HAIFA, Israel, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Oil Refineries Ltd. (TASE: ORL.TA) (the Company or ORL), Israel's largest oil refiner, announced today that on November 12, 2008 Standard and Poor's Maalot (Maalot) downgraded the Company's debentures (Series A, B and C as well as untraded debentures) from AA/Stable to A/Negative. The full Maalot report is available in Hebrew on the Company's website under Investor Relations - Company Releases.

CAMBRIDGE, England, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Short Fuze Limited, the award-winning Cambridge company established to open up the world of digital animation, is proud to announce that it has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious Mediatech 100 ( http://www.libraryhouse.net/mediatech/2008/mediatech100/ list.

Mediatech 100, compiled by analysts Library House and supported by Kemp Little and New Media Age, represents the hottest 100 private mediatech companies in Europe. Library House says that these are the 100 companies among those most likely to change the mediatech world. Mediatech companies take advantage of the intersection between media and technology and have revolutionised the business and distribution models of the media industry.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan and SAN FRANCISCO, November 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- TechnoBird Becomes TRUSTe Seal Holder, Demonstrates Commitment to Consumer Privacy Protection

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan and SAN FRANCISCO, November 13 /PRNewswire/ --

TechnoBird, today announced that its web Site Mustakbil.com has been certified to display the TRUSTe Privacy Seal, which demonstrates its commitment to consumer privacy and trust online. TRUSTe, the leading privacy certification and seal program, awards its privacy seal only to companies that complete the rigorous TRUSTe certification process and agree to comply with ongoing oversight and TRUSTe's consumer dispute resolution process.

BANGKOK, November 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Announce Winners of First Annual ASAIHL-Scopus Young Scientist Award

Elsevier, the world's leading research publisher of scientific information, and the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions announced today winners of the first annual ASAIHL-Scopus Young Scientist Award. The award is designed to recognize outstanding young scientists and researchers in the Asia-Pacific region who have made significant contributions to scholarship and research. Insight from Scopus, Elsevier's abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature, was used to determine the winners.

OSLO, TOULOUSE, France and PARIS, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Oslo Cancer Cluster today signed a groundbreaking strategic agreement with the Toulouse Cancéropole and Cancer-Bio-Santé Cluster which will lead to an integrated effort to become the leading cancer centers in Europe for developing new cancer therapies. The signatories were Philippe Douste-Blazy, President of Cancéropole Toulouse Association, former mayor of Toulouse and former French foreign minister, Jean-Pierre Saintouil, CEO of Toulouse Cancer-Bio-Santé Cluster and Bjarte Reve, CEO of Oslo Cancer Cluster NCE. It also contained an initial series of key initiatives to be implemented over the next two years, including a joint response to the next cancer calls of the EU -Innovative Medicines Initiative.

LONDON, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- European advocacy and support groups working with patients who have some of the rarest cancers have agreed to form a collaborative association.

Sarcoma Patients EuroNet (SPAEN) will start work in January 2009 with the aim of extending information services, patient support and advocacy so that patients across the whole of Europe can benefit. Five leading patient groups in Germany, France and the UK are the founding members of SPAEN, and membership of the association is open to patient groups anywhere in Europe who work with sarcoma patients.

LYTHAM, England, November 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Talking Tots Reveals Only 10% of Parents Will Cut Spending on Their Children in '09

Britain might be in the middle of a credit crunch, but 80% of parents would rather spend less on new clothes or eating out than cutting back on their children's activities.

A survey of 1,000 parents conducted by pre-school activity group Talking Tots found that half of parents expect to increase spending on activities such as toddler classes, swimming and baby yoga next year. A further 40% of respondents said they expected their spending to remain the same. On average, parents spend GBP650 a year on preschool classes and activities, with 10% of parents spending more than GBP1,000 a year.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 13 /PRNewswire/ --

Cameroon is a country endowed with vast potential in hydropower that can play a significant role in uplifting the region's electricity industry. This, however, is dependent on the government adopting a strategic approach to gradually completing the deregulation of the electricity market, while pursuing the diversification of the country's energy mix.

New analysis from Frost Sullivan (http://www.energy.frost.com) Strategic Analysis of the Cameroonian Electricity Industry, estimates the market to grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of at least 7.2 per cent between 2007 and 2013.

LEICESTER, England, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Fila (the 5th largest world-wide Sportswear Manufacturer) chooses Scancom.co.uk for BlackBerry deployment

Fila and scancom.co.uk have been working closely over recent months to deploy a solution that's both easy to manage and extensible. Fila required secure Email and additional applications bespoke to their business. After extensive testing Fila and Scancom decided the BlackBerry platform with Orange airtime would be the best solution.