SYDNEY--9 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NETAFIM WATER... TEL AVIV - Netafim - the world's largest company providingsmart water solutions for agricultural industries - hasannounced that it has joined the CEO Water Mandateorganization. RTS ULLINK... CHICAGO and FRANKFURT - RTS Realtime Systems Group, aleading trading solutions provider, announced that it is nowconnected to ULLINK, a leading provider of transactionalconnectivity for the financial community.www.rtsgroup.netwww.ullink.com APPRO SUPERCOMPUTING... MILPITAS, California - Appro, a leading provider ofhigh-performance computing systems will showcase a 40Gb/sInfiniBand Xtreme-X1 Supercomputer powered by Quad-Core IntelXeon processors utilizing high density computing, newindustry-leading Mellanox ConnectX 40Gb/s InfiniBand adaptersand InfiniScale IV-based 40Gb/s InfiniBand switch running anANSYS- Fluent airplane structure application in Dresden,Germany, June 17-19, 2008, booth D36.www.appro.com MUSLIMS EXPELLED... FAISALABAD - All 23 Ahmadiyya Muslim students studying atthe Punjab Medical College in Faisalabad, Pakistan have beenexpelled for no other reason than their membership of theAhmadiyya Muslim Community, a Community based upon teachings ofpeace, equality and tolerance.www.alislam.org DIABETES STUDY... SAN FRANCISCO - New results from the world's largest everstudy of diabetes treatments show that intensive blood glucosecontrol using modified release gliclazide and other drugs asrequired, protects patients against serious complications ofthe disease.www.advance-trial.com PEPSICO CONFERENCE... PURCHASE, New York - PepsiCo, Inc. today announced that itsChief Financial Officer, Richard Goodman, will present at theDeutsche Bank Global Consumer & Food Retail Conference inParis, France on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 8:00 am EasternTime.www.pepsico.com CERVICAL CANCER... HANOI - QIAGEN was featured this week for its efforts toeliminate cervical cancer at the 14th annual Global Summit ofWomen in Hanoi, Vietnam.www.qiagen.comwww.theHPVtest.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN and FINP securities issues on June 16 and 18,2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of theprincipal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com SAINT-GOBAIN... PARIS - Saint-Gobain's Construction Products sector hasgained a foothold on the Japanese insulation market through itsacquisition of the 43.64 per cent stake held by Nippon SheetGlass in MAG.www.saint-gobain.co.jp AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.