LONDON, January 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Playhouse Disney today announced it is joining forces with the Pre-school Learning Alliance on the biggest ever trial of educational materials to teach preschoolers about the environment through play. The trial will see 7,300 nurseries receive a free pack as part of Playhouse Disney's Playing for the Planet campaign launched earlier last year.

The move follows new independent research(i), which found that 3 out of 4 parents (74%) believe the subject of the environment should be included on the preschool curriculum. Nurseries will be invited to share their comments on the materials and offer their own ideas to help hone the content and pave the way for a greener future.

ROCHDALE, England, January 24 /PRNewswire/ --

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Summary: Wireless CCTV's new covert "one box" solution is an innovative, completely autonomous mobile surveillance device that can be instantly deployed, even in the harshest of operating conditions.

Wireless CCTV launches its most autonomous mobile surveillance solution to date, which can be instantly deployed for covert operations. The military style case and connectors are fully waterproof which means the equipment can even be buried underground and still function at optimum levels.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The 'flu' has arrived in Europe, according to the European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The two organisations confirm an upsurge in the number of laboratory confirmed cases of influenza in several European countries.

ATLANTA and LONDON, January 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Demonstration of ongoing commitment to innovation was key to award selection

S1 Enterprise, a division of S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE) and a leading provider of multichannel financial services software, today announced that the company has been named as one of Financial-i magazine's "Leaders in Innovation" Award winners for 2007 in the category of Trade Finance. The innovation award, presented to S1 in December 2007, acknowledges the S1 Trade Finance solution's ability to solve specific business issues.

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, January 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, has signed an agreement with the Accredited Standards Committee X9, Inc. - Financial Industry Standards (ASC X9) to make Thomson Scientific's Techstreet (www.techstreet.com) the primary distributor for ASC X9 publications in print and electronic format. ASC X9 publications can be ordered through the new online publications store at www.X9.org, operated by Techstreet.

SINGAPORE, January 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Awards Certification to SingTel

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced the certification of its suite of business Ethernet services by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), the international standards-setting authority on Carrier Ethernet services.

SingTel's MEF Certification is the first of its kind in ASEAN, and is poised to set new standards for the delivery of carrier grade Ethernet services in the region.

The Syrian Archeological Team discovered parts of an architecture that included several tombs and funeral findings at Tal Shair site in the northeastern area of Hasaka dating back to the Middle Bronze Age in the 3rd millennium B.C.

Member of the Executive Bureau and in Charge of Tourism, Archeology and Arts Department Mohammad Shamsuddin in Hasaka Governorate said the team also discovered parts of another architecture made of stones and traditional ancient building blocks dating back to the Islamic period and part of a building dating back to the second half of the 3rd millennium B.C.

He added that the French archeological team also unearthed parts of another building as well as clay jars and spinning tools at Tal al-Faras site dating back to the 4th millennium B.C.

DENVER, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Direct Petroleum Bulgaria, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Direct Petroleum Exploration, Inc. ("DPE"), has completed drilling and logging of the Deventci-R1 well, its first exploratory well on the A-Lovech Block in northwest Bulgaria. Total depth is 5,888 meters (19,313 ft.) in the Lower Triassic Alexandrovo formation. The Deventci R1 is the deepest well drilled in Bulgaria in the last 30 years.

The well encountered gas saturated reservoirs in the Dolni Dabnik member of the Middle Triassic Doirentsi formation. Other potential reservoirs are in the Upper Triassic Rusinovdel and the Lower Jurassic Ozirovo formations.

Casing has been run to 5,876 meters (19,280 ft.) in preparation for extensive testing operations.

SAN DIEGO, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Revenues US$2.44 Billion, Diluted EPS US$0.46

- Pro Forma Diluted EPS US$0.52, up 21 percent year-over-year

- Reaffirms Fiscal 2008 Pro Forma Earnings Guidance

Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced results for the first fiscal quarter of 2008 ended December 30, 2007.

Total Qualcomm (GAAP) First Quarter Results

Total Qualcomm results are reported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

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