KAKAMEGA, Kenya, September 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Campaign Provides Affordable and Efficient Approach to Preventing Disease Identified

An important new approach to fighting malaria, diarrhoeal disease and HIV among adult men and women aged 15-49 has successfully been demonstrated for the first time in the Western Kenyan district of Kakamega in Lurambi division.

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I'm obsessed with the apocalypse. No joke.

I always carry a mini-emergency kit stuffed in an Altoids tin, and I know that if the apocalypse comes, my husband and I are supposed to meet at our apartment, grab our pre-packed bags, maybe the cat, and head for the hills. 

We own a Grundig self-powered radio with hand crank and charger for cell phones with various adapters. Survival manuals. Canned food. Bottled water. Check. Check. Check.

Zombies, watch out! We're armed. Nuclear attack? No prob--we've got pills for that.

But what if the apocalypse isn't zombies? What if it's not radiation poisoning we've got to be worried about? What if it's simply some giant celestial object bearing down on us?--I'd need several pills to handle that. 

Sounds improbable? Think again.

Illustration by LYNETTE R COOK

NEW YORK, September 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- At UN Summit, Gates Heralds New Progress in Malaria Control and R&D

Bill Gates announced today that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will provide US$168.7 million to PATH for its Malaria Vaccine Initiative to develop vaccines for malaria -- a disease that kills thousands of African children every day.

The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) is working with GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals to develop a first-generation vaccine candidate, known as RTS,S, which could become the first-ever approved malaria vaccine. With the new grant announced today, MVI will support the development of next-generation vaccines that could provide even greater and longer-lasting protection.

BOGOTA, Columbia, September 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Acknowledged for Outstanding Flower Quality and Socio-Environmental Practices

Florverde(R) flower farms, practices and flowers, continue to be recognized around the globe. For the past 12 years Florverde(R), the organization established by Asocolflores, the Association of Colombian Flower Exporters, has been positively changing the environmental and social practices of flower farms through their rigorous certification program. These efforts have not gone unnoticed. Most recently, the Russian Flower Show awarded eight Florverde(R) flower farms with gold and silver medals of distinction for flower quality.

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World leaders gathered today at the 2008 Millennium Development Goals Malaria Summit to endorse an ambitious new Global Malaria Action Plan and commit US $3 billion toward reducing the number of malaria deaths to near zero by 2015.

CALGARY, Canada, September 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Addax Petroleum Corporation ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation") (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC), announces that Mr. Michael Ebsary, Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the First Energy/Société Générale Global Energy Conference in Toronto on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at approximately 9:50 a.m. Eastern Time (2:50 p.m. London U.K. Time). Investors are invited to listen to the live audio webcast of the presentation via the following link: http://remotecontrol.jetstreammedia.com/15089

ROCHESTER, Minnesota, September 25 /PRNewswire/ --

BrokerBin.com launched a brand new look to their website. The new look offers a fresh new design along with increased usability and additional content for seeking members. The members' area also has a new feel to it, along with several new toolsets and enhanced features.

"The launch of our new look and added features is part of the continuing evolution that BrokerBin.com is dedicated and committed to delivering. We are honored to serve our existing members and welcome new ones. We have additional features and projects in development that we will bring to market in the near future," said Keith Litke, President.

TORONTO, September 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Redline Achieves Ranking Among the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for the Third Consecutive Year

Redline Communications Inc. ("Redline") (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of standards-based WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced that it has been ranked among the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for the third consecutive year. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years from 2003 to 2007.

LONDON, September 25 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has been selected by Novorossiysk Shipping Company (Novoship) to supply integrated bridge systems (IBS) for ten new tankers being built in Korea and China.

The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) held its eighth educational forum on online Brand Abuses and Internet Governance on Tuesday, September 23. Hosted by CADNA, Turner Broadcasting System, and Alston&Bird at the CNN Center in Atlanta, the event featured expert advice on proactive, preventative and reactive online domain name strategies available to brand owners and provided a forum for frank discussion.

The event opened with remarks from Jeanene Jobst, Counsel to Turner Broadcasting, who gave a brand owner's point of view on one of the most pressing issues affecting brand domain strategies -- the imminent launch of an unlimited number of new top level domains (TLDs). As counsel to Turner, Ms.