www.addstrain.com Website Launched in Conjunction With the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Website Will Educate on the use of Remote Monitoring and Tracking Technologies as Deterrence and Restraining Orders Enforcement Tools in Domestic Violence Cases

ZigBee Alliance and Device Language Message Specification (DLMS) User Association to Collaborate on Metering Data Compatibility

Work will expand ZigBee Smart Energy complex metering application support

SAN RAMON, California, November 23 - The ZigBee(R) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless
solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications
announced a liaison agreement with the DLMS User Association to collaborate
on metering data compatibility.

Natalya Chistyakova-Ionova Becomes an Ambassador of Friendship

MIAMI and MOSCOW, November 19 - Natalya Chistyakova-Ionova, the esteemed Russian singer and Pop
sensation, has joined forces with Best Buddies International to generously
support the charitable organization's mission of establishing one-to-one
friendships between student volunteers — from various Moscow schools — and
youth with intellectual disabilities. Best Buddies was founded by U.S.
President Kennedy's nephew, Anthony Kennedy Shriver, and today operates
worldwide, in 44 countries that positively impact more than 400,000
individuals annually throughout six continents.

Join UNICEF Ambassadors and World Renowned Photographers to Make a Photo-Pledge for Children's Rights

Sony World Photography Awards and UNICEF Mark the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

"Sharing Hopes and Dreams: a Ground-Breaking Web Initiative to Mark the Twentieth Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child"

JERUSALEM, November 20 - This Friday 20th November sees the twentieth anniversary of
the historic United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, in which
governments set out their vision of a dignified future for the world's
children. But twenty years on, what difference has the convention made in the
lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestine refugee children?

Day 2 WISE 2009: Global Leaders Converge to Identify Specific Strategic Educational Priorities

Please click on the following link to access the full version of the Digital Press Release: http://www.digitalnewsroom.co.uk/wise09/day-two

Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Officially Launches the First World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE Held in Doha, Qatar

Guest of Honour, Irina Bokova, Newly Elected UNESCO Director-General Addresses 1,000 Opinion Leaders From 120 Countries

New Report Reveals Dramatic Rise in Pesticide Use on Genetically Engineered (GE) Crops Due to the Spread of Resistant Weeds

GE crops increase herbicide use by 383 million pounds from 1996 to 2008, with 46 percent of the total increase occurring in 2007 and 2008

Barcelona FC Inaugurates a New XICS in Burkina Faso to Offer Comprehensive Attention to More Than 100 Children

The Barcelona FC Foundation Already has 12 Support Centres, With a Presence in 10 Countries and 4 Continents.

Plan UK Announces the Launch of 'Girls Without Voices'

New Research* From One of the World's Largest Children's Charities Reveals That Three Quarters of British Women Regret not Making More of Their Education

World Savings Banks Institute Works with its Members on an International Effort to Increase Savings Accounts Among the Poor

BRUSSELS, November 13 - The World Savings Banks Institute (WSBI) will be working with members in
10 different countries as a part of a global effort to dramatically increase
the number of savings accounts among poor people in developing countries.
WSBI selected the banks after a global competition based on proposals to
increase access to financial services and banks' existing presence in local
communities.

International Charter for Compassion Launches to Promote The Golden Rule

Karen Armstrong, author of "The Case for God" Joins with Multi-national Council of Religious Leaders to Bring Compassion Back to the Heart of Society

Lancôme Revelations - Awakening Talent Through the Arts With the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation

PARIS and LONDON, November 12 - Lancôme is delighted to announce its commitment as patron of
the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation.

Forcesdeal.com - Unique Funding for Armed Forces' Charities

LONDON, November 12 - Simon Weston OBE launches www.forcesdeal.com a price comparison
site to generate new funds for the Armed Forces community without the public
having to dig deeper into their pockets.

What Recession? Proverbial Chocolate Teapot Sells for FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS to Anonymous Buyer

LONDON, November 11 - THE CHOCOLATE teapot remains a popular benchmark for objects that fail to
perform their intended function but that didn't put off one eager buyer when
the opportunity arose to purchase one created by Sebastian Conran.

Singer Cesaria Evora to Give Grants to Talented Uzbek Youth

'Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan' Foundation (the Fund Forum)

Astellas Pharma Europe Announces Save the Children as a Winner of the Changing Tomorrow 2009 Awards

STAINES, England - Astellas Pharma Europe, the European subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc, one of the world’s top 20 pharmaceutical companies, can today announce details of an Astellas Changing Tomorrow Charity Award for Save the Children. The charity award is a funding programme designed to award organisations that help citizens, of all communities, realise their full potential and enhance their quality of life - both today and in the future.

Microsoft Joins Energistics to Drive Oil and Gas Industry Standardization

REDMOND, Washington and LONDON -

- Microsoft and industry partners continue momentum toward a common platform for information sharing and business process integration in the oil and gas industry worldwide.

‘Game’ Celebrities Raise Bus-Load of Cash for Charity

DUBLIN -

- PopCap Celebrity Play-offs score GBP7,000 for BBC Children in Need

Famous British faces up and down the country got their game on in the ‘PopCap Celebrity Play-Offs’ recently, to raise a whopping GBP7,000 for BBC Children In Need…and counting!

