Para’Kito(TM), the Consumer Prize Winning, French Made Natural Mosquito Repellent, Responds to Demand by Expanding Online

August 17th, 2009 - Leading Edge Dating Website Goes Multi-Lingual In response to her growing market share in French and German speaking European territories, Anastasia International, the premiere international dating portal that connects Western men with women from Russia and CIS, has launched multi-lingual versions of her globally recognized online dating site. Effective today, AnastasiaDate.com will be published online in French and German languages.

July 12th, 2009 CHAM, Switzerland - Cross reference: Picture is distributed via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be downloaded free of charge at: www.presseportal.de/pm/64910?keygroup=bild RapidShare AG, one of the most popular 1-click hosts, held a 50,000 Euro prize draw for its premium and collector's users on its webpage in May this year. Bobby Chang, COO of RapidShare AG, personally presented the prize to 19-year-old Indian Srishti A.

June 24th, 2009 PARIS - Aimed at French-speaking children aged 3-12, TIVI5MONDE PLUS is the first entirely free, fun and educational Online TV station accessible in non-French-speaking Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia and in the Arab world. To view the press release with pictures and video, please click on the following MNR link: www.prnewswire.com/mnr/tv5monde/38713/ TIVI5MONDE PLUS offers a wealth and quality of unique programmes thanks to a selection of the best children's television from French-speaking countries (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada) with cartoons, entertainment, educational programmes and news.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - The Government's Digital Britain report has proposed a complex and probably impractical deterrent for people accessing pirated music online but online music jukebox We7 (www.we7.com)has found that two in three (64%) consumers are only listening to and sharing music illegally online because they do not know how to do so legally. 94% of Brits say they would choose a legal music site to access their favourite tracks if it offered the same or better services than a pirate site.

June 17th, 2009 VIENNA, Austria - Innovative Contributions for a Prosperous European Forest-Based Sector On June 18, 2009, the Schweighofer Prize, the European innovation award for the forest-based sector, is presented for the 4th time at the Vienna City Hall. Almost 500 guests from over 30 different countries will honour 7 winning teams, who will share euro 300,000 in prize money.

June 10th, 2009 CHAM, Switzerland - RapidShare AG, a popular 1-click-hoster, has today announced the winner of its RapidShare Lottery. Over 500,000 people took part in the prize draw by exchanging RapidPoints for raffle tickets.

May 31st, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Since June 2008, aspiring singers, songwriters, filmmakers, comedians, and photographers joined together in the YOBI.tv community, all in the hopes of sharing their talent and winning the grand prize. The competition, which attracted thousands of entries from 36 countries, was divided into four categories: YOBIFilm; YOBISing; YOBILaugh; YOBIPics.

April 21st, 2009 MELBOURNE, Australia - Researchers in The Netherlands have achieved outstanding success in blocking the lifecycle of the mosquitoes which transmit malaria. The trials were conducted by Tullu Bukhari and Bart Knols, mosquito researchers at Wageningen University, on a silicone-based liquid which spreads instantly across standing water.

April 2nd, 2009 BERLIN - With the CIVIS Online Prize, the European CIVIS Media Prize is offering an additional award for journalistically-prepared webpages on the theme of integration and cultural diversity. Innovative multi-media offers of high journalistic quality are being sought which handle the theme in convincing fashion and are particularly suitable for the promotion of peaceful coexistence in the European immigration society.

March 30th, 2009 PARIS - OFCE Economic Research Centre Sciences PO Paris - G20, and After... - Revival - Regulation - Reform United Nations, Interactive Thematic Dialogue with the General Assembly, 25-27 March 2009 (www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/worldfinancialcrisis.shtml) Recommendations by the Commission of Experts, Joseph Stiglitz (Prize Nobel winner), President of the commission, Research fellow at OFCE, Jean-Paul Fitoussi (www.ofce.sciences-po.fr/fitoussi/accueil_fitou.html), President of the Sub-commission, "Macro-issues and perspectives".

January 24th, 2009 CHENNAI - An elderly couple and their two small grandchildren were burnt to death when their thatched hut caught fire from a lighted mosquito repellent coil Saturday night in the suburbs of the city, police said. The incident occurred in a slum area in Madipakkam in the southern suburbs.

January 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Uniforms issued to US military personnel are now being treated to repel mosquitoes, thanks to a new method developed by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Since 1991, treatment of military uniforms with the insecticide permethrin has been available to help protect troops from mosquitoes that transmit malaria and dengue.

June 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Housewives can now have a good night's sleep - scientists have created a better mousetrap when it comes to repelling mosquitoes. Up till now, the gold standard has been DEET.

January 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A well-known bubble-gum company has been directed by a consumer court here to pay a compensation of Rs.300,000 to a customer who was not given a Trip to America prize nearly eight years ago. The Union Territory (UT) consumer disputes redressal commission, while upholding the 2002 order of a consumer court in Ludhiana city in Punjab, said the bubblegum company, Perfetti India, which manufactures the Big Babool brand of bubblegum, had resorted to unfair trade practices by denying the Ludhiana resident, Jeevan Kumar, his prize.

March 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of Australian researchers has found a way to predict plagues of disease-carrying mosquitoes up to two months ahead. According to ecologist Associate Professor Corey Bradshaw from the University of Adelaide, this should help fight outbreaks of mosquito-borne disease like dengue and Ross River fever by allowing efficient and cost-effective mosquito control.

August 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - After more than 50 years of research, scientists have finally discovered a number of new mosquito repellants that keep the dangerous pests away much longer than before. The new repellants beat DEET, the current gold standard for warding off mosquitoes.

August 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have found that ground beetles produce orange scented aromas as predator repellents. The research by Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Athula Attygalle and his research student, Xiaogang Wu, report for the first time that some ground beetles produce the natural repellent limonene as their major defensive chemical.

July 10th, 2009 W.Va. woman wins her 9th big lottery prizeCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Brenda Bailey is still on a roll.

July 31st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A car designed and built by engineering students from a Punjab town has won first prize in the perseverance category at an international competition, held in the US. The car won first prize at the 'International Car Fiesta Shell Eco Marathon' held at Fontana, California April 15-18.

July 11th, 2009 WVa Lottery player still on a roll, wins 9th prizeCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Brenda Bailey is still on a roll.