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September 22nd, 2009 JENA, Germany - Occlutech GmbH, the leading European developer of products for septal closure, today announced that the district court of Frankfurt, Germany reversed an earlier court injunction obtained by AGA Medical against Occlutech's sales and marketing activities relating to the newly launched Figulla Flex ranges of ASD and PFO occluders. The district court of Frankfurt reversed its earlier decision that was based on a request by AGA Medical, relying only on information provided by AGA Medical.

September 20th, 2009 ZURICH - Occlutech AG, the leading European developer of products for septal closure, today announced that, together with its partner in Spain IZASA SA, it defeated a request for an injunction against sales and marketing activities in Spain, launched at the Commercial Court I of Barcelona, Spain by its U.S. competitor AGA Medical.

September 13th, 2009 BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - The Supreme Court of Kyrgyz Republic has held that it is the Kazakh bank and not "Turanalem Finance BV" (SPV) which shall pay the bondholders for the purchase of the now defaulting bonds of Kazakh BTA Bank. Turanalem Finance BV (SPV) is the Dutch registered BTA Bank's special purpose company.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - Although the appeal by SRM Global and other former shareholders in the Northern Rock case was today rejected by the Court of Appeal, the litigation continues and may ultimately go to Europe. The shareholders were appealing against the Divisional Court's decision to refuse a judicial review of the fairness of the Government's scheme to compensate former shareholders.

July 2nd, 2009 NORTHVILLE, Michigan - Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. ("Hayes" or the "Company") announced today that it has filed a proposed plan of reorganization (the "Plan") and disclosure statement with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Court").

June 17th, 2009 LIESHOUT, The Netherlands - The Spanish Supreme Court has put an end to the trademark conflict between the Dutch brewery Bavaria and the Bayerischer Brauerbund. After 10 years of litigation Bavaria has finally won this battle.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Richard Dawes Fine Wine, wholesale wine trader, is embarking on an exciting alliance with Liv-ex, the leading exchange for fine wine. They are launching a pioneering way of trading in fine wines, by offering private customers free registration and the opportunity to trade the Liv-ex 100 (Fine Wine Index) wines through the new online trading portal at www.rdfinewine.com/trading.

May 28th, 2009 ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Erasmus MC (the medical centre of Rotterdam University) has awarded the contract for a new hospital complex to a joint venture by BAM Utiliteitsbouw and Ballast Nedam Bouw Special Projects. The turf cutting ceremony will be in autumn.

May 21st, 2009 CLICHY, France - In a decision passed today by the UK High Court of Justice, the court agreed with the view held from the outset by L'Oréal, that eBay could do more to prevent trade mark infringement and suggested 10 measures: - filter listings before they are posted on the Site - use additional filters, including filters to detect listings of not-for-sale products and unboxed products - filter descriptions as well as titles - require sellers to disclose their names and addresses when listing items - impose additional restrictions on the volumes of high risk products, such as fragrances and cosmetics, that can be listed at any one time - be more consistent in their policies, for example regarding sales of unboxed products - adopt policies to combat types of infringement which are not presently addressed, and in particular the sale of non-European Economic Area (EEA) goods without the consent of the trade mark owners - take greater account of negative feedback (from site users) - apply sanctions more rigorously - be more rigorous in suspending accounts linked to those of users whose accounts have been suspended The UK High Court of Justice considered that the relevant European trade mark law and the eCommerce Directive were unclear and referred nearly all the issues to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for further guidance. Since L'Oréal has maintained that eBay cannot benefit from the regime of liability for hosting providers under the eCommerce Directive, it is satisfied to note that the UK Court preferred its view before referring the matter to the ECJ.

March 29th, 2009 VERSAILLES, France - Costume pays court to the Palace of Versailles for an exhibition entitled Court Pomp and Royal Ceremony, which is to be held from March 31st until June 28th, 2009. This exhibition is dedicated to court dress and to the influence of French fashion in European courts.

September 24th, 2009 ROTTERDAM - The Netherlands will focus on industrial design at the "Design Cross-over Rotterdam" conference here Friday to promote India-Dutch collaboration, the European nation's India desk said Thursday. "The roundtable conference in Rotterdam shall open doors to opportunities between Rotterdam and India in integrated and sustainable design and the related design sectors," the Netherlands India desk said in a statement.

September 24th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - One man died and several people were injured as two cargo trains collided and hit a passenger train Thursday night near Rotterdam, Dutch police said. The driver of one of the cargo trains died and, according to police, "relatively few others were injured" when two cargo trains collided around 10.30 p.m.

September 24th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - Several people were injured as two cargo trains collided and hit a passenger train near Rotterdam Thursday night, according to Dutch police. Police said "there were relatively few injured" after the two cargo trains collided at about 10.30 p.m.

February 14th, 2009 ROTTERDAM - India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy knocked out fourth seeds Julian Knowle of Austria and Andy Ram of Israel 6-2, 7-6(4) to enter the final of the World Tennis Tournament. The second-seeded Indo-Czech pair saved three of the four break points and broke serve three times in the 73-minute match.

February 10th, 2009 ROTTERDAM - Spanish fifth seed David Ferrer recovered his form after a weekend flight from South Africa to overhaul Jurgen Melzer 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 for a spot in the second round of the ABN-AMRO World Tennis championship. The Spaniard overcame seven double-faults to prevail for the third time without a loss against the Austrian, coming back from a set and 4-1 down in the second-set tie-breaker here Tuesday.

June 5th, 2009 Court confirms indictment against Bosnian SerbSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia's war crimes court says a former Bosnian Serb police officer accused of taking part in the killing of at least 1,000 Muslim Bosniak men from the town of Srebrenica will be tried for genocide. The Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina charged in a statement Friday that, as a member of a Bosnian Serb special police unit, Zeljko Ivankovic, 37, killed the victims in a warehouse into which Bosnia Serbs had herded them, "with a view to entirely destroying a group of Bosniaks." The 1995 massacre of 8,100 Bosniaks that followed the Serb occupation of the east Bosnian town of Srebrenica is considered the worst carnage in Europe since World War II.

August 23rd, 2009 Man killed in fight at Dutch beach partyAMSTERDAM — Prosecutors say one man died and eight people were wounded when brawls and shooting erupted at a Dutch beach party. Prosecutors say the 19-year-old died at the Sunset Grooves party at Hoek van Holland, near Rotterdam, on Saturday night.

August 18th, 2009 Dutch university fires Islamic scholar RamadanAMSTERDAM — A Dutch university fired Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan on Tuesday for hosting a show on Iran's state television, which the school said could be seen as endorsing the regime. Ramadan — known as a reformist who condemns terrorism, seeks to modernize Shariah law and urges Muslims living in Europe to integrate — has recently been criticized in the Dutch press for allegedly voicing more conservative views for Muslim audiences than he does in the West.

February 14th, 2009 ROTTERDAM - India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy went down to top seeds Serbian Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Daniel Nestor 2-6, 5-7 in the World Tennis Tournament final here Sunday. The top seeded pair saved all six break points they faced while thrice breaking the serve of the second-seeded Indo-Czech combine in the 63-minute clash.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Besides enhancing our ability to identify blurry shapes, fear impairs a person's perception of fine details. Glancing at a fearful face, which activates the brain in a similar way to feeling fear, enhances sensitivity to visual contrast, but whether it boosts vision across the board wasn't clear - up till now.