GENEVA, Switzerland, April 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- More Than 200 Patient Groups Launch Global Viral Campaign

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The World Hepatitis Alliance and over 200 patient groups around the world are asking 'Am I Number 12?' (http://www.aminumber12.org) to increase awareness of the shocking statistic that one in 12 people on the planet are living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C and yet the majority of those infected are unaware.

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LAS VEGAS, April 24 /PRNewswire/ --

CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CVBTE) has entered into an agreement with Mr. Phillip Frey Jr. to form Cardio Derma Clinical Partners (CDCP), an R&D Partnership. Mr. Frey, as sponsor and general partner, will fund a minimum of US$1,000,000 and up to US$5,000,000 of the clinical development of CVBT's wound healing drug candidate.

TOKYO, April 24 /PRNewswire/ --

JTB Group will distribute real-time information about the rice-farming process of one farmer in Tome City, Miyagi, from April 25 on the JTB-operated site, "JAPANiCAN.com", which is the English travel website designed for foreigners visiting Japan.

URL: www.japanican.com (i) It will be posted on the top page of JAPANiCAN.com

PLANO, Texas, April 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Germany's HighQ-IT deepens company's expertise and capability to support expanding global clients

Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HighQ-IT for the manufacturing industry GmbH (HighQ-IT), a leading German IT services provider with SAP expertise.

The Munich-based company is one of nine special expertise partners in the automotive industry to be globally certified by SAP. With a delivery center in Bratislava, Slovakia, HighQ-IT is a business driven, IT innovation partner for select manufacturing industries, with a clear emphasis on delivering IT services in the SAP and enterprise solutions market.

HOOFDDORP, the Netherlands, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Using the verb 'MSN-ing' as a synonym for sending messages through an instant messenger will no longer be allowed by the Microsoft Corporation. One day before the lawsuit against Carola Eppink (Unicaresoft), Microsoft Corporation requested the Dutch dictionary 'Van Dale' remove the verb `msn-ing' from the latest edition.

The marketing machine Microsoft Corporation has succeeded in making MSN a generic term. In common slang 'msn-ing' became a synonym for sending messages through an Instant Messenger. Microsoft are now demanding the removal of this verb from the 'Van Dale' in order to stop the term MSN from being used by other companies as a brand name.

ZUG, Switzerland, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss Hawk AG's portfolio company CleanAir Technologies AB ("CleanAir") has announced that it has secured a EUR 5.6 million project contract with Energi Randers, Denmark. Energi Randers has given CleanAir an order to install systems for: flue gas cleaning and condensation, combustion air humidification and also waste water treatment. All these systems will improve the economical and environmental capacity of their new plant for bio fuel and coal burning. The power of the system is 2 x 90 MW. The work will be finalised during 2009.

LIVERPOOL, England, April 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Irrespective of Budgetary Restrictions, etanercept Dose Escalation Remains Low Suggesting etanercept Achieves Sustained Efficacy and is a Cost Effective Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

New pan-European data presented today at the British Society of Rheumatology's annual meeting in Liverpool demonstrate that patients treated with Enbrel(R) (etanercept) required significantly lower dose escalation than patients treated with infliximab and adalimumab in the first 12 months of therapy. The latter two anti-TNF agents (ATAs) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis are monoclonal antibodies while etanercept is a soluble TNF receptor.

BERLIN, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Transport Forum (ITF) will have its annual meeting in Leipzig. The city will be the regular host of this important transport summit. This year, Ministers of Transport as well as high ranking representatives from 51 countries will meet to discuss the theme "Transport and Energy: The Challenge of Climate Change". Other issues to be addressed will be energy efficiency, changing behaviour in passenger transport, reducing CO2 emissions in goods transport and in emerging economies.

MANCHESTER, England, April 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Over One Million Children Take Part in E.ON National FA Cup Schools Day

Alan Shearer went back to school today as over a million school children nationwide celebrated E.ON National FA Cup Schools Day 1.

Over a quarter of the country's primary school children, aged between 7 and 11, traded their traditional lessons for a celebration of the history and excitement of the world's greatest domestic cup competition.

Children from around the country decked out their classrooms in Cup flags, mini trophies and football memorabilia as they enjoyed football themed lessons, including 'Football in the picture' English classes, where children were asked to develop a story based on a famous moment in FA Cup history.

PLANEGG-MARTINSRIED, Germany, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Martinsried-based drug discovery and development company 4SC AG (Frankfurt, Prime Standard: VSC) announced today that the current Supervisory Board members Dr. Robert B. O'Connell and Dr. Brian Morgan intend to resign effectively at the end of the company's annual general shareholders' meeting taking place in Munich on 5 June 2008. At the upcoming general meeting, the Supervisory Board will propose as successors the nomination of Dr. Thomas Strüngmann and Helmut Jeggle, both representatives of Santo Holding (Germany) GmbH, the largest single shareholder of 4SC AG.