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SYDNEY, Australia, February 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, "Scholarships for Indigenous Australians: Education is the Key" issued on 15 Feb 2008 04:22 GMT, by Mary MacKillop Foundation Australia over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that four additional paragraphs should be included in the beginning of the release. Complete, corrected release follows:

February 13 was a momentous day in Australia as the Prime Minister formally apologised to members of the Indigenous stolen generation. He did this on behalf of the current Australian government and nation apologising for the policy of previous Australian Governments of forcibly removing Indigenous children from their parents.

MELBOURNE, Australia, February 15 /PRNewswire/ --

In a landmark study electronically published today in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, a blood test for detecting TB infection, QuantiFERON(R)-TB Gold (QFT(TM)), has been shown to be six times more accurate than the conventional tuberculin skin test (TST) at predicting which tuberculosis (TB)-exposed individuals will go on to develop TB disease. This study has important implications for the worldwide effort to eradicate TB, as accurately indentifying TB-infected individuals allows health authorities to treat them before they develop disease, and the greater accuracy of the new test makes this more efficient as well as cheaper and safer.

SYDNEY, Australia, February 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Dr Janelle Trees, a descendant of the Daingadi clan, is the first indigenous student to graduate with Honours at the University of Sydney's medical school through the graduate entry program. A sole parent, Dr Trees believes one of the most important effects of the scholarship has been an insight into the long-learned 'poverty mentality.' "I have been able to show that it is possible to study medicine when you come from different circumstances," she said.

PRINCETON, New Jersey, February 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Pharmasset, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRUS), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing novel drugs to treat viral infections, reported unaudited financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2008 ended December 31, 2007. Pharmasset reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders of US$12.2 million, or (US$0.57) per share for the first fiscal quarter of 2008, as compared to net income attributable to common stockholders of US$3.6 million, or US$0.33 per diluted share for the same period in fiscal 2007.

SAN MATEO, California, February 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Record 2007 Revenue of US$108.5M, up 62% year-over-year

- Record Q4 2007 Revenue of US$31.7M, up 13% quarter-over-quarter

- Record Q4 2007 Cash Flow from Operations of US$3.7M

- Record Q4 2007 Unique Log-ins of 930,000

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business management application suites that include Accounting / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Ecommerce software for small and medium-sized businesses and divisions of large companies, today announced operating results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.

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LONDON, February 14 /PRNewswire/ --

The 13 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 32.25 million (m) barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in January, or a 220,000 b/d increase from December's rate of 32.03 million b/d, a Platts (http://www.platts.com/) survey of OPEC and oil industry officials showed February 14.

The biggest single increase came from Saudi Arabia, which boosted volumes to 9.2 million b/d in January from 9.02 million b/d in December. The UAE boosted production to 2.59 million b/d from 2.5 million b/d in December after a field maintenance program reduced output to 2.15 million b/d in November. Other smaller increases came from Angola, Iran and Kuwait.