Vienna - An earth tremor recorded by the meteorological institute in the Austrian capital turned out be a detonation from an unexploded World War II bomb, police said Saturday.

Vienna  - North Korea has not informed the International Atomic Energy Agency

Vienna- There is little members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can do at their meeting on September 22 to get Iran to halt its nuclear programme and show more transparency.

Diplomats said it was up to the United Nations Security Council in New York, rather than the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna, to take further steps.

Top diplomats of permanent Security Council members China, Britain, France, Russia and the United States, as well as Germany, are set to gather in Washington on Friday to discuss further steps regarding Iran.

Vienna (Ohio, US), Sept. 19  A New York Times report has claimed that Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s sense of humor, candor and observations has taken a backseat as the campaign enters its last lap.

According to the paper, there was a time when McCain never worked to a predetermined script. But now with pressure building up on him and on Democratic rival Barack Obama to see which of two will be successful in wresting the White House, McCain is a “candidate transformed.”

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Vienna  - Austrian diplomat Werner Almhofer will be the new chief of the Kosovo mission of the Organization for Security and Co- operation in Europe (OSCE), Austrian news agency APA reported Thursday.

Finland, which currently chairs the OSCE, appointed the 48-year-old Austrian to succeed Tim Guldimann of Switzerland, who had led the mission since last October.

Since 2005, Almhofer has been Austria's ambassador in Bosnia- Herzegovina.

APA quoted unnamed diplomatic sources who said Serbia was angry that it was not adequately consulted about the decision.