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Edward Bencik remembers all so well his active duty in World War II. However, not much has been written or spoken about the Second Emergency Rescue Squadron, the Army Air Corps unit he was a member of.

Today is Thursday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2013. There are 26 days left in the year.

Artist Javier Lloert created an interactive Puzzle FaA ade that is controlled via a Rubik's cube.

The Economy Ministry has again shelved the planned debate involving an oil pipeline connection between Bratislava and the Austrian refinery Schwechat after several previous delays, now claiming that it doesn't have enough relevant documents and other necessary information, Miroslav Dragun from the civic association 'No to Pipeline' said at a press ... (more)

BRUSSELS , Dec. 4 -- The European Union's European Investment Bank issued the following news release: Small and medium-sized enterprises in Austria are to receive further funding from the European Investment Bank to finance their projects.

Patrick Boehler has written for Foreign Policy, Time, Bloomberg, Le Monde Diplomatique and the Chinese weekly Shidai Zhoubao.

The Austria Trend Hotel Savoyen in Vienna's center and walking distance to the inner ring district is a fantastic location while visiting this amazing city.

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Ibrahim Naimi gestures as he talks to journalists prior to the start of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013.

Japanese dishes are served on a table for dinner at Japanese restaurant Irimoya Bettei in Tokyo.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh wave to journalists as he arrives for a meeting of OPEC oil ministers at OPEC's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Dec. 4, 2013.

Knight Frank reports that interest in Viennese property is growing among vacation homebuyers, but experts note that shoppers won't find the bargains seen in other European locales because the global financial crisis had little impact on Austria's real estate market or financial sector.

You can linger over a cappuccino made with Italian coffee and organic milk, eat a chocolate-hazelnut macaroon or chocolate pastry, talk with family and friends or read the paper.

Austrian conservative leader Michael Spindelegger asked President Heinz Fischer on Wednesday to help ease coalition talks with Social Democrats that show little sign of a breathrough more than two months after September elections.

Spanish artist/designer Javier Lloret has created what is possibly the nerdiest interactive faade ever.

On December 18, Swann Galleries will offer works from the restituted Julius Paul Collection of Posters, an outstanding collection of scarce images in remarkable condition-the likes of which are rarely seen at auction.

Legendary Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger will visit Baku for the first time in February, 2014, to hold the master class titled "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story".

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Iran could use Wednesday's meeting as the launching pad for where it hopes to be in six months - free of sanctions that are choking its oil exports and ready to weaken Saudi authority by reasserting itself as a top OPEC force.

Few of us will lead a life as full as my "shviger" , Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman: a life that spanned an ocean with an unremitting creative urge and a sense of personal purpose that encompassed a universe.

Thousands of Americans based in Denmark will over the next week be in the kitchen busily preparing for Thanksgiving Thursday November 28, creating all manner of wondrous dishes.