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Outgoing IAEA chief leaves complex legacy
In this Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 photo made available by the IAEA, outgoing Direcor General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, right, talks to his successor Yukiya Amano from Japan, left, during a farewell reception with staff, at Vienna's International Center.
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Shockwaves and deep inelastic scattering within the gauge/gravity duality
Within the gauge/gravity correspondence, we discuss the general formulation of the shockwave metric which is dual to a `nucleus' described by the strongly-coupled = 4 SYM theory in the limit where the number of colors N c is arbitrarily large.
Victoria Beckham's Austria visit in doubt
By Thomas Hochwarter Doubts are growing over a Vienna autograph session by Victoria Beckham next month after the businessman who hired her claimed her agents wanted to "get out of the contract". Veteran Viennese playboy Richard Lugner - who runs a shopping centre in the capital - claimed today the former Spice Girl's management were trying to keep ...
Brothers arrested after massive drug find
By Thomas Hochwarter Two brothers have been arrested in Lower Austria for "professional" drug-dealing. Officials in Wiener Neustadt said today the pair - aged 23 and 29 - are being held on suspicion of "dealing with drugs on a commercial scale". Cops arrested the Turkish men in their flat in the town where they are alleged to have sold "large ...
UEFA, FAs discuss match-fixing inquiry
Following today's meeting at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, with the nine national football associations named last week by German authorities as having domestic league matches under investigation, and based on the information that a number of European fixtures were also being investigated, UEFA General Secretary, Gianni Infantino, issued ...
New Research Suggests Stem Cells From Amniotic Fluid May Be More ...
For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that stem cells found in amniotic fluid meet an important test of potential to become specialized cell types, which suggests they may be useful for treating a wider array of diseases and conditions than scientists originally thought.
Embryoid body formation of human amniotic fluid stem cells depends on mTOR
E-mail: markus.hengstschlaeger@meduniwien.ac.at Received 18 May 2009; Revised 4 September 2009; Accepted 15 October 2009; Published online 23 November 2009.
Newbury MP demands investigation into suspicious death
Richard Benyon has written to the prime minister over the death of a former St Bartholomew's pupil in Vienna NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon has demanded action over the suspicious death of a nuclear weapons expert and former St Bartholomewa s School pupil.
20-Nov-09 - Austrian Bishops Call Country's New Same-sex Partnership...
Vienna, Austria, Nov 19, 2009 .- The Austrian Bishops' Conference responded to new legislation which provides for the country's recognition of same-sex partnerships, saying that the law was 'neither appropriate nor necessary, because the existing provisions for civil rights already grant appropriate protections.' According to the AFP, the new ...
Chavez defends Carlos the Jackal, calls imprisoned Venezuelan 'revolutionary fighter'
President Hugo Chavez is praising Carlos the Jackal, the imprisoned Venezuelan once notorious for a series of Cold War-era bombings, assassinations and hostage dramas, saying he was a "revolutionary fighter" and not a terrorist.
British PM asked to raise questions about Vienna UN death
By David Rogers Gordon Brown is being urged to intervene in an investigation into the mysterious death of British scientist Timothy Hampton.
Midland / Penetanguishene Mirror
" A 43-year-old Midland man has been charged with cocaine possession. Midland police made an arrest Nov.
Divorce meeting ends in double killing
By Thomas Hochwarter A Lower Austrian farmer slashed his ex-wife's throat before killing himself as they met to sign a final post-divorce agreement at a notary's office in Sankt Polten yesterday afternoon .
Cruise in Austria for film shoot
VIENNA, Austria - Tom Cruise has arrived in the Austrian city of Salzburg to shoot scenes for the new action comedy "Knight&Day." Cruise, wearing sunglasses and a casual shirt, waved as he got off a private jet at the local airport Thursday afternoon.
How to keep calories to a minimum in Vienna
Nearly sensible dining , the Viennese way VIENNA -- A visit to Vienna I made some years ago turned into a three-day sugar high as I went, like a bee from flower to flower, from one great cafe to another, eating almost nothing but classic Viennese pastries.
Puls 4 boss to join Red Bull-owned rival
By Thomas Hochwarter The chief executive of Austrian private broadcaster Puls 4 will join Red Bull's ServusTV next year, it emerged today .
AsiaUniversalBank opens its representative office in Austria
AsiaUniversalBank OJSC has announced that it established a representation in Vienna, Austria.
The White Ribbon | Film review
Michael Haneke's Palme D'or winner offers a spellbinding tale of bigotry and brutality in a pre-Great War rural German community, says Philip French Numerous novelists, dramatists and film-makers have been attracted to the period immediately preceding the outbreak of the First World War to give their work a touch of nostalgia, irony or historical ...
Lapham's Quarterly: 1784: When Universal Health Care Was as Simple as Donating Your Body to Science
Colin Dickey is the author of Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius and the co-editor of Failure! Experiments in Aesthetic and Social Practices.
Pinoys kick off election awareness campaign in Vienna
VIENNA, Austria An initiative that would make Filipino migrant voters more aware of the Philippine electoral process and encourage them to go out and vote in the May 2010 polls will be launched by the end of November.