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Vienna Philharmonic to Play Benefit Gig for Japan

VIENNA -- The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna's State Opera say they will stage a benefit concert next month to help the victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami. The orchestra, opera company and other organizers said today that all proceeds from the May 18 performance will go to the Japanese Red Cross. An opera...

Berlusconi Scandal Belly Dancer Ruby Shocks Vienna Society

She's admittedly a belly dancer, not a waltzer. But Ruby, the teenager at the center of a sex scandal that could torpedo Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's career, is in Vienna to attend tonight's famed Opera Ball. The 18-year-old Moroccan, whose real name is Karima El Mahroug, was paid 40,000 euros -- more than $55,000...

Russians in Spy Exchange Include Hanssen Case Figure

(July 9) -- A former Russian intelligence officer who may have provided information that helped uncover two of the worst spies in U.S. history -- Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames -- is among the four Russians swapped for 10 sleeper agents in an elaborate Cold War-style spy swap today. Alexander Zaporozhsky, a decorated...

US and Russian Planes Exchange 14 Spies in Vienna

VIENNA (July 9) -- The U.S. and Russia orchestrated the largest spy swap since the Cold War, exchanging 10 spies arrested in the U.S. for four convicted in Russia in a tightly choreographed diplomatic dance Friday at Vienna's airport. Two planes - one from New York's La Guardia airport and another from Moscow - arrived in...

Supreme Court Declines Vatican Sex-Abuse Appeal

(June 28) -- The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to review a lawsuit that challenges the Vatican's immunity from prosecution in clerical sex abuse cases. Minnesota lawyer Jeffrey Anderson, who filed the case in 2002, called the high court's decision to allow the lawsuit to go forward "an enormous breakthrough for the...

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A Cat With Your Coffee?

The first cat cafÃ© outside Asia has just opened and is already a hit.

CAMBIO

Jake Pavelka vs. Vienna Girardi: Which Ex Has the Hotter New Love?

The Bachelor 14 couple turned Bachelor Pad 2 rivals have have had quite the public war of words these past few years... until their latest relationships with lesser known people (and lack of reality show platform) turned it into a barely audible hush.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

IAEA Inspector Dead In Iran Car Crash

Iranian media have reported that a South Korean U.N. nuclear inspector has been killed and another injured in a car crash in central Iran. The official news agency IRNA says the International Atomic Energy Agency inspector died when the car in which he was riding overturned around noon near a heavy water reactor being...

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06/01/12 The Kunsthalle Vienna shows "The Circus as a Parallel... Source: Art Knowledge News The Kunsthalle Vienna is currently showing "The Circus as a Parallel Universe", on view through September 2nd.
05/31/12 Main character upstaged in Vienna La Traviata Source: Alamogordo Daily News - Alamogordo NM VIENNAâVerdi's La Traviata is a recognized showcase for the role of Violetta, the courtesan with the heart of gold who chooses honor over love only to expire in the arms of her paramour.
05/31/12 âSay sorry,' Vienna campaign urges Source: IOL Repeatedly voted the world's best city to live in, Vienna is now trying to tackle the attitude of its residents amid growing grumbling over cyclists, pedestrians and other traffic problems.
05/31/12 New Staircase To Open At Vienna-Fairfax Metro Station Source: CBS - WUSA 9 VIENNA, Va. Metro has taken a new steps to make the crowd at a busy station flow better by, well, adding new steps.
05/31/12 Hiroo Okabe of Yamaha Corporation Receives Merit Award... Source: Advanta Corp TOKYO & VIENNA--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Yamaha Corporation (TOKYO:7951) announces that Director and Managing Executive Officer Hiroo Okabe has received the Merit Award in Gold of the Province of Vienna.