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Streams of survivors leave Irrawaddy delta (May 11)
(YANGON) Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis poured out of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta yesterday in search of food, water and medicine but aid workers said thousands would die if emergency supplies do not get through soon.


GM crops still getting mixed response in Asia (May 11)
(MANILA) With food prices hitting record highs, the jury is still out in Asia as to whether genetically modified crops hold the key to future food security.


China forms company to build regional, jumbo jets (May 11)
(BEIJING) China has established a company to build regional commercial jets, with an eye to eventually reducing the country's reliance on Boeing and Airbus for jumbo jets, official media said yesterday.


B787 buyers face up to 30 months' delivery delay (May 11)
(SEATTLE) Delays in getting Boeing's new 787 jetliner off the ground will push deliveries to some of the planemaker's customers back by as much as 30 months, according to reports on Friday.


Reluctant banks stall debt talks for BAA (May 11)
(MADRID) British airport operator BAA has not signed up enough banks to back a debt renegotiation and may not be able to start talks with bondholders in coming weeks as it had planned, it said last Friday.


Investors seek access to Alitalia's updated data (May 11)
(ROME) Bruno Ermolli, the businessman chosen by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to assemble a group of bidders for Alitalia SpA, has asked the airline for access to updated data and information on the company.


French firm eyeing S'pore broadband bonanza (May 11)
FRENCH high-speed optical network solutions vendor Ekinops, which began operations in Asia last month with the setting up of its Singapore office, wants to be an equipment and solutions supplier to Singapore's upcoming ultra-fast broadband project. The company is also eyeing large-scale broadband projects in other parts of Asia.


Samsung unveils new range of laser printers (May 11)
FOLLOWING its successful strategy with mobile phones and TV sets, Korean electronics major Samsung last week launched a slew of new printers that stand out as much for their good looks as their performance.


Printing solutions line-up (May 11)
ALONG with its new printers, Samsung has introduced a host of printing solutions aimed at corporate customers who tend to buy a printing solutions package rather than just standalone printers.


Wikipedia becomes teaching tool for academics (May 11)
(VANCOUVER, Canada) Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors. Recently, university teachers have swapped student term papers for assignments to write entries for the free online encyclopedia.