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DIED. LEO STERNBACH, 97, chemist and inventor of the widely used antianxiety drug Valium; at home in Chapel Hill, N.C. Born in Austria and educated in Poland, he began his career with Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. in Switzerland before coming to the U.S. Sternbach collected 241 patents in his career; he also developed the tranquilizer Librium, the sleeping pill Mogadon, Klonopin for epileptic seizures and Arfonad to control bleeding during surgery...
...little forced when he arrives in Luxembourg for Tuesday's talks on Turkey joining the European Union. The Turkish foreign minister will be all-too-aware that his hosts have spent days wrangling over just how reluctant and conditional Europe's invitation to Turkey should be. And although Austria's proposal that the Turks be offered something less than full membership was finally nixed, the episode showed a growing tendency among Europeans to openly express misgivings over Turkish membership in keeping with the sentiments of European electorates...
...CAFE KORB This eatery's plain, somewhat worn 1960s interior has none of the grandeur of Demel or Hotel Sacher, nor the old Viennese charm of Caf? Diglas. But if you're looking for a knockout warm apple strudel, one of Austria's most famous pastries, then look no further...
...www.diglas.at Café Korb This eatery's plain, somewhat worn 1960s interior has none of the grandeur of Demel or Hotel Sacher, nor the old Viennese charm of Café Diglas. But if you're looking for a knockout warm apple strudel, one of Austria's most famous pastries, then look no further...
...last week at London's Old Bailey courthouse, Hindawi faced charges of trying to blow up an El Al jet by planting a time bomb in the bag of his pregnant fiancée. Had the plot succeeded, Murphy and the 374 other people aboard would have perished somewhere over Austria. Declared Prosecutor Roy Amlot: "It was one of the most callous acts of all time...