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New UN, international efforts to engage Iran
International officials pursued a two-pronged effort Wednesday to engage Iran over concerns the country may have worked on nuclear weapons, with a U.N
Swiss opera diva Della Casa dies at 93
Famed for her beauty that matched her serene voice, Swiss-born diva Lisa Della Casa swept up crowds at opera houses of the past century with an ...
Man strips at Austrian art exhibition of nude men
An Austrian museum says a man took the concept of life imitating art to an extreme when he suddenly stripped at an exhibition of pictures and ...
Hungary foreign minister slams anti-Jewish remark
Hungary's foreign minister said Wednesday that calls by an extreme-right politician to register the country's Jews as potential security risks were ...
Officials: Serbia's NATO ambassador leaps to death
Serbia's ambassador to NATO was chatting and joking with colleagues in a multistory parking garage at Brussels Airport when he suddenly strolled to ...
AP Exclusive: Graph suggests Iran working on bomb
Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb ...
Saudi-backed religious center opens in Austria
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Israel and Hamas to respect their cease-fire but said only mutual recognition of Israel's right to ...
Communists take 2nd place in Austrian city of Graz
Communists have scored major election gains in Austria's second-largest city, almost doubling their share of the vote to take second place.
Austria's ice cream killer gets life sentence
An Austrian ice cream parlor owner has been found guilty of killing her ex-husband and a boyfriend before chopping them up with a chain saw and ...
Austrian officials inaugurate new concert house
Officials in the Austrian town of Erl have inaugurated a futuristic concert house that will house the country's newest music festival. Officials for ...
APNewsBreak: Iran ready to ramp up nuke program
Iran is on the threshold of being able to create weapons-grade uranium at a plant it has heavily fortified against Israeli attack, diplomats told The ...
APNewsBreak: Mideast nuke talks called off
Attempts to find Arab-Israeli common ground on banning weapons of mass destruction from the Mideast have failed, and high-profile talks on the issue ...
Holocaust opera to premiere in Austrian parliament
An opera focusing on Nazi atrocities against children will premiere next year at an unusual venue — Austria's parliament. An official involved in the ...
Plane loses wheel landing in Vienna, no one hurt
A passenger aircraft with 80 people on board has landed safely despite losing a wheel after touching down in Vienna. Austrian Airlines officials say ...
Cafe's one-way mirror allows peeks into restroom
An Austrian artist has installed a one-way mirror in a Vienna cafe that allows men to peek from their restroom into the ladies room. Alexander Riegler ...
Del Potro beats Zemlja to win 12th title at Vienna
Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro won his 12th career title Sunday by defeating qualifier Grega Zemlja of Slovenia 7-5, 6-3 at the Erste Bank Open.
Vienna platform launches opera live stream
Vienna's opera scene is going live on the web for the first time with the launch of the first Internet-based platform for streaming classical ...
Top-seeded Del Potro, Zemlja reach final at Vienna
Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro and qualifier Grega Zemlja advanced to the final of the Erste Bank Open Saturday. A runner-up last year, Del Potro ...
Del Potro, Tipsarevic reach semifinals in Vienna
Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro and Janko Tipsarevic won in straight sets on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Erste Bank Open. Del Potro ...