TOKYO and BIELEFELD, Germany, December 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Offer of NTT DATA EUROPE is Successful With More than 89 Percent of itelligence AG Shares

- All Conditions for a Successful Transaction Have Been Fulfilled

- The Additional Two-Week Acceptance Period, as Required by German Law, Starts on 20 December 2007 and Lasts Until Midnight of 2 January 2008

HOUSTON, December 19 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation (Amex: END) (LSE: ENDV) today announced that the company plans to spend approximately US$90 million of capital during 2008 to fund oil and gas exploration, development and producing activities in the North Sea.

LONDON, December 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Now that the first snows have come across Europe and the US, skiers will be tempted to rush out and get some action on the piste.

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"Winter sports can be dangerous but there are all sorts of things skiers and snowboarders can do to make sure they have a fun and safe holiday in the snow," he says. These are:

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LUTON, England, December 19 /PRNewswire/ -- With immigration and benefit fraud at an all time high and constant news of security threats from incorrectly managed data, Mantissa Corporation wonder just what they must do to make themselves heard in 2008. Throughout 2007 they have contacted numerous politicians, government departments and wrote separately to every member of the House of Lords.

NEW YORK, December 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Russia's Highest Commercial Court to Hear Appeal Argument Based on 'Newly Opened Circumstances' - a Question in Punctuation and an Allegedly Errant Hyphen;

- Hearing Set for January 22, 2008

Moscow Oil Refinery (MOR) is blocking New York businessman and real estate entrepreneur, Tamir Sapir, from executing the 2005 landmark US$28 million judgment initially decided by international arbitration and later upheld by Russia's High Arbitrazh Court after a protracted legal battle. The judgment against MOR was in favor of Mr. Sapir's company, Joy-Lud Distributors International Inc., a New York corporation.