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- U.N. nuclear chief to visit Tehran for talks
VIENNA (Reuters) - United Nations nuclear agency chief Yukiya Amano will travel to Tehran on Sunday for talks with senior Iranian officials, the Vienna-based IAEA said on Friday. The surprise development comes as Western diplomats say the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran are making headway towards a framework deal on how to tackle concerns about the Islamic state's atomic activity. Amano "will travel to Tehran this Sunday...to discuss issues of mutual interest with high Iranian officials", the IAEA said in a statement. The IAEA said Amano would hold talks on Monday. ...
- Iran may seek "tactical gain" with U.N. nuclear deal
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog are nearing a framework deal on how to tackle concerns about its atomic activity, diplomats say, a potential bargaining chip for Tehran in next week's negotiations with world powers. Iran says such an agreement is needed before it can consider a request by U.N. inspectors to visit the Parchin military site where they believe explosives tests relevant for developing nuclear weapons may have been carried out. ...
- Bill Gates' Porsche 911 to hit the auction block
Porsche enthusiasts take note: Bill Gates' former Porsche 911 turbo is slated for auction June 2 in Austria. According to Tech Flash, Gates purchased the 1979 car not long after launching Microsoft.
- Dalai Lama begins Austria visit
The Dalai Lama arrived in Austria Thursday for a visit that will include a meeting with Chancellor Werner Faymann and is likely to irritate China, already angered by his previous stop in Britain.
- Iran nuclear output seen steady before Baghdad talks
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is installing more centrifuges in an underground plant but does not yet appear to be using them to expand higher-grade uranium enrichment that could take it closer to producing atom bomb material, Western diplomats say. They say Iran's production of uranium refined to a fissile concentration of 20 percent, which it started two years ago, seems to have remained steady in recent months after a major escalation of the work in late 2011 and early this year. ...
- U.N. atomic talks with Iran may show progress: diplomats
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran may be narrowing their differences on how to tackle concerns over Tehran's atomic ambitions, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday, suggesting a previously unexpected agreement was now not ruled out. They spoke a day after the U.N. agency said there was a "good exchange of views" with Iran in a May 14-15 meeting which tested the Islamic state's readiness to address questions about suspected nuclear weapons-relevant research. ...
- Paragon Technology hires former Booz Allen Hamilton exec
Vienna-based Paragon Technology Group Inc. has named David Gordon as vice president of its health care IT practice, Washington Technology reported.
Gordon was most recently a principal of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s health market business. He will be responsible for leading the division in delivering advanced health care IT solutions to government clients.
- Iran nuclear concession would test big power unity
LONDON/VIENNA (Reuters) - Facing an imminent toughening of sanctions, Iran is hinting at a readiness to give some ground in its long nuclear stand-off with world powers, but any flexibility could split their ranks and lead to protracted uncertainty about how to respond. The stakes are high, for the longer the impasse goes on, the closer Iran will get to the technological threshold of capability to develop atomic bombs, raising the odds of last-ditch Israeli military strikes on its arch-foe and the risk of a new Middle East war a troubled global economy cannot afford. ...
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