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Academics withdraw support for Holocaust center

VIENNA - A renowned group of academics has withdrawn its support for an Austrian Holocaust research center in the latest fallout from a dispute with the city's Jewish community. ...

From VERONIKA OLEKSYN, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Simon Wiesenthal,  Tom Segev

Austrian Holocaust institute loses key members

Key members of an Austrian Holocaust research center have quit in a dispute with the city's Jewish community. The Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies began provisional operations in January after being bogged down for years with ...

From VERONIKA OLEKSYN, eTaiwan News,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Simon Wiesenthal

IAEA team back from Iran inspection

A team of U.N. nuclear inspectors returned Thursday from a visit to a previously secret Iranian uranium enrichment site, with their chief saying that they had a good trip. The Fordo site is near the holy city of Qom. Iran revealed it was building ...

From VERONIKA OLEKSYN, eTaiwan News,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  United Nations,  Mohamed ElBaradei

Austria rehabilitates Wehrmacht deserters

Richard Wadani still remembers the sick feeling in his stomach morning he left Hitler's Wehrmacht in October 1944, knowing as he crawled through a tangle of barbed wire as dawn broke that one wrong move would cost him his life. Late Wednesday, ...

From VERONIKA OLEKSYN, eTaiwan News,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Heinz-Christian Strache (politician)

Cult film 'The Third Man' lives on in Vienna tours

Sachertorte. Magnificent palaces. Splendid museums. When Phillip Kalantirsky had his fill of Vienna the Opulent, he stayed on for a taste of Vienna Noir _ in a walking tour built around the cult film "The Third Man." "I'm obsessed with the movie," ...

From VERONIKA OLEKSYN, eTaiwan News,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Graham Greene,  Orson Welles,  Carol Reed,  The Beatles,  Brian Davis

UN: Afghan drug flow wreaks global havoc

The smuggling of Afghan opiates is fueling addiction and drug use along trafficking routes from Iran to Central Asia as well as spreading diseases and funding insurgents, the U.N. warned Wednesday. Iran, Pakistan and Central Asian nations are ...

From VERONIKA OLEKSYN, Taiwan News,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Taliban,  Antonio Maria Costa

Cult Film 'The Third Man' Starring Orson Welles Lives on in Vienna Tours

VIENNA (AP).- Sachertorte. Magnificent palaces. Splendid museums. When Phillip Kalantirsky had his fill of Vienna the Opulent, he stayed on for a taste of Vienna Noir — in a walking tour built around the cult film "The Third Man." "I'm obsessed with ...

From VERONIKA OLEKSYN, Art Knowledge News,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Orson Welles,  Graham Greene,  Carol Reed,  The Beatles,  Brian Davis

Jackson tribute moved to London

Aglobal Michael Jackson tribute in front of an Austrian palace has been scrapped and moved to London, organizers announced Friday, saying they needed more time to put together a show fit for the King of Pop. the tribute were disrespectfully treated as ...

From VERONIKA OLEKSYN, Monterey County Herald,  13 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Jermaine Jackson,  Michael Jackson,  Mary J. Blige,  Chris Brown,  Madonna

Michael Jackson tribute moved to London in June

An outdoor concert in Vienna that had been billed as the major global tribute to Michael Jackson has been moved to London and postponed until June, organizers said Friday, saying they needed more time to put together the show. Event promoter ...

From VERONIKA OLEKSYN, Taiwan News,  11 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Michael Jackson,  Jermaine Jackson,  Chris Brown,  Mary J. Blige,  Natalie Cole

Michael Jackson tribute moved to London, postponed till June

VIP seats, and many expressed unhappiness that no major stars had been confirmed. Among the other performers said to have been confirmed were Sister Sledge, Akon and German boy band US5. VIENNA — An outdoor concert in Vienna that had been billed as ...

From VERONIKA OLEKSYN ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  11 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Michael Jackson,  Jermaine Jackson,  Akon,  Mary J. Blige,  Chris Brown

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