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AMSTERDAM - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design and engineering company, today announced that the Company's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 7, 2009 has appointed Ms Ruth Markland to the Company's Supervisory Board.

WASHINGTON - As a Senator Last Year, Obama Voted for US$9.6 Billion Annually in Funding for George Bush's Lifesaving Global AIDS Program; Now, President Proposes Only US$6.6 Billion in FY'10 Budget for PEPFAR - Obama Budget Calls for US$51B for PEPFAR Over Six Years; Congress Voted for US$48B Over Five Years AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS organization in the US, which currently provides medical care and services to more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, today chided President Barack Obama for retreating on his commitment to global AIDS.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - dms Management Ltd.

PARIS - AXA will hold its annual Shareholders' Meeting today at 2.30pm Paris time.

HONG KONG - Wireless Power Consortium pursues universal wireless power to fulfill consumer need Citing syndicated and proprietary international market research from sources including Ipsos Vantis, AcuPOLL(R), and Frost & Sullivan, the Wireless Power Consortium (the Consortium) continues to drive toward an interoperable wireless power standard for consumer devices requiring up to 5 Watts of power.