HONG KONG, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Fast Expanding Coal Energy Business with Total Coal Reserves of over 570 Million Tons

Kiu Hung International Holdings Limited ("Kiu Hung International" or the "Company"; HKEx: 381) held an extraordinary general meeting ("EGM") today and approved the acquisition of the entire equity interest of Lucky Dragon Resources Limited ("Lucky Dragon") with a total consideration of HK$840 million (subject to adjustments).

Lucky Dragon owns the entire equity interest in Tongliao City Heng Yuan Mining Company Limited ("Heng Yuan") which in turn owns (i) the mining rights and operation facilities of the Huanghuashan Coal Mine and (ii) the exploration rights of the Bayanhushuo Coalfield.

DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania and OXFORD, England, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Out-Licensing Enhances EUSA's Strategic Focus on Late-Stage and Marketed Products

HONG KONG, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --

One of the leading game developers and operators in the PRC, NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon" or the "Company", with its subsidiary collectively the "Group"; Stock Code: 8288.HK) is pleased to announce that its new game "Way of the Five" has been honoured by the PRC Ministry of Culture's Examination Committee for Game Content ("the PRC Ministry of Culture") by being included in its third list of "Healthy Online Games for Youngsters."

People across the western hemisphere may be surprised to see a rust-colored Moon in the sky in a few days - an ominous omen to ancient people but a more predictable occurrence now. Early on 21 February (the evening of the 20 February for observers in North and South America) will be this year’s first and only total eclipse of the Moon.

Bonus: unlike the solar equivalent, the whole event is safe to watch and needs no special equipment.

In a total lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The Moon is full, moves into the shadow of the Earth and dims dramatically but usually remains visible, lit by sunlight that passes through the Earth’s atmosphere.

BIRMINGHAM, England, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- A Year of Strong Growth

The Binding Site Limited ("The Binding Site" or the "Company"), a privately owned specialist U.K. diagnostics company, today announces its results for the year ending 30th September 2007.

Financial Highlights:

12 months 12 months % increase % ended 30 ended 30 underlying Sept 2007 Sept 2006 increase at constant GBPMillion GBPMillion currency Revenue 31.1 27.7 12% 18% Freelite(TM) 8.3 5.8 43% 49% sales EBITDA 6.6 4.9 35% 14%

- Underlying sales growth of 18%

- Underlying growth in Freelite(TM) sales of 49%

- 25% growth in North American sales

The evolution of human speech was far more complex than is implied by some recent attempts to link it to a specific gene, says Robert Berwick, professor of computational linguistics at MIT.

Berwick will describe his ideas about language in a session at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Sunday, Feb. 17. The session is called “Mind of a Toolmaker,” and explores the use of evolutionary research in understanding human abilities.

“Think globally, act locally” makes for a nice bumper sticker — but is it an effective policy for coping with global climate change? Can local actions make a difference in a process principally driven by worldwide trends?

The short answer is “no,” according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. We cannot do much locally to lessen the effects of global drivers; therefore, our local policies must focus on adaptation.

A team of scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder, has shown that by sampling a person’s breath with laser light they can detect molecules in the breath that may be markers for diseases like asthma or cancer. While many studies have been done to showcase the potential of optical technologies for breath analysis, the JILA approach takes an important step toward demonstrating the full power of optics for this prospective medical application.

The technique, called cavity-enhanced direct optical frequency comb spectroscopy, may one day allow doctors to screen people for certain diseases simply by sampling their breath. “This technique can give a broad picture of many different molecules in the breath all at once,” says Jun Ye, who led the research. He is a fellow of JILA, a fellow of NIST and a professor adjoint at CU-Boulder’s Department of Physics.

Large-scale digital music distribution is bringing about a profound revolution in the way we ‘consume’ music. The market is still in flux, but it is very clear that the hi-fi systems of the future will be significantly different to what we see today, say European researchers.

With the advent of compressed music files (MP3) and easily accessible internet file exchange and download services, consumers are increasingly turning to personal mini-databases of music files (iPod, MP3 players) for their musical enjoyment. The CD market has already taken a hard knock and many predict its imminent demise. The hi-fi market is also suffering with sales decreasing steadily every year.