Midland Baring Financial Group is a boutique
investment bank that specializes in the financing of public companies. NORTHRIDGE , Calif.

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Such factors include our limited
operating history; our need for significant capital to finance internal
growth as well as strategic acquisitions; our ability to attract and retain
key employees and strategic partners; our ability to achieve and maintain
profitability; fluctuations in the trading price and volume of our stock;
competition from other providers of similar products and services; and
other unanticipated future events and conditions. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services
for network operators and corporations.

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About the World Hockey Association

The World Hockey Association is a publicly traded sport marketing
organization, which currently operates the WHA Super Junior hockey and
plans to operate a Professional hockey league.

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Smith.9% of the population worldwide, suffer
from a disability that affects their upper limbs, according to the United
Nations Disabilities Statistics Database.

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Harry Lew
Manager of Research and Development
Neil Squire Society
Tel.

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The World Hockey Association (OTC: WHKY) announced
today that Midland Baring Financial Group has acquired a controlling
ownership of the World Hockey Association . We have attempted to identify any
forward-looking statements by using words such as "anticipates ,"
"believes," "could," "expects," "intends," "may," "should" and other
similar expressions. The HFA will be available for select Nokia phones and is
expected to be commercially available online and through North American
assistive technology stores during the fall of 2006.

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"We are very happy with our recent negotiation, we love the game of hockey
and truly believe in the future of the World Hockey Association," said
Jean-Francois Amyot, Managing Director of Midland Baring Financial Group. +1 972 894 4573
E-mail: communication.

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Under the terms of the transaction, Midland Baring Financial Group will own
approximately 20% of the WHA and will officially become the company 's
Corporate Investment Banker. Forward-looking statements involve
numerous risks and uncertainties .

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Although we believe that the expectations reflected in
all of our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.

Please visit the Nokia Accessibility stand at CSUN booth 304 for more
information about the HFA . Nokia connects people to
each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and
innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging,
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The players use sticks that are shorter versions of ice hockey sticks and the puck is made of plastic and is shaped like an ice hockey puck.

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A number of factors may affect our future results and may cause those
results to differ materially from those indicated in any forward-looking
statements made by us or on our behalf.

Nokia Neil Squire Society Collaborate to Produce Hands-Free Adapter for Mobility-Impaired Wireless Phone Users

Nokia is a broadly held company with
listings on four major exchanges. 604-473-9363
Email: harryl@neilsquire.

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"We have been in discussions with
Midland Baring for over 6 months and the fact that we have started our
season has pushed the momentum in our direction and made their decision
much easier," further added Mr. We
are thrilled to collaborate with Nokia and to provide a greatly enhanced
access to an important technology to enhance the lives of the mobility
impaired," said Dr.
"Nokia is a corporate leader in the area of addressing accessibility for all
people with disabilities.

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Communications
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Gary Birch, Executive Director of the Neil Squire Society.

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The WHA also owns and
operates a
real-estate division, which is in the process of acquiring and building
sports and hockey facilities throughout North America.

About the Neil Squire Society
The Neil Squire Society is a Canadian based non-profit organization that
serves Canadians with physical disabilities through a variety of service
programs and all people with disabilities through the development of
innovative assistive technology to make high technology products accessible
(http://www.

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The WHA offers fans a quality on
ice product and provide players an opportunity to demonstrate their
talent," further added Mr. Amyot.

"Midland Baring is an organization that understands our game, has a passion
for it and we are proud to count them as one of our major shareholders,"
said Ricky Smith, President of the WHA.
"With the innovations that Nokia and the Neil Squire Society are working
on together, people with severe mobility and dexterity impairments now have
the ability to access basic cellular telephone features that many people take
for granted ," said David Dzumba, director of industry solutions for Nokia.
"We look forward to continuing our work with the Neil Squire Society to
provide accessibility adaptations that make mobile phones more accessible.

The game of floor hockey has been adapted for wheelchair users, and is especially popular in Canada.

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PRESS RELEASE Midland Baring Acquires a Controlling Stake of the WHA

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, Nokia (NYSE: NOK )
and the Neil Squire Society, a Canadian research and development organization,
are collaborating on the development of new technologies designed to make
wireless communication accessible to people with severe mobility and dexterity
impairments."
"Nokia is a leader in meeting the needs of people with disabilities.

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"We believe that hockey should be available to all people and not just for
the ones able to pay a $100 ticket price.

Wheelchair hockey, also known as poly hockey, is played on a rink of concrete or wood.

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More than 124 million people, 1.neilsquire.

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One of the initial outputs from this collaboration is the Hands Free
Adapter (HFA), which makes cellular phone operations accessible by using
various alternative input switches commonly used by individuals with mobility
impairments.corp@nokia.

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Important Information About Forward-Looking Statements

All statements in this news release that are other than statements of
historical facts are forward-looking statements, which contain our current
expectations about our future results.

About Nokia
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and
sustainability of the broader mobility industry.