuesday unveiled its innovative concept car, theSintesi, featuring Nuvera's Quadrivium drive, at the Geneva Motor Show inGeneva, Switzerland.http://www.nuvera.comhttp://www.sintesi.pininfarina.com SUPERMICRO SHOWCASES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader in applicationoptimized, high-performance server and workstation solutions, is showcasing itslatest SuperBlade server and high-performance whisper-quiet (28dB*) workstationtechnologies at CeBIT 2008 in Hannover, Germany, March 4-9 in hall 21, standB46, booth A1.http://www.Supermicro.com SUPERMICRO CHOSEN... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader inapplication-optimized, high performance server solutions, Tuesday announcedthat its dual-processor (DP) SuperBlade servers were recently chosen by CERN(one of the world's largest research labs) for part of a significant upgrade ofits computing capacity for the new LHC (Large Hadron Collider) project inGeneva.http://www.Supermicro.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.