Schweighofer Prize 2009 Presented in Vienna

September 2nd, 2009 HOUSTON - Hunting PLC, an international oil services company, has announced the call for entries in celebration of the 30th annual Hunting Art Prize, a competition for Texas artists that carries a US$50,000 award for the winner. The Prize relocated to Houston in 2006 after 25 years in the United Kingdom, where it became one of the country's leading art competitions.

September 1st, 2009 VIENNA, Austria - Jermaine Jackson, co-producer of THE TRIBUTE, the City of Vienna and WORLD AWARDS MEDIA cordially invite you to the International Press Conference for the official presentation of THE TRIBUTE In Memory of Michael Jackson, the major international tribute concert to be held on September 26, 2009 in front of Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. The press conference will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 11 a.m.

July 22nd, 2009 VIENNA, Austria - - Andie MacDowell and Carl Lewis Will Attend - Press Conference on July 24 at 11 p.m. at the Palais Niederosterreich in Vienna WORLD AWARDS MEDIA, the State of Lower Austria and the SUPERFUND Investment Group invite you to the international press conference for the first SAVE THE WORLD AWARDS 2009 on July 24th at the Zwentendorf Nuclear Reactor.

July 14th, 2009 VIENNA, Austria - - Television Show From the Nuclear Power Plant Zwentendorf in Lower Austria With the Motto "HEAL THE WORLD" VIENNA, Austria, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- - Jermaine Jackson Will Receive the SAVE THE WORLD AWARD on Behalf of his Late Brother Michael and Perform "Smile" in his Honor VIENNA, Austria, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- - TV Special to be Broadcast in More Than 50 Countries Around the World Jermaine Jackson, brother of the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson who passed away so unexpectedly two weeks ago, will attend the 2009 SAVE THE WORLD AWARDS to be held at the Nuclear Power Plant Zwentendorf, Austria on July 24th. He will accept the award presented to exceptional individuals and organizations working toward a peaceful, sustainable, and livable future in honor of his late brother, who posthumously is being presented with the prestigious prize for his many social and humanitarian achievements.

July 12th, 2009 CHAM, Switzerland - Cross reference: Picture is distributed via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be downloaded free of charge at: www.presseportal.de/pm/64910?keygroup=bild RapidShare AG, one of the most popular 1-click hosts, held a 50,000 Euro prize draw for its premium and collector's users on its webpage in May this year. Bobby Chang, COO of RapidShare AG, personally presented the prize to 19-year-old Indian Srishti A.

June 30th, 2009 VIENNA - Since 30 June 2009, the online version of the memorial book for the victims of National Socialism at the University of Vienna in 1938 is available worldwide. The database comprises approximately 2,200 names and biographies of those predominantly Jewish affiliates of the University of Vienna who were dismissed by the university following the advent of National Socialism in 1938 and who were consequently exiled and/or murdered.

June 10th, 2009 CHAM, Switzerland - RapidShare AG, a popular 1-click-hoster, has today announced the winner of its RapidShare Lottery. Over 500,000 people took part in the prize draw by exchanging RapidPoints for raffle tickets.

May 25th, 2009 VIENNA, Austria - The University of Vienna will confer an honorary doctorate in theology on the South African Theologian and Nobel Laureate, Dr Desmond Tutu. The University substantiates the honour with Tutu's outstanding achievement in applying a theology of "Ubuntu".

April 2nd, 2009 BERLIN - With the CIVIS Online Prize, the European CIVIS Media Prize is offering an additional award for journalistically-prepared webpages on the theme of integration and cultural diversity. Innovative multi-media offers of high journalistic quality are being sought which handle the theme in convincing fashion and are particularly suitable for the promotion of peaceful coexistence in the European immigration society.

March 24th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh Sanitation Movement in India, has been named the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate.

July 21st, 2009 Kenyan banker, Malawian group win Norwegian prizeOSLO — Norway's Yara Foundation says a Kenyan banker and a Malawian farmers' group have won its annual prize promoting former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's call for a green revolution in Africa.

March 7th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The Swedish Academy, the body that awards the Nobel Literature Prize, Friday named author and literary critic Lotta Lotass as one of its members. Elected by secret ballot, Lotass was to succeed long-serving member Sten Rudholm who died in November at age 90.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Territorial Army contingent has has been adjudged the best marching contingent among the armed forces at the Republic Day parade Jan 26, it was announced here Monday. A panel of judges also selected the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) contingent as the best among the paramilitary and other auxiliary contingents, an official statement said.

September 11th, 2009 VIENNA — Organizers of a tribute to Michael Jackson that had been set for Vienna this month say the event will be held instead in London next June. Vienna event promoter Georg Kindel told reporters that too many top performers had scheduling conflicts, and he says: "Maybe we underestimated these issues." Friday's announcement came at the end of a turbulent week of reports that key artists including Mary J.

September 16th, 2009 2nd entrant in lunar landing contest gets halfwayLOS ANGELES — A privately built rocket competing for NASA prize money has been grounded halfway through a simulated lunar landing mission in the Mojave Desert, but developers plan to make another attempt. Masten Space Systems' "Xombie" rocket made a 93-second flight from a launch pad to a landing pad Wednesday before engine damage was discovered and the return flight was canceled.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A delegation of social workers and political leaders including legislators and parliamentarians from Punjab met external Affairs Minister S M Krishna here on Monday. The delegation, which included junior Foreign Minister Preneet Kaur, expressed concern of the people of Punjab over the recent Vienna incident in which two preaches and other followers of Dera Sach Khand, a sect professing Sikh tenets were attacked at a Gurudwara (Sikh shrine) in Vienna, Austria.

September 1st, 2009 ABU DHABI - More than 350 nominations from over 60 countries have been received for the Zayed Future Energy Prize awarded by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), WAM news agency reported Tuesday. The Zayed Future Energy Prize selection committee and jury will review the entries and the prize will be awarded Jan 19, 2010 during the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.

March 6th, 2009 VIENNA - A 10-year-old Yemeni girl was not able to receive a Woman's World Award Thursday for fighting her forced marriage, as Yemeni authorities prevented her from travelling to Austria, according to the awards organiser. Nojoud Muhammad Nasser was scheduled to accept the honour in the world hope category in a ceremony in Vienna, along with fellow honorees such as Italian actress Monica Bellucci and US pop singers Anastacia and Kelly Clarkson.

September 15th, 2009 A snapshot of Mich. art contest, winner gets $250KInformation about the first ArtPrize art competition: Where: Art venues are within a three-square-mile area of downtown Grand Rapids, Mich.

July 10th, 2009 W.Va. woman wins her 9th big lottery prizeCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Brenda Bailey is still on a roll.