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Balkans war veteran Tomislav Simunic doodles cartoons filled with images of death and dismemberment ... It focused on survivors in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro; Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Rijeka, Croatia; and Banja Luka, capital of the Bosnian Serb mini-state within Bosnia.

Blantyre + Malawi needs 100% debt cancellation immediately and more than food aid if it is to move ... Austria says 'no' to Nato Vienna + Austria has no plans to join Nato, the defence minister said yesterday.3.1

TEHERAN: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the conservative who becomes Iran's president on Wednesday, is ... Austrian investigators are looking into whether he was involved in the murder of Kurdish dissidents in Vienna in 1989.4.1

Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pettigrew today announced the following diplomatic appointments: Yves Brodeur becomes Ambassador - Republic of Turkey, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of ...2.7

The European Commission today warned that the resumption of nuclear activities by Iran would ... According to news agencies, Tehran today handed over a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, which "touches upon" uranium conversion.2.9

ARKA News Agency, Armenia Aug 1 2005 VARARAKN, NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC'S STATE CHOIR CONDUCTED BY NINA GRIGORYAN TAKES PART IN CHOIR AND CHAMBER MUSIC ANNUAL FESTIVAL IN SALZBURG, AUSTRIA STEPANAKERT, August ...

Authorities in Austria were today trying to determine how a bungee jumper in Vienna's famed Prater park became entangled in his cord and was nearly strangled.2.7

The main topics making headlines in Romania's national dailies of Tuesday relate to Romania having ... The paper informs that Romania's Minister of Administration and Home Affairs Vasile Blaga signed, ...2

Nokia Corp. named the head of its cell phone unit Monday to succeed Jorma Ollila, the longtime CEO who steered the producer of consumer electronics and cables past Motorola Corp.1.3

Man picks wrong store to rob A 34-year-old man in Toledo, Ohio, found out the hard way he picked the wrong store to rob.

One Chinese tourist was killed and five others were injured, three of them seriously, in a road accident in western Austria, a Chinese Embassy official confirmed Sunday.

Jim Lash spent the equivalent of nearly 13 work weeks out of town on personal business and ... In addition to his Maine retreat and a $700-per-night Antigua resort, Lash traveled to Istanbul, Turkey; Vienna, Austria; and Bratislava, Slovakia last year.

Mobile phone users in Austria's biggest province are up in arms over a new tax on telephone antennae, saying they are being milked for cash by the local authorities.2.9

We start today with a short poem. It was written by the Slovak poet Marian Hatala, and its impulse ... This must mean quite a lot to you personally, given that you are originally from Serbia, you grew up in Austria, you studied Slovak and Russian.2.9

I was socialized into the ideology of Christianity. Being the philosophical type, I have probably ... Later, when the Turks embraced Islam, they, too, attacked Europe , this time from the East, and ...2.7

"Following the decree handed down on May 27, 2005, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the ... Burresi on a flight to Vienna, and transferred him to the monastery of Loretto in Austria.

U.S Dept of State 28 July 2005 U.S. Diplomat Highlights Work of OSCE Mission in Armenia ... Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Austria, Jones also praised the OSCE office's plan to eliminate Melange stockpiles in Armenia through environmentally sound means.

The significance of this pact resides not just in its having led to the formation of such ... The OSCE has a considerable operational presence "in the field" in addition to its ...

The dryer can't be blamed for eating these socks and undies. Rusty Wayne Sills, 46, of Des Moines, was charged Thursday with fifth-degree theft for allegedly stealing women's panties, bras and socks from the ...

Jul. 29 - Vienna museum opens to nudes beating the heat. Too hot in the city? How about a nice, cool museum exhibition of nudes, in the nude? Vienna's Leopold Museum offered free entry on Friday to anybody who ...1.3

Herald rating * * * Caption1: Imperial Glory devotes a huge amount of energy to recreating early ... The game allows you to play one of the five powers that dominated Europe during the early 19th century - France, Britain, Austria, Prussia or Russia.2.1

Seiji Ozawa drove his vintage red Chevy Suburban up to the loading dock behind the Koussevitzky ... Also in 2010, there will be a new general manager, succeeding Ozawa's colleague Ioan Holender -- and indeed a whole new Austrian government, which holds legal authority over the Opera House.

NEC Electronics, YDC, and DECOMSYS present DECOMSYS::NODEV850 DUESSELDORF, Germany, VIENNA, Austria, , 28 Jul 2005 -- In a joint project, NEC Electronics, YDC and DECOMSYS developed an evaluation platform for ...

Performers, administrators and concertgoers who have long fretted over the acoustics of Avery Fisher Hall had a lot invested in the experiment that was tried out last night: the temporary reconfiguration of the ...1.3

The InterContinental Dubai welcomes three new Sales Managers to the hotels already reputable Sales team.2.9

Nudists bare all to see 'Naked Truth'. 28/07/2005. ABC News Online ABC Home Radio Television News ... 10:43am (AEST) Nudists bare all to see 'Naked Truth' Vienna's Leopold Museum has invited the public ...

Legend has it that in 1683 in Vienna, Austria, a local Jewish baker wanted to thank the king of Poland for protecting his countrymen from Turkish invaders.2.7

Even skunks need a break from the heat. One of the white-striped critters managed to halt business for a few hours Tuesday at a normally busy drug store near Binghamton.

The Swiss are renowned for their caution and reserve, but as you emerge from the train station in Lucerne the exuberance of the city strikes you with breathtaking force: Here, before you, is the celebrated ...

The Austrian branch of an international conservation group on Wednesday said it was launching a campaign to educate Austrian tourists about how bringing home souvenirs made from parts of dead apes, such as ...1.2

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Cruise the Danube and Seine Rivers or the Red Sea with WorldWaterways.com New York-based World Waterways, an Internet portal for small-ship and barge cruising, has announced three exciting new itineraries for ...

PRAGUE- Czech stock prices fell, pulled by retreating banks, the Prague Stock Exchange said.2.7

Building bridges with the Arab-American and Muslim-American communities, and with the Arab-American and Muslim-American world at large, is an important part of the U.S. national security strategy, says a U.S. ...

LYME - For the last few years, Ronald Phillips' life has been about two things - seeing the world ... His projects took him all over the world to such countries as England, Austria, Australia and New Zealand.