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Kidnap victim still troubled by memory of her captor  -  21 Aug 2007
Globe and Mail,..."The only thing I can say is I pity him more and more," she said in an Austrian ORF state television interview marking the anniversary of her flight to

Human Adenovirus 36 induces adipogenesis in human adipose derived ...  -  21 Aug 2007
cecu.de,Furthermore, Ad-36 E4 Orf-1 gene is necessary and sufficient for the adipogenic effects of the virus. These results suggest that the ability to induce

Record TV coverage expected for Triathlon World Championships  -  21 Aug 2007
Inside Triathlon...confirmed live coverage of the event including ARD and ZDF in Germany, BBC in the UK, Canal + in France, SRG / SSR in Switzerland and ORF in Austria.

ORF reveals EDC commentators and spokesperson  -  Aug 14, 2007
oikotimes.com,Austrian broadcaster ORF have today announced three key members of their team for the upcoming Eurovision Dance Contest. The broadcaster, who last week saw

ORF meets up for 2008 Eurovision Song Contest  -  Aug 13, 2007
oikotimes.com,Immediately after the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 Eurovision Austria organised a meeting with the ORF entertainment boss Edgar Böhm and discussed the

Constitutional advocates accused orf wanting to topple govt  -  Aug 7, 2007
The Southern African,LUSAKA – The Zambian government has accused the Oasis Forum of scheming to remove it from power through illegal means. In a televised statement on Zambia’s

Da Vinci Learning Channel Stocks Up on ORF Docs  -  Aug 2, 2007
World Screen News,...has acquired history and science documentaries and more than 200 short-form science segments from the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF).

Education net experiments with ORF docs  -  Aug 2, 2007
C21Media,NEWS BRIEF: Austrian pubcaster ORF has sold a range of science content to Da Vinci Learning, the upcoming educational pay-TV channel covering Eastern Europe

Program switch for TV turnaround master Kofler  -  Aug 13, 2007
Reuters...village of Bruneck in South Tyrol and began his career, like others who went on to become German TV bosses, at Austrian state broadcaster ORF in 1985.

Mobilkom austria introduces VAS packages for all customers  -  Aug 13, 2007
Telecom Paper (subscription),...ringtone downloads, video downloads and shortly mobile music downloads; A1 Info offers access to mobile news sources like ORF mobil and derStandard.

Reports: Weather Report founder Joe Zawinul hospitalized with ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
International Herald Tribune,ORF said Zawinul, who turned 75 on July 7, was being treated at Vienna's Wilhelmina Hospital, which declined to release details of his illness.

Jazz keyboard great Zawinul hospitalised in Vienna  -  Aug 7, 2007
Reuters India,It had no comment on a report by state broadcaster ORF that he was seriously ill, saying Zawinul had asked that his rights as a patient and private citizen

Drought rules Minnesota climate as crops continue to suffer  -  Aug 4, 2007
Twin Cities Planet,Agronomy professor Jim Orf said if the situation does not improve within the next seven to 10 days, problems will get worse, resulting in smaller crop

Joe Zawinul Hospitalized in Vienna  -  Aug 7, 2007
Washington Post,The group declined to confirm reports by Austrian public broadcaster ORF that Zawinul was seriously ill, saying the musician had requested that his rights

Spear us, it's £999 and Britney's not included!  -  Aug 7, 2007
Scotsman,Come orf it! That's one of the funniest jokes you''ll hear in this year's all-comedic Fringe. Tragically it's true. The George isn't half the hotel it used

German media veteran steps down  -  Aug 14, 2007
C21Media,Kofler began his career at Austrian state broadcaster ORF in 1985 before joining the Kirch empire. At 31 he was put in charge of running Munich station

all charged up  -  Aug 6, 2007
DC Velocity,..."Batteries that are fully charged and cooled will achieve maximum run time," says Terry Orf, vice president, global sales and marketing for St. Louis, Mo.

Brown stem rot, SDS and aphids draw field day attention  -  Jul 24, 2007
Agri News,Jim Orf talked about three types of aphid-resistant soybeans. The resistance requires a resistant soybean genotype and a susceptible soybean aphid biotype.

Open Biosystems and Abcam Announce Partnership to Match Antibodies ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...entered into an agreement under which Open Biosystems will sell Abcam's primary antibodies alongside Open's libraries of cDNA, ORF and shRNA clones.

Abcam agreement expands gene catalogue  -  Aug 7, 2007
SmallCapNews.co.uk,...with Alabama-based Open Biosystems which will see Open sell Abcam's primary antibodies alongside its own libraries of cDNA, ORF and shRNA clones.

The City Diary  -  Aug 18, 2007
Independent,The Jockey Club is having a bit of a re-stocking, and flogging a few cases orf to us members; filling me boots with port and claret.

Media Digest 8/2/2007 Reuters, WSJ NYTimes, FT, Barron's  -  Aug 2, 2007
24/7 Wall St.,The FT reports that US mortgage problems hit a large financial institution in Germany. Barron's reports that Bank of America put a price target orf $160 a

Eric Papilaya at Beach Volleyball Event  -  Aug 1, 2007
oikotimes.com,Eric Papilaya, the Austrian representative at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, will be appearing as a guest presenter on ORF show ''Szene'' on August

Salzburg wants to be a cultural capital of the World  -  Jul 30, 2007
Focus News,Salzburg wants to be a cultural capital of the World for a month, the Austrian radio ORF informed. Over 180 stage performances are expected to attract over

Documentary to air before Dance Contest  -  Jul 30, 2007
oikotimes.com,ORF has also announced that special documentary devoted to Austrian couple will be aired at 20.15 on September 1st, just prior to Eurovision Dance Contest.

