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September 17th, 2009 SAO PAULO - The Agro-ecological Zoning of Sugarcane, a legislative proposal announced today in Brazil by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, represents an important step to ensure the disciplined and organized expansion of sugarcane harvesting and its products, while addressing unsubstantiated claims against the industry. According to the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA), the zoning proposal will prove useful to enhance the sustainability of sugarcane expansion, by going beyond land use restrictions defined in some export markets.

September 3rd, 2009 SAO PAULO - For the first time in its 31-year history, the world's largest rally competition, formerly known as Paris-Dakar, will include in its 2010 edition a category in which competing vehicles will run on ethanol. The new category was introduced by the organizers at the request of Brazilian rally veteran and former Paris-Dakar winner Klever Kolberg, who will drive the first-ever flex-fuel vehicle to take part in the prestigious race next year -- a Brazilian-made 2010 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport model equipped with flex-fuel technology, with support from the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA).

August 16th, 2009 HUDSON, Massachusetts - Hypertronics Corporation, a Smiths Interconnect business and world-leading provider of high performance interconnect solutions for the most demanding applications today announced that its HyperGrip(R) series circular connectors were selected by Biosense Webster, Inc. for its new CARTO(R) 3 Navigation System.

June 22nd, 2009 SAO PAULO - What does sugarcane have to do with Global Warming? Everything, when you consider Brazil's highly successful, 30-year experience with sugarcane as a feedstock for ethanol. In place since the mid-70s, the largest program in the world to replace a fossil fuel with renewable energy has saved some 600 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

June 21st, 2009 BERLIN - State-of-the-Art Navigational Mapping System Offers Unique Combination of Accuracy, Speed and Efficiency BERLIN, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Biosense Webster, Inc., a worldwide leader in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, will showcase the CARTO(R) 3 System, the most advanced three-dimensional imaging technology for use by electrophysiologists in treating cardiac arrhythmias, commonly referred to as irregular heart rhythms, here at EUROPACE, the official Congress of the European Heart Rhythm Association. "The CARTO(R) 3 System is the world's most advanced 3D mapping platform and builds upon our long-standing commitment to electrophysiologists and their patients," said Shlomi Nachman, Worldwide President, Biosense Webster, Inc.

May 5th, 2009 SAO PAULO - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will participate as one of the main speakers at the Ethanol Summit 2009, to be held between June 1 and 3 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

May 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Brazilian Industry wants lower carbon emissions of its biofuels to be recognized The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) welcomed today's White House announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will finally publish proposed rules to implement the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). UNICA confirmed that it would submit formal, detailed comments to the EPA in coming weeks.

April 23rd, 2009 SACRAMENTO, California - California Air Resources Board votes to recognize sugarcane ethanol's carbon reduction levels Sugarcane ethanol passed a critical test today as the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved its long-awaited, first-of-its-kind Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). While the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) continues to provide evidence that sugarcane ethanol's carbon intensity is even lower than initially calculated by CARB, today's decision means sugarcane ethanol will be in greater demand in California in the years to come.

April 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Industry comments submitted to California Air Resources Board underscore sugarcane ethanol's recognized carbon reduction levels Sugarcane ethanol's carbon intensity is even lower than initially calculated by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), according to comments submitted today by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA). CARB is scheduled to vote on the first-of-its-kind Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) on April 23-24.

April 15th, 2009 SAO PAULO - Starting in May, buyers of all flex-fuel vehicles manufactured in Brazil by Fiat, Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen will find extra reading material in the glove compartment of their new cars. Along with the owner's manual, they'll receive the Ethanol Handbook, a concise, to-the-point overview of the advantages of using ethanol instead of gasoline, produced by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA).

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON - The longest place name in United States, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, has been misspelt for years on signposts, admit officials. After researching historical spelling combinations and the local newspaper the Telegram and Gazette of Worcester, local Chamber of Commerce officials have agreed that some signs at the lake in Webster, Massachusetts - known as Webster Lake for short - has been wrongly spelt.

July 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A study by climatologists at the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests that a new form of El Nino may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall. "Normally, El Nino results in diminished hurricanes in the Atlantic, but this new type is resulting in a greater number of hurricanes with greater frequency and more potential to make landfall," said Peter Webster, professor at Georgia Tech's School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

July 2nd, 2009 Cops zap pastor protesting traffic stop at churchWEBSTER, Texas — Police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. Congregants say they were in the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church for an early morning prayer when pastor Jose Elias Moran went to assist the stopped driver, a church member, by asking the police what had happened.

July 2nd, 2009 Taser, pepper spray used as Texas pastor arrestedWEBSTER, Texas — Police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. Congregants say they were in the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church for an early morning prayer when pastor Jose Elias Moran went to assist the stopped driver, a church member, by asking the police what had happened.

February 28th, 2009 BALI - Indian golfer Gaurav Ghei shot a fine four-under 68 and jumped to tied fifth at the midway stage of the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open here Friday. Ghei, who completed the last six holes from his first round this morning had a 72 in first round, and is now four-under 140 for two rounds.

June 5th, 2009 LONDON - Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the remains of nearly three dozen people sacrificed some 600 years ago in a gruesome ritual by the Incan civilization. The bodies, some of which show signs of having been cut along their necks and collarbones, were otherwise found in good condition, Carlos Webster, who is leading excavations at the Chotuna-Chornancap camp, told the Telegraph.

July 9th, 2009 Frenemy, locavore among the 100 newest additions in Webster's SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Do you use a sock puppet to secretly keep track of your frenemies? Plan to spend your staycation watching vlogs and webisodes? Or perhaps you plan to signal a flash mob for a quick bite of shawarma.

May 8th, 2009 Top flu expert warns of a swine flu-bird flu mixvMEXICO CITY — Bird flu kills more than 60 percent of its human victims, but doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be spread with a sneeze or handshake, but kills only a small fraction of the people it infects.

March 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actor Sean Penn is said to be in talks for a role in upcoming movie "Cartel". The movie is about Ed Marker's journey to protect his son after his wife is brutally murdered in the gritty world of Mexican cartels, and it had taken root at Imagine as a remake of 1993 Italian film "La scrota", reports Variety.

July 2nd, 2009 New form of El Nino may increase Atlantic stormsWASHINGTON — El Nino may have a split personality. The warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean has long been known to affect weather around the world, but researchers now say it may come in two forms with different impacts.