Austria: About 1,000 people hold vigil in support of Iranian demonstrators, victims of regime

July 30th, 2009 Opposition to hold memorial for post-vote victimsTEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian opposition is to hold a "silent memorial" for victims of post-election violence in defiance of a government ban on the gathering. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's Web site says he plans to attend the ceremony on Thursday, along with another pro-reformist candidate, Mahdi Karrubi, who was also defeated in the June 12 presidential election.

July 13th, 2009 Nabucco gas pipeline at a glanceHere are basic facts about the Nabucco gas pipeline agreed Monday among Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Austria. —WHERE: Across the five signatory countries — from Ankara, Turkey, to Baumgarten, Austria — carrying gas from Central Asia to Western Europe.

July 11th, 2009 Iranian-Americans rally in front of White HouseWASHINGTON — Hundreds of protesters, many of them Iranian-Americans, marched from Capitol Hill to the White House on Saturday, most holding Iranian flags and chanting demands for the U.S. to take more action after Iran's disputed election.

June 26th, 2009 Protesters break into Iranian embassy in SwedenSTOCKHOLM — Angry demonstrators broke into the Iranian Embassy outside Stockholm on Friday, climbing in through shattered windows and injuring one embassy worker, police said. More than 150 people had gathered outside the embassy to protest against the Iranian regime, when some of them attacked the building with rocks and tore down a fence to enter the embassy grounds, police spokesman Ulf Hoglund said.

June 26th, 2009 Swedish broadcaster SVT says Iran Embassy attackedSTOCKHOLM — Swedish broadcaster SVT says the Iranian Embassy outside Stockholm is being attacked by demonstrators. The report says about 150 people are trying to storm the embassy building.

June 26th, 2009 Obama doesn't take apology demand seriouslyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he doesn't take seriously the demand from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for an apology. The Iranian leader made that demand while accusing Obama of meddling in Iranian affairs by speaking in support of the demonstrators challenging the results of Iran's election.

June 26th, 2009 Protesters attack Iranian embassy in SwedenSTOCKHOLM — Demonstrators attacked the Iranian Embassy outside the Swedish capital Friday, throwing stones and trying to force themselves in, police said. About 150 protesters, some masked, rushed the embassy gates, but it was not immediately clear if any managed to get inside the building, police said.

June 24th, 2009 SF vigil planned for reporters jailed in NKoreaSAN FRANCISCO — A vigil is being planned in San Francisco for the two American reporters sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea. The husbands of Current TV reporters Euna Lee and Laura Ling are expected to speak at the gathering Wednesday evening.

June 22nd, 2009 BERLIN - Iran's nuclear weapons programme could destabilise the Middle East and is a threat not just to Israel but the entire world, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. In an interview published Monday in German daily Bild, he said the main goal should be to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

June 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US lawmakers expressed support for the Iranian people's right to free speech and peaceful protest in resolutions adopted Friday. The moves come as tens of thousands of people in Iran have taken to the streets in demonstrations against last week's election results.

June 18th, 2009 More protests in Europe against Iranian electionPARIS — Iranians demonstrated in capitals around Europe on Thursday to protest the disputed Iranian presidential election and the regime's treatment of its critics. In Paris, Reporters without Borders, the media advocacy group, also held a rally across from the Iranian Embassy to protest a crackdown on Iranian and foreign media by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government.

June 15th, 2009 Air Nostrum 1st customer for Bombardier's CRJ-1000PARIS — Spanish carrier Air Nostrum was confirmed Monday as the launch customer for Bombardier Inc.'s CRJ-1000 jet, with firm orders for 35 planes worth $1.75 billion at list prices. Airlines often negotiate substantial discounts to the catalog price, particularly in tough economic times.

May 13th, 2009 Ex-KKK head Duke in Austria after Czech expulsionVIENNA — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has come to Austria after being ordered to leave the Czech Republic. Duke's Klan past and suspicions that he questioned the existence of the Holocaust caused Czech authorities to cancel his lectures in Prague and Brno.

May 4th, 2009 Austria: Doctors say 5 poison victims recoveringVIENNA — Doctors say five people who collapsed after they were given drug-tainted drinks at a Vienna bar are no longer in life-threatening condition. Officials say the victims — three men and two women aged 19 to 29 — are recovering at hospitals and would be questioned.

May 3rd, 2009 6 hikers killed in avalanche in Austrian AlpsINNSBRUCK, Austria — Six people were killed when an avalanche trapped them under eight feet (2.5 meters) of snow as they hiked in the Alps of Western Austria, according to authorities. A 45-year-old man was the sole survivor when the group was hit by the avalanche at an altitude of about 3,000 meters (9,850 feet), rescuers said Sunday.