EURO Ressources S.A. announced today that it has entered into a letter agreement with Patricia Mining Corp. whereby PAT has granted to EURO an exclusivity period in which to complete due diligence in respect of a proposed business combination of the two companies. PAT has also agreed not to solicit other proposals, subject to the exercise by PAT's board of directors of its fiduciary duties.

At the plenary "Society & Politics" session of the BioVision 2007 forum - The Global Forum on Science & Life - Jean-François DEHECQ, President of the sanofi-aventis Group laid out a series of major achievements of the "Access to Medicine" Policy in the Southern Hemisphere. He covered six major focuses:

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas continues his push to get an international economic embargo on his Palestinian Authority lifted.

The collection of the Armenian Museum of France will be exhibited February 28-April 22. after a break of 14 years the collection of this Paris museum will be presented to the broad society as part of the Year of Armenia in France.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has arrived in Paris ahead of a Thursday conference on aid for the country's struggling economy.

The city of Paris has decided to ban non-biodegradable plastic bags in large stores as of 2007, in an effort to cut down on pollution. The City of Lights is hardly the first to tackle its plastic woes. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports for VOA that from Ireland to South Africa, the throwaway bag is heading for the dustbin - of history.