SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --

The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) welcomes the OECD Report "Economic Assessment of Biofuel Support Policies" as another major report that highlights the benefits of sugarcane ethanol in terms of greenhouse gas reduction and urges governments to level the playing field by removing trade-distorting subsidies and tariffs.

READING, Pennsylvania, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --

EnerSys (NYSE: ENS), the world's largest manufacturer, marketer and distributor of industrial batteries, announced that it has been awarded contracts for submarine batteries worth over US$13 million in recent weeks. The batteries are scheduled for delivery over the next several years.

The orders were received from HDW, the German shipbuilder, and are for the supply of submarine batteries for propulsion power on diesel electric vessels with several navies worldwide. The contracts include the supply of the batteries as well as the ongoing maintenance and technical support for the customers. The batteries will be manufactured in EnerSys' new special purpose submarine battery facility in Europe.

MADRID, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- A World Conference on Dialogue is Going to be Held From the 16th to the 18th of July, 2008 in Madrid at the Exclusive Invitation of the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia

- Politicians, Thinkers and Intellectuals From Across the World Meet in Madrid to Discuss Dialogue and its Religious Foundations

- The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia and D. Juan Carlos I, King of Spain Today Inaugurate This Meeting for Global Dialogue. Madrid is the Capital of Dialogue and Religious Pluralism for Three Days

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LONDON, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sao Paulo will host in 2009 after Rio debut this August

CMPi events for the fast-developing pharma markets of South and Latin America debut next month. Rio de Janeiro will host the twin launch of the CPhI South America pharma ingredients and P-MEC South America pharma machinery and equipment exhibitions on Tuesday 19 - Thursday 21 August. Sao Paulo will then host the 2009 events.

The launch exhibitions will be held at Brazil's newest convention facility -- the Centro de Convencoes Sulamerica at Cidade Nova, opened last Summer. Main exhibition hours are 13.00 - 20.00.

CALGARY, Canada, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Additional 7.2 Per Cent Interest in JDZ Block 4 License Area

Addax Petroleum Corporation (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC) ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation") announces today that it has been awarded an additional 7.2 per cent participating interest in Block 4 of the Nigeria/Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone ("JDZ") by an independent arbitration tribunal. The award increases Addax Petroleum's interest in the license area from 38.3 per cent to 45.5 per cent. Addax Petroleum is also the operator of Block 4.

TORONTO, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Donation to Charity With Each Card

TORONTO, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --

Imagine being able to mail your friends a personalized postcard and have it delivered to their mailbox without ever having to step into a store or post office. Then imagine the time you'll save not having to find a store that sells postcards, choose the "best" generic card and make your way to the post office to buy stamps.

LONDON, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Educational Service Uses Avoco's Secure2trust and Secure2email to Protect Student Academic Forms From Cyber-Predators and Other Threats

The Christian Center for Learning Development is an educational service based in North Carolina, USA, specialising in the development of student inquiry skills though a program of strong mentoring. The center requires the use of academic forms which contain specific and personal details of students. The center has an obligation to guarantee the confidentiality of these forms as they contain student authored material and personal information.

A genetic variation which evolved to protect people of African descent against malaria has now been shown to increase their susceptibility to HIV infection by up to 40 per cent, according to new research published today in Cell Host & Microbe. The work analyzed data from a 25-year study of thousands of Americans of different ethnic backgrounds.

Conversely, the same variation also appears to prolong survival of those infected with HIV by approximately two years.

The discovery marks the first genetic risk factor for HIV found only in people of African descent, and sheds light on the differences in genetic makeup that play a crucial role in susceptibility to HIV and AIDS.

Mars once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life, according to two new studies based on data from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) and other instruments on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).

"The big surprise from these new results is how pervasive and long-lasting Mars' water was, and how diverse the wet environments were," says Scott Murchie, CRISM's principal investigator at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md.

LONDON, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- A London pizza restaurant has launched the UK's first range of pizzas designed specifically for pregnant women.

The Pregnancy Pizzas were devised by owner Charmaine Wasif for the ECO restaurant in Chiswick, West London.

Charmaine launched the pizzas after receiving requests from pregnant women craving bizarre toppings which normal pizza restaurants refused to cater for.

"Within one week three pregnant women came into the restaurant asking if I wouldn't mind putting toppings on their pizza which aren't on our usual menu.

"My view is the customer is always right, and although I haven't had kids myself I knew that pregnant women sometimes like something out of the ordinary to eat."