Hard Rock International Announces IMAGINE THERE’S NO HUNGER Campaign to Raise Awareness and Funding for WHY in its Fight Against Hunger and Poverty

ORLANDO, Florida -

- Campaign Features SERVE4 - A Limited-Edition Digital Album of Previously Unreleased & Rare Tracks from O.A.R., Elvis Costello, Brett Dennen, Eric Hutchinson and More

Travis Pastrana Joins Race 4 Change in Drive to End Poverty!

NEW YORK -

Nine-time X Games Gold Medalist and Rally legend, Travis Pastrana (www.travispastrana.com/), is ready to rev up the movement to race to end poverty on this planet. Pastrana, who is already a Rally Racing Champ in America, has entered his endorsement of car #20, Race4Change (www.race4change.org), in the East African Safari Classic (www.eastafricansafarirally.com/) - one of the toughest rallies in the world. He joins the efforts of Race4Change in raising awareness, on an international level, about microcredit and is encouraging people to donate money to two of the worlds leading poverty fighting organizations, the Microcredit Summit Campaign (www.microcreditsummit.org) and the on-the-ground Kenyan microfinance legend, Jamii Bora (www.jamiibora.org/), lead by microfinance eco-pioneer Ingrid Munro.

Bodycare’s Response To Poppies

CHORLEY, England - As a business we have a strongly multi-cultural heritage and we wish to ensure that we never, even inadvertently, discriminate against any of our members of staff. For that reason, we have a policy that prevents all members of staff from wearing badges which portray a personal statement of their beliefs. We employ staff from many religious and political backgrounds, and our policy is in place to ensure that no offence is caused to other members of staff or our customers. Our understanding has always been that, for this policy to be valid, it has to apply to all badges or emblems, including poppies.

Enter the Zombies: Businesses Must Act Now to Survive the New Zombie Reality of Half Dead Banks, Governments, Consumers and Companies

LONDON -

- PA Consulting Group launches new book The Zombie Economy: Leadership in times of uncertainty

IGE and SAI Global Form Alliance to Enhance Business Ethics

PLAINSBORO, New Jersey and ROCKLAND, Maine -

SAI Global Compliance and the Institute for Global Ethics (IGE) have entered into a joint marketing and sales alliance to provide organizations and their employees with frameworks they can rely upon when making difficult ethical decisions.

Still Time for Community Groups to Apply for a Laptop and Year’s Broadband Connection

LONDON - There is still time for community and charitable organisations to apply for the latest round of BT Community Connections awards. Successful applicants receive a laptop and a year’s free broadband connection.

Master of Malt Launches ‘Whisky 4 Movember’ - a Secret, Charity Bottling

CROWBOROUGH, England -

- Online Whisky Merchant Master of Malt has Launched a Brand New 11 Year Old Orkney Malt Whisky in Support of Men’s Health Charity Movember.

Cambodia: World AIDS Day HIV Campaign, ‘Testing Millions,’ to Again Launch During Cambodia’s National Water Festival

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -

- During Last Year’s ‘One Million Tests’ World AIDS Day 2008 Campaign, AHF/Cambodia CARES and Cambodian Partners Surpassed Country’s 30,000 Testing Goal by Testing 35,034

TrustAfrica Board of Trustees Applauds Decision Not to Award Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership This Year

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -

The TrustAfrica Board of Trustees, which met here October 24-25 for its biannual meeting, strongly endorsed last week’s announcement by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation that it would not award the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership this year.

Royal Caribbean International Takes Delivery of Much Anticipated Oasis of the Seas

MIAMI -

- World’s Largest and Most Revolutionary Cruise Ship Sets Sail for Home Port of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The Asia Foundation Releases 2009 Afghan Public Opinion Poll

KABUL and SAN FRANCISCO -

- Citizens across all 34 provinces surveyed on security, reconstruction, and governance

Practitioners and Advocates Promote the Power of Information in Global Development

STOCKHOLM -

- An engaged public increases aid effectiveness, experts tell EU conference

APC Overnight Joins Forces With Blue Peter and Operation Smile

LONDON - APC Overnight is helping the BBC TV children’s show Blue Peter’s Send a Smile Appeal in aid of Operation Smile, which helps to transform the lives of children with facial deformities. APC Overnight is offering a free nationwide drop off and next day delivery service for the campaign’s Send a Smile Appeal that raises money to provide reconstructive surgery to repair cleft lips and cleft palates.

Estée Lauder Spokesmodel Elizabeth Hurley Personal Appearance at Selfridges for Estee Lauder’s Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

LONDON -

- Oxford Street, Selfridges

- With photo

In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the initiative founded in the UK by the Estée Lauder Companies sixteen years ago, Elizabeth Hurley is making a special visit to Selfridges, Oxford Street today.

ECA Membership Now Available at Target.com Online Retail Stores

WILTON, Connecticut -

- Retail Giant Offers Membership to Non-Profit Advocacy Group for Gamers

Eazyrecruit to Support Starfish Greathearts through a Five Year Pledge

LONDON -

Eazyrecruit, the fixed fee resourcing firm, pledged to support Starfish, a leading HIV/AIDS charity in a five year donation deal.