PARIS, October 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announces that it has strengthened cooperation with the East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) consortium with the signature of a contract to more than double the design capacity of the optical submarine cable network landing in East Africa. Based on Alcatel-Lucent's submarine and terrestrial optical solutions, EASSy will now be able to deliver a regional capacity of 1.4 Terabit/s, the highest capacity in the region, satisfying broadband needs for years to come.

HOUSTON, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation (Amex: END) (LSE: ENDV) announced today that its management will hold a conference call to discuss 2008 third quarter financial and operational results at 9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time, 3 p.m. UK time on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.

To participate and ask questions during the conference call, dial the local country telephone number and the confirmation code 6134895. The toll-free numbers are +1-888-708-5692 in the United States, 0-800-051-7166 in the United Kingdom, and 800-191-83 in Norway. Other international callers should dial +1-913-312-0962 (tolls apply). To listen only to the live audio web cast access Endeavour's home page at http://www.endeavourcorp.com.

AMSTERDAM, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

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The Climate Project announces that it will hold the first-ever summit in Europe of Al Gore's Climate Project on October 13 to 15, 2008. The event will be supported by the Tommy Hilfiger Group and hosted at its European headquarters in Amsterdam. The Climate Project - a non-profit organization with headquarters in the United States - is committed to raising global awareness of climate change. Its 2,500 volunteers have reached more than 4 million people worldwide - teaching them the solution to the crisis in an effort to preserve the climate.

REDWOOD CITY, California, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

ASSIA announced today that it has reached agreement with British Sky Broadcasting (Sky, http://www.sky.com), the UK's fastest-growing broadband provider, to deploy ASSIA's DSL Expresse Dynamic Spectrum Management platform in its DSL network. The deployment decision follows a trial of DSL Expresse in the Sky Broadband network.

"Today's exciting announcement with Sky is the first of several upcoming announcements of major new DSL Expresse deployments worldwide," said John Cioffi, ASSIA's Chairman, who continued "The benefits of Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) technology are compelling for today's DSL services."

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, October 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Cling film - also called plastic wrap - has to be pretty versatile. It should stretch a lot without tearing, it should keep out the germs, and it has to seal in moisture and aroma to keep those cold cuts from drying out and that chunk of French cheese from smelling up the refrigerator. On top of that, the wrap has to stick to the edge of the plate or the bowl. For many years, one plastic in particular has been performing all of those chores perfectly - polyethylene, or PE for short. In entertaining episodes our Chemical Reporter answers questions of our Podcast listeners on Chemistry in our everyday life.

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LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, October 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In this podcast you will learn how food fortification can help prevent children going blind.

According to UNICEF, 40 to 60 percent of children and young people in developing nations are affected by a lack of vitamin A. This makes it the most widespread form of malnutrition. Micro-encapsulated vitamin A that is added to staple foods such as oil, sugar or flour is a fundamental contribution to solving this problem.

BASF Corporate Communications started a regular bilingual Podcast service in April 2007 to report on BASF's innovations and research and development activities in an easy-to-understand, informative and entertaining way.

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Vodacom, supported by the GSMA Development Fund and by Qualcomm, through its Wireless Reach(TM) initiative, has connected Internet cafes in three of Tanzania's cities to its HSPA mobile broadband network, enabling locals to gain high-speed access to the vast repository of information and multimedia services on the World Wide Web. Run by local entrepreneurs, each Internet cafe is equipped with several computer terminals connected to Vodacom's HSPA network, which can provide download speeds of up to 7.2 megabits per second.

LONDON, October 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Politicians are mistrusted by 97% of Brits and the only professions people trust less are car sales representatives and estate agents. We are twice as likely to trust a builder or plumber to give us an honest opinion over our local MP, according to the findings of a major impartiality study released today, by impartial price comparison service, PriceRunner.co.uk.

Ashley Cole is revealed as one of the least trusted celebrities, with 99% of Brits expressing their lack of confidence in the disgraced Chelsea footballer. On the other hand, Cheryl Cole's judging counterpart, brutally frank Simon Cowell is believed to tell the truth by a quarter of Brits.

IRVINE, California, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

The increased emphasis on safety by regulatory agencies worldwide has led to more costly medical product development programs and requires rapid, cost-effective and resource intensive actions by Sponsors to respond appropriately. Expertise to effect constructive change can be found in consulting organizations. GZP has already emplaced systems to protect our clients from compliance errors that can lead to adverse regulatory action by the FDA. Throughout the product lifecycle, better use of resources by small and medium sized firms and wise allocation of funding can lead to more success with the FDA review process.

A Gecko's ability to climb sheer walls has long caught the attention of scientists and they've been trying for years to duplicate this strange talent. Major universities such as UC Santa Barbara, Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Dayton have recently come to grips with materials that mimic a gecko's ability to stick. Some new research in Science on this is referenced below but there have been a few others over the last year also. With this recent research, the structural composition of the zoological magic behind the gecko's sticky feet has nearly been reproduced, and then comes the possibility to make it available for human use. This technology may take humans to new heights, literally ... sound like Spiderman anyone?