INNER MONGOLIA, China, January 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- With Photo

- Collaborative journalism project covers front lines of global water crisis

Furious dust and sandstorms from Inner Mongolia cripple airports, darken skies, and choke millions of people across East Asia every spring. According to "Reign of Sand," the new multimedia report from Circle of Blue (http://www.circleofblue.org), the storms are growing in intensity and frequency, and the primary causes are deepening drought in northern China and the mismanagement of the largest grasslands on earth.

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ANDOVER, England, January 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever had your conscience nagging at you? "Go to the dentist?", "Get your blood pressure checked?" Well, "Hey, jus' say!"

Introducing "the Sleeve", the voice of your health conscience and the new face of HSA - the UK's favourite Healthplan provider. This reassuring and recognisable character will appear across all of HSA's marketing material and advertising from 20 January 2008, including national television advertising.

EDINBURGH, January 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Edinburgh-Based Aircraft Medical Ready to Fight GBP37m Court Action

Aircraft Medical ("Aircraft"), the UK medical devices company announces that it will rigorously defend a patent infringement case commenced in the Court of Session, Edinburgh by a competitor, Verathon (based in Seattle, USA). Verathon is claiming GBP37m in damages.

Verathon has claimed that the McGrath(R) Series 5 Video Laryngoscope, manufactured by Aircraft Medical in Scotland, infringes its European Patent 1307131, and by some undisclosed means has calculated damages in lost sales of GBP37m.

NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands, January 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Profit Forecast for 2007: Similar Operating Result (2006: EUR 42 million)

- Order Book for 2007: Sharp Rise to Approx. EUR 1.4 billion

- Final Annual Figures for 2007: 14 March 2008

Profit Forecast for 2007 Confirmed

PARIS, January 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Consumers Can Run Stores without the Hassle of Inventory or Logistics and Discover Products within Any Category of Interest

Zlio.com, http://www.zlio.com, the world's largest emporium of specialty stores powered by users, today unveiled its UK website, offering a way for consumers to easily open their own online store for free. Consumers can populate their stores by choosing from more than one million products offered by 62 well-known UK merchants including Play and Dell, among others.

ATLANTA, January 20 /PRNewswire/ --

CeloNova BioSciences, Inc. ("CeloNova"), leading and accelerating healthcare solutions through the provision and development of innovative medical devices, has released data from THE SPHERE, an 11 center, 8 country European study of uterine fibroid embolization using the Company's Embozene(TM) Microspheres. The study results were reported at the 20th Annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy.

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