SYDNEY--20 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest FACIAL BIOMETRICS... SEOUL: Animetrics, a leading developer of 2D to 3D imaging for facialbiometric systems, Thursday announced that the National Institute of ScientificInvestigation (NISI), the "CSI" of the Republic of Korea, has purchasedAnimetrics' Forensica and Animetrics90 FaceWatch facial recognition biometricproducts.http://www.kirkcommunications.comhttp://www.animetrics.comhttp://www.nisi.go.kr CONTINENTAL NAMES... DALLAS, Texas: Continental Energy Corporation Wednesday announced that ithas named Robert J. Paul to the post of Chief Geophysicist for the company.http://www.continentalenergy.com VISA SHARES... SAN FRANCISCO, CA.: Visa Inc.'s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JosephW. Saunders, on Wednesday released a statement on the company's shares tradingon the New York Stock Exchange. KPMG RELEASES... TORONTO: KPMG LLP will release its 7th Competitive Alternatives Study,ranking the competitive business cost advantage of 10 countries and 136 cities,on March 27 at 09:30 EST, 06:30 PST, 13:30 GMT, via a news conference,conference call, and Web cast. The announcement will be made in Toronto,Ontario, Canada.http://www.kpmg.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of fivesecurities issues amounting to a total of US$924.645 million on March 29 andApril 2, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principalamount redeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT... SAN DIEGO: Cardium Therapeutics and its operating unit InnerCool TherapiesThursday announced that InnerCool has entered into a distribution agreementwith Lifehealthcare Pty Ltd., one of Australia's leading medical devicedistributors and healthcare service providers.http://www.cardiumthx.comhttp://www.innercool.comhttp://www.t-r-co.com COOPERATION AGREEMENT... DUBAI: Tejari, the leading online B2B marketplace for emerging markets,Wednesday announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Milan Chamber ofCommerce, to boost trade for Milanese and Lombardian companies with the UAE andthe region.http://www.tejari.com OTIS WINS... FARMINGTON, Conn.: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United TechnologiesCorp., was awarded a contract valued at more than US$10 million to provideelevators for the landmark 60-story Trump International Hotel & Tower inToronto.http://www.otis.com CREDIT FACILITY... WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. Wednesday announced the completionof an amendment to its existing credit agreements to increase the company's$400 million revolving credit facility to $650 million.http://www.spiritaero.com MEDIA ROOM... LONDON: An online media room designed specifically for journalists worldwidehas been launched to help bring to public attention Football's Hidden Story --extraordinary stories of ordinary people whose lives have been transformedthrough the power of football.http://footballshiddenstory.mediaroom.com WATER PRIZE... STOCKHOLM: Professor John Anthony Allan from King's College London and theSchool of Oriental and African Studies, a pioneer of concepts key to theunderstanding and communication of water issues and how they are linked toagriculture, climate change, economics and politics, was named the 2008Stockholm Water Prize Laureate.http://www.siwi.org FOOD EXPOSITION... BANGKOK: Thailand is all geared up and ready to organize THAIFEX in agigantic venue of 40,000 sq.m. The country is also taking this event as anopportunity to demonstrate to international visitors its capabilities to becomeAsias premier center of international expositions on food-related products,services and technologies. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions