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<h4><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Intel
Chairman Begins New Projects To Help Revitalize <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'><a
href="http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20070418corp.htm">http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20070418corp.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></h4>
<h5><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Technology
and Training Key to Progress from the Partnership for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h5>
<p id=firstpara><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BEIRUT</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, April 18, 2007 ?
Following the announcement of a collaborative effort with other corporations to
help revitalize <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
Intel Chairman Craig Barrett today dedicated new projects to improve education,
healthcare and computer access to the Internet for its citizens.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Barrett's
trip is the latest on behalf of the Partnership for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Through the group, Intel
Corporation, Cisco Systems, GHAFARI Inc., Microsoft and Occidental Petroleum
are providing critically needed resources to bring long term economic growth
and stability to the country.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"It?s
gratifying to see concrete results at advancing the economic and social
foundations of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region>
thorough Intel's work with the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and Lebanese private sectors," said Barrett during a day filled with
tours, unveilings and initiatives. They include: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Intel is installing state-of-the-art wireless
networks to accelerate the use of technology and high-speed computer
connections to access the vast knowledge resources of the Internet. WiMAX
systems are getting deployed at two hospitals, one school and two
community centers in Burj Al Barajneh, Nabatiyeh, and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Beirut</st1:place></st1:City>. The longer-range wireless
technology is considered a more efficient way to bring connectivity to
rugged and remote areas less suited for installing cable or phone wires. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Intel is donating more than 100 high-performance
computers, known as servers, to university engineering labs and science
departments across <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
The Ministry of Education will select eight universities to receive the
computers. Microsoft and a local technology company, Triple C, are
providing software, support and installation services. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Barrett announced that five-thousand teachers
will be trained by the end of this year on ways to use technology to
enhance student learning. It's part of the global Intel® Teach
Program. He also joined in the celebration of the 500th teacher to
complete the program in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In Burj Al Barajneh, Intel installed a
high-speed Internet link for a junior high school, built a computer lab
and donated 25 specially-designed, fully functional notebook computers
known as Intel® classmate PCs. Teachers are also getting trained on
ways to best use the classmate PCs for educating their students. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>To keep the computers running and provide job
skills too, Intel is working with Mercy Corp Youth Training to teach
youngsters how to service the classmate PCs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In Abey, Barrett revisited the Druze Orphanage
where two computer labs for students were built by Intel employees on
sabbatical using funds contributed by other employees and the company. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Intel is seeding another project to encourage
community access to computers by providing more than 180 PCs for community
centers across the country. Intel is buying the computers from local
companies as a model way to spur economic growth. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Intel Capital is investing $500,000 in an
innovative technology incubator in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The Berytech Fund
aims to finance start-ups or invest in as many as ten technology companies
in emerging regions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In another effort to spark future commercial
growth, two university students are on their way to the US to learn the
basics of starting a business so they can bring that knowledge back to
their country. They are the first from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region>
to enroll in the Intel® Entrepreneurship Program, which was jointly
developed by Intel and the Haas School of Business at the <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:place></st1:City>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Across <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>, Intel will also hold
forums with local industry leaders on the best ways to create and sustain
economic growth. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"Access
to education and technology increases the opportunities for the people of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>,"
said Barrett.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>At
a stop in Beirut, Barrett announced Intel is also increasing technical and
doctor training support for a Telemedicine Program at one of Lebanon's top
hospitals, American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) and the
Nabatiyeh Governmental Hospital in Nabatiyeh. The Telemedicine systems provide
the hospitals with real-time video consultation between physicians kilometers
apart, the ability to share data and to diagnose patients from afar.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Without
Telemedicine, Nabatiyeh citizens needing a specialist would have to travel to <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beirut</st1:place></st1:City>, a trip that can
be long and arduous.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"The
Nabatiyeh-Beirut Telemedicine Program could not come at a better time,"
said Dr. Nadim Cortas, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the
faculty of medicine and the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Beirut</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Medical</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. "Since last
summer, there has been an increase in eye and skin problems due mainly to
crowding, particularly among the residents of <st1:place w:st="on">South
Lebanon</st1:place>. Now we can bring medical expertise to more people, and
faster than before."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
innovation gives local doctors the ability to access the latest medical data
and get second opinions from specialists and medical centers hundreds of
kilometers away.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Since
the start of the program in 2006, the Partnership for <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> has
supplied critical resources for reconstruction efforts. The group is focused on
job creation, workforce training and education, rebuilding the country's
communications and computing capabilities, providing connectivity to
communities and government, and responding to crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0pt 0pt 1.0pt 0pt'>
<p style='border:none;padding:0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Intel's goal through these efforts,
which are an extension its World Ahead Program, is not only to bring affordable
PCs and Internet access to developing communities. But also to train teachers
and provide the technology education needed to make a meaningful difference in
people's lives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='border:none;padding:0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Aiding
redevelopment<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>by ArabianBusiness.com staff writer on Thursday, 19
April 2007 <br>
<a
href="http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11342">http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11342</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href="javascript:;"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=230
height=165 id="_x0000_i1051" src="cid:image001.jpg@01C7828D.E1BDA410"
alt="During the last year Barrett has been travelling the world to show how technology can be leveraged by poor communities to make their lives better."
