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IAEA expert calls for nuclear technology to boost grain output

Vienna :: Austria | about 11 hours ago | Political News

Source: CCTV

The current global food crisis is quite serious but has not received enough attention largely due to the economic crisis, Liang told Xinhua in an interview. Sky-rocketing food prices not only deteriorate the living conditions of 854 million people worldwide...

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Oil hits near 4-year low on weak economic news

Vienna :: Austria | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Oil prices sank Thursday to lows last seen nearly four years ago as more bleak news from the world's largest economy boosted views that crude could tumble below $40 by the end of the year. After sinking more than $1...

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APNewsBreak: Andrews to succeed Cronkite on PBS

Vienna :: Austria | 1 day ago | Entertainment News

Source: Arizona Republic

Julie Andrews is succeeding Walter Cronkite as host of the Vienna Philharmonic's annual New Year's Day concert on PBS. Cronkite had anchored the "Great Performances" telecast in the United States for the past 24 years. "He is passing the baton...

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Plan for 'Sound of Music' hotel blocked in Austria

Vienna :: Austria | 1 day ago | Entertainment News

Source: Miami Herald

The Austrian city of Salzburg has blocked plans to open a hotel in a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in "The Sound of Music" after protests by neighbors. The "Villa Trap" had been expected to open this...

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OPEC cuts oil output

Vienna :: Austria | about 1 month ago | Business News

Source: Kuwait Times

November 1 as it seeks to shore up crude prices, triggering a verbal backlash from recession-threatened Britain and the United States. Vienna on Friday, even though oil prices subsequently slumped to 17-month lows on fears of a global recession...But we...

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Gasoline prices tumble despite likely OPEC cuts

Vienna :: Austria | about 1 month ago | Business News

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

Gasoline has fallen more than a dime a gallon since Friday, hitting a national average of $2.92 on Monday, according to auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express. Pump prices have fallen 29 percent from their...

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OPEC scrambles as crude prices spiral

Vienna :: Austria | about 1 month ago | Business News

Source: Merced Sun-Star

With the global economy edging toward recession, the specter of diminishing supply has been blown away by a stunning lack of demand that now has the market in a stranglehold. Ahead of Friday's emergency meeting of the Organization of Petroleum...

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Austria pays tribute to late Haider

Klagenfurt :: Austria | about 1 month ago | Political News

Source: The independent

Thousands of Austrians mourned Joerg Haider today, a far-right populist leader who died in a high-speed car crash a week ago. Around 30,000 mourners attended Haider's memorial service in the capital of the Alpine province where he was governor for...

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Oil down sharply on weak demand

Vienna :: Austria | about 1 month ago | Business News

Source: Inquirer.net

US oil for November delivery were down $3.98 at $70.27 a barrel at 12:33 p.m. (1633 GMT), after hitting a session high of $75.69...The slide came as US stocks fell on concern that earnings could be driven down by slower...

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Incest father also imprisoned his mother

Amstetten :: Austria | about 1 month ago | No category

Source: The Sunshine Coast Daily

The Austrian man charged with imprisoning his daughter and repeatedly raping her has admitted that he also locked his mother up in his house until she died. Josef Fritzl said he did it to extract revenge for the years of...

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