VIDEO: Vienna reinvents its wine industry

VIDEO: Vienna reinvents its wine industry


VIDEO: Vienna reinvents its wine industry

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 09:04 PM PDT

Winegrowers in Vienna are preparing for the grape harvest.


Open season

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Hunters resting outside their hunters cabins during the hunting season in the forests near Nedansjoe, west of Sundsvall. A dozen hunters huddle together at dawn in a thick evergreen forest deep in Sweden's northeast, getting their orders as they anxiously await the day's first kill.

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China villagers protest solar plant pollution - Xinhua

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 12:38 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Protesters have camped outside an east China-based solar panel manufacturer accusing it of dumping toxic waste into a river, China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.



VIDEO: Central Park ban angers NYC buskers

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 12:22 AM PDT

Buskers have been banned from performing in parts of New York's Central Park, to give visitors an escape from the constant noise of the city that never sleeps.


Malaysian companies capable of securing infrastructure projects in India

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 11:44 PM PDT

Malaysian companies have a good chance of bagging lucrative infrastructure deals in India, Indian infrastructure experts said on Saturday.

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ISA repeal to make Malaysia best democracy: Najib

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 11:43 PM PDT

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today the repeal of the Internal Security Act is an effort to make Malaysia the best democracy in the world.

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20 PAS members quit party to join Umno

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 11:43 PM PDT

Twenty Kampung Permatang Pasir PAS members, disappointed with the recent "antics" a senior leader, have quit the party and applied to join Umno.

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Canberra facing defeat on Malaysia refugee deal

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 11:41 PM PDT

Australia's conservative opposition on Sunday warned it would almost certainly knock back laws vital to the government's salvaging of its Malaysia refugee swap deal.

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The health of millions on the menu at UN summit

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 11:40 PM PDT

World leaders hold a landmark health summit on Monday that is expected to launch an acrimonious debate on the cost and responsibility for diseases killing tens of millions each year.

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Egypt to start parliamentary vote on Nov.21, says media

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 09:10 PM PDT

CAIRO, Sept 18 — Egypt will start parliamentary elections on November 21, Al Arabiya Television and the Al-Ahram newspaper reported yesterday, the country's first vote since a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak in February after 30 years of autocratic rule. Al-Ahram quoted Egypt's election commission head, Abdel Moez Ibrahim, as ...



US links Pakistan to group it blames for Kabul attack

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 08:31 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD, Sept 18 — The United States accused Pakistan yesterday of having links to a militant group Washington blames for an attack on the US embassy and other targets in Kabul and said the government in Islamabad must cut those ties. "The attack that took place in Kabul a few days ago, that was the work of the Haqqani network," the US ...



Merkel party faces fresh election loss in Berlin

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 08:16 PM PDT

BERLIN, Sept 18 — Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives face another drubbing in a regional election today that is expected to extend their losing streak to six states this year and weaken her hand ahead of a crucial euro zone vote in parliament in two weeks. Opinion polls show Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) will win about 22 per cent of ...



Blair paid 'secret' visits to Kadhafi

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 10:47 PM PDT

Former British prime minister Tony Blair made two private trips to see Moamer Kadhafi in the run-up to the release of the Lockerbie bomber, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper revealed.

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Britain's Kate puts charity feelers out

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 10:46 PM PDT

Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, is making discreet visits to several charities to decide which ones she wants to support, St James's Palace said Sunday.

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Singapore under pressure to abolish security law

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Singapore is coming under mounting pressure to ease political restrictions after neighbouring Malaysia unveiled steps to abolish tough security laws and ease media and protest regulations.

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PM tries to revive Britain's image post-riots

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 10:38 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron is to attempt to relaunch Britain's international image in the wake of urban riots, in a bid to attract investors and tourists, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said.

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NTSB probes plane's tail in U.S. air race crash

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 10:34 PM PDT

RENO, Nev. (Reuters) - Federal investigators trying to determine why a World War II-era fighter crashed at a Nevada air race, killing nine people, said on Saturday they would focus on the plane's tail assembly.



Latvian govt talks start after Russian party wins vote

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 08:59 PM PDT

RIGA (Reuters) - Latvian politicians begin talks on forming a new government on Sunday, after a party backed by the large Russian minority won most votes in a snap election that broke the power of business "oligarchs".



Syria says spy helped Israel kill Hezbollah chief

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 08:59 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria broadcast on Saturday what it said was the confession of a Jordanian-Palestinian man who gave Israel information leading to the assassination of Hezbollah military commander Imad Moughniyah in Damascus three years ago.



INSIGHT - China centre stage in long-running U.S. campaign

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 08:59 PM PDT

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - It could almost be scripted. A U.S. politician threatens to take China on if he makes the White House. The official Chinese press level a barrage of criticism laced with sarcasm. Beijing's Foreign Ministry steps in offering a milder diplomatic response.



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