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LUTON, England, December 19 /PRNewswire/ -- With immigration and benefit fraud at an all time high and constant news of security threats from incorrectly managed data, Mantissa Corporation wonder just what they must do to make themselves heard in 2008. Throughout 2007 they have contacted numerous politicians, government departments and wrote separately to every member of the House of Lords.

NEW YORK, December 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Russia's Highest Commercial Court to Hear Appeal Argument Based on 'Newly Opened Circumstances' - a Question in Punctuation and an Allegedly Errant Hyphen;

- Hearing Set for January 22, 2008

Moscow Oil Refinery (MOR) is blocking New York businessman and real estate entrepreneur, Tamir Sapir, from executing the 2005 landmark US$28 million judgment initially decided by international arbitration and later upheld by Russia's High Arbitrazh Court after a protracted legal battle. The judgment against MOR was in favor of Mr. Sapir's company, Joy-Lud Distributors International Inc., a New York corporation.

EVRY, France, December 19 /PRNewswire/ --

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Novagali Pharma an emerging pharmaceutical company specialized in ophthalmology announces today the appointment of Dr Mourad Amrane as Vice President of Medical Affairs. He is in charge both of the clinical product development and the medical marketing activities, which aim at defining and optimizing the product strategies.

CARY, North Carolina, December 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- SciQuest Continues Rapid Worldwide Growth and Market Leadership among Research-Intensive Industries with 100th Customer Signing

MELBOURNE, Australia, December 19 /PRNewswire/ --

Cancer Therapeutics CRC Pty Ltd and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) today announced a collaboration to discover and develop new drugs for the treatment of many forms of cancer, based on exciting new findings in the field of DNA repair.