Contact Group meets in Vienna  -  Jul 25, 2007
B92,Albert Rohan, an Austrian diplomat who served as Ahtisaari's deputy, told public broadcaster ORF on Wednesday that a one-sided declaration of independence

USA Field Hockey Wins Silver Medal at Pan American Games  -  Jul 24, 2007
WTKR Your NewsChannel 3,The team will be arriving at the ORF airport on Friday, July 27 at 10am and we will be hosting a homecoming, welcoming the team back home to Va Beach.

Library Today: Try these new databases  -  Jul 23, 2007
UST Bulletin Today,...users prefer this new user interface for SWA or the version from its current vendor. E-mail your preferences, comments, etc., to Jan Orf, by Monday, Aug. 6.

There are now fresh hopes of a negotiated settlement to the ethnic ...  -  Aug 19, 2007
Daily Mirror (subscription),The writer is Director, Chennai Chapter of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), an Indian policy think-tank, headquartered in New Delhi.

Google: Feind und Freund in einem  -  Aug 16, 2007
derStandard.at,Other sites like ORF.at, Oeamtc.at, Tirol.com, Sport1.at, SMS.at and Sportnet.at choose not to offer Google AdSense at all. So far.

Premiere CEO Kofler Steps Down, Boernicke Takes Over (Update7)  -  Aug 13, 2007
BloombergHe started his career in media at Austria's public broadcaster ORF in 1985 before he moved to Munich to become the personal assistant of Leo Kirch,

Glance guide to sport  -  Jul 25, 2007
Northwich Guardian,At Victoria No2: R Skelmerdine (Orf), A Wells (Ryl), J Jones (Monks), S Jackson (Bew), A Brettle (St Elph), A Linton (WRBL), B Hutchinson (Crosfields).

In Latest of Several Cancellations, Tenor Rolando Villazón Pulls ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
PlaybillArts,Of Villazón's withdrawal, Festival president Helga Rabl-Stadler told the Austrian national broadcaster ORF that the tenor "is suffering from an artistic

And on that farm he had a moan  -  Aug 7, 2007
Times Online,Two weeks ago I was asked to take part in a debate called “Get orf my land . . . how the media see landowners�? in order to “draw attention to a popular and

Premiere Chief Exits  -  Aug 13, 2007
World Screen News,Kofler has been in the television business since 1985, when he joined Austrian pubcaster ORF. He later began working for Leo Kirch, and in 1988 took over as

Kofler ankles Premiere  -  Aug 13, 2007
VarietyIn 1986, Kofler left his post as an exec at Austrian pubcaster ORF to join Munich-based Kirch, where he served as head of Leo Kirch’s office and later

pSivida completes recruitment stage of BrachySil trials  -  Aug 13, 2007
WA Business News (subscription),BrachySil is a modified form orf silicon used by the company to deliver a therapeutic directly to solid tumours. The study took place in hospitals in the

Austria backs moves to ward off state-run funds  -  Jul 25, 2007
Reuters.uk,..."There are companies which we don't want a state-controlled investment fund buying into," Bartenstein said in an interview with state radio ORF.

George Tabori; playwright took on anti-Semitism  -  Jul 25, 2007
Los Angeles Times,...world of theater," Klaus Bachler, director of Vienna's leading Burgtheater, where many of Tabori's works were staged, told Austrian ORF state television.

Playwright George Tabori dies in Berlin  -  Jul 24, 2007
USA Today...of theater," Klaus Bachler, director of Vienna's leading Burgtheater, where many of Tabori's works were staged, told Austrian ORF state television.

Don of the East?  -  Aug 12, 2007
Daily Mirror (subscription),The writer is Director, Chennai Chapter of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), an Indian policy think-tank headquartered in New Delhi.

NEW: Incarnate Word aims to stay at top of game  -  Aug 10, 2007
Suburban Journals,Other players who will battle for extended playing time include junior outside hitter Lydia Orf, senior defensive specialist/outside hitter Jenna Unnerstall

Child's meth-laced soda leads to arrest  -  Aug 10, 2007
Mail Tribune,Judge Rebecca Orf advised him of his rights not to incriminate himself, but Allen opted to testify, police said. He testified that while at home on March 17

Greedy farmers up to their eyes in bull  -  Aug 8, 2007
Mirror.co.uk,All they want to see from us is our money and the sight of our backsides getting orf their land. But if only they could understand how grasping and insular

Country-music hall chooses honorees  -  Aug 8, 2007
Orlando Sentinel,Jazz legend Joe Zawinul was hospitalized Tuesday with a serious illness, according to Austrian public broadcaster ORF. Zawinul, 75, was hospitalized in

Plagued with High-Profile Cancellations, Salzburg Festival ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
PlaybillArts,..."We are shocked that there are [now] unreliabilities which we had never before expected," she said to Austrian state broadcaster ORF.

Off The Fence Sells Packages to Spain, Portugal  -  Aug 6, 2007
World Screen News,...in the hostile waters of the Crozet Islands. Saint Thomas Productions produced the program for Discovery Communications, NDR Naturfilm, Canal Plus and ORF.

Austria 'pride' at job well done  -  Aug 3, 2007
UEFA.com,...with TV station ORF reporting on its website: "The U19s has shown Austria is totally prepared in an organisational sense for next summer.

New wave inspires cast  -  Aug 2, 2007
Rocky Mountain News,They're aided by Donna Debreceni's band, entertaining in its own right, and a set full of its own jokes by Charles Packard and Jennifer Orf. Among the

ANNUAL MANUAL: Our Town- Travel  -  Aug 2, 2007
The Hook,...travelers include Reagan National (DCA) (2hrs), Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) (2hrs 30min), and Norfolk International (ORF) (2hrs 45min).

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