The bubonic plague, often called 'Black Death' after its most famous outbreak in the 14th century, still exists today and, like then, is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis that are found mainly in rodents and the fleas that feed on them. When other animals or humans contract this bacteria it is primarily from those infected rodent or flea bites.

Bubonic plague affects the lymph nodes resulting in swollen lymph glands (called buboes, thus the name bubonic), fever, chills and flu-like symptoms but in addition tiny broken blood vessels called petechiae can result in black spots on the skin and those black spots earned it the nickname that stuck when it reached England in 1348 AD.

CALGARY, Canada, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Addax Petroleum Corporation (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC) ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation") today made the following announcement.

It is with regret that Addax Petroleum reports the death of a Nigerian Navy personnel member following the defense of a vessel which had been contracted by the Corporation to provide security services on OML126, offshore Nigeria. During the incident four other Navy personnel and crew were injured. Addax Petroleum would like to extend its sympathy and sincere condolences to the family of the deceased over this very sad loss and extend our support for a full and speedy recovery for the injured.

CHICAGO, June 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Three year contract and preferred supplier status awarded

NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT), a leading global provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, has reached a three year agreement for Europe to provide NAVIGON with maps as a preferred supplier. The agreement covers onboard navigation across all NAVIGON's PNDs plus software products for other PND brands and mobile phone customers worldwide. This is in addition to a recent contract to supply mapping products for NAVIGON's off board business.

NAPA, California, June 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Phillip Rose Named Chief Operating Officer

Senetek PLC (OTC Bulletin Board: SNKTY), a Life Sciences company engaged in the development of technologies that target the science of healthy aging, today announced that the Company has appointed Veteran Sales and Marketing Executive, Phillip Rose, as its Chief Operating Officer and retained J. David Bruner as a full-time marketing consultant.

SAN DIEGO, June 9 /PRNewswire/ --

Amira Pharmaceuticals, a small molecule pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of compounds to treat inflammatory diseases, announced the hiring of Michael V. Swanson as the company's Chief Financial Officer.

NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- New AML Release Improves SAR Reporting and Financial Crime Investigation

- Endorsed by the American Bankers Association

Fortent, the risk and compliance solutions expert, announces the release of the latest version of its anti-money laundering (AML) technology.

AML 6.3 enables financial institutions to significantly advance the automation of their regulatory reporting process -- including Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filings. It also allows greater collaboration among the many parts of an organization involved in the financial crime-fighting and investigation process. AML 6.3 is endorsed by the American Bankers Association (ABA), the industry's leading trade association.

How do grains flow out of an emptying silo? And what about sugar poured out by a pastry chef?

Researchers at Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne (CPMOH) of CNRS/ Université Bordeaux 1 have just demonstrated that even without an attractive force between grains in flowing sand, they have a cohesion similar to that of liquids. These results were published in Physical Review Letters.

The surface of a liquid is similar to an elastic membrane under tension, which causes things like the pressure on the interior of soap bubbles. This “surface tension” is due to cohesion forces between molecules in the liquid.

The two-year old mud volcano called Lusi spews huge volumes of mud and has displaced more than 30,000 people and caused millions of dollars worth of damage. An international team of scientists has now concluded that it was caused by the drilling of a gas exploration well and not by an earthquake that happened two-days before the mud volcano erupted in East Java, Indonesia.

The report by British, American and Indonesian and Australian scientists outlines and analyzes a detailed record of operational incidents on the drilling of a gas exploration well, Banjar-Panji-1. (A)

Lead author Prof. Richard Davies of Durham University, UK, published research in January 2007 which argued the drilling was most likely to blame for the eruption of the Lusi mud volcano on May 29 2006.

SAN JOSE, California, June 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- The radio chip enables long range, low power, wireless connectivity for IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of the AT86RF212 800/900 MHz IEEE 802.15.4(TM) RF transceiver for low power wireless applications, including ZigBee(R).

LONDON and NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Version 8 Introduces Advanced Functionality For Managing Business Risk, Particularly in High-Risk Areas Such as Corporate Actions, Pricing and Data Quality

GoldenSource Corporation a global software provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions for financial and securities institutions worldwide today announced the general availability of Version 8 of the GoldenSource EDM platform. Built around a standards-based J2EE application server framework, the GoldenSource EDM platform is now even easier to configure, integrate and deliver - providing customers with dynamic scalability, security and high availability out-of-the-box.