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>During the last year Barrett has been travelling the
world to show how technology can be leveraged by poor communities to make their
lives better.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Intel's globetrotting philanthropic chairman Craig
Barrett touched down in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>
this week to unveil a string of initiatives aimed at helping the stricken
country back on its feet. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>IT Weekly</span></i>
looks at the impact the proposals will have.<br>
<br>
As part of his role as Intel chairman, Craig Barrett is a regular visitor to
the <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place>. However, this week's visit to
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>
was a little unusual even by Barrett's standards, as he announced a series of
initiatives aimed at helping to promote redevelopment of the war-torn country.<br>
<br>
Barrett was in the country under the aegis of the Partnership for <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>: a
group of companies dedicated to supporting the restructuring of the country
following last year's conflict. Through the group, Intel, Cisco, Ghafarai,
Microsoft and Occidental Petroleum are providing critically needed resources to
bring long-term economic growth and stability to the country.<a
name=continueArticle></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Speaking to IT Weekly last week, before the trip,
Barrett said that the aim was to "help rebuild <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> in a way I think different
than direct government financing [which is] trying to rebuild roads and bridges
and basic infrastructure."<br>
<br>
"Our activities are really directed more toward longer-term sustainable
economic development, educational development, infrastructure development in
the country," Barrett said.<br>
<br>
The Intel chairman admitted to being "really worried" about a number
of key issues affecting <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
long-term recovery and development: improvement of the ICT infrastructure;
workforce training and employment opportunities; development of businesses;
healthcare capability and improvement in governance were some of the key areas
he identified.<br>
<br>
This week saw Intel unveil a number of key projects aimed at addressing some of
those concerns, including state-of-the-art WiMax networks deployed at hospitals
and community centres, the donation of high-performance computers to university
engineering labs and the enrolment of up to 5,000 teachers in a technology
training programme.<br>
<br>
"It's gratifying to see concrete results at advancing the economic and
social foundations of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region>
thorough Intel's work with the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and Lebanese private sectors," Barrett said in the statement announcing
these - and several other - projects.<br>
<br>
One area where Intel is keen to support development in the region is in the
creation of a stronger entrepreneurial culture. This is not altogether
surprising - Intel claims to be the world's largest venture capital firm and
half of its investment activities are outside <st1:place w:st="on">North
America</st1:place>.<br>
<br>
In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
Intel has invested in a technology incubator fund, the Berytech Fund, which
aims to invest in as many as ten technology companies in the region.<br>
<br>
Barrett last week acknowledged that other investment initiatives that Intel has
undertaken in the region have not done as well as the chip giant would have
liked - a US$50million venture capital fund designed to invest in regional
technology companies has seen less than 10% take-up so far.<br>
<br>
"The way that we structure our fund is that we look for viable business
plans, typically we are not in the mode of what I call angel funding or funding
business ideas to turn them into plans, we typically get involved with other
entities to fund what we consider viable business plans," Barrett said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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