Vienna  - Austria Wednesday appointed Didi Constantini to succeed Karel Brueckner as coach of the national side.

Constantini, 53, will be assisted by Manfred Zsak who moves from the under-21 team. Former international Andreas Herzog will take over the under-21s, the Austrian football federation said.

Constantini, a much-travelled player and coach in Austria, had twice briefly been in charge of the national team in interim capacities in the early 1990s.

He will be officially presented on Thursday.

Vienna - Iran sees signs that the United Nations Security Council might end its engagement in the country's nuclear issues, after the body's permanent members indicated a readiness for direct talks, Iran's UN ambassador in Vienna said Wednesday.

Permanent Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, as well as Germany told the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) Tuesday they wanted to find a comprehensive diplomatic solution through direct talks.

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Vienna - The five nuclear weapons states and Germany on Tuesday offered Iran direct dialogue to solve the nuclear spat, while also calling on leaders in Tehran to obey the demands of the United Nations Security Council.

Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - the permanent members on the Security Council - issued their statement together with Germany to the 35-country board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.

Vienna  - The five nuclear weapons states and Germany on Tuesday offered Iran direct dialogue to solve the nuclear spat, while also calling on leaders in Tehran to obey the demands of the United Nations Security Council.

Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - the permanent members on the Security Council - issued their statement together with Germany to the 35-country board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.

Vienna  - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday approved additional nuclear inspection measures for India, which the country has yet to ratify before it can receive imports for its growing nuclear energy sector.

The so-called Additional Protocol will grant IAEA inspectors greater powers to probe India's nuclear exports, in addition to the standard inspections envisioned in the nuclear safeguards agreement that India has signed but not yet brought into force.