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7 hrs ago | Austrian Times

Old folks saved from drowning in Lower Austria

By Lisa Chapman Firemen saved 31 mostly bedridden people from possible drowning at an old people's home in Lower Austria yesterday evening.

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16 hrs ago | Staunton News Leader

Va. au pair receives caretaking award

RICHMOND - On the day Ricardo Araujo arrived in the United States, he briefly considered turning around and going home to Brazil.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

People's Daily Online

Austrian scientists find witnesses of Neolithic human habitation in Himalaya

Archaeologists from the University of Innsbruck and the University of Vienna of Austria said on Wednesday that they have found witnesses of human habitation in the late Neolithic period some 5,300 years ago in the East Himalayan region.

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News24.com

Hungarians fear Manson

What garlic and holy water did for vampires, fast and prayer may do to US shock rocker Marilyn Manson in Hungary.

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The Independent

Dignitaries including Austria's President Heinz Fischer watched the drive-by

A procession of restored Trabant cars streamed through a replica of a metal gate this weekend, commemorating the place and time, 20 years ago, when Hungary and Austria opened the first breach in the Iron Curtain and, in former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's words, "took the first brick out of the Berlin Wall". In the summer of 1989, this rural ...

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Related Topix: Europe, Heinz Fischer, World News

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Inter Press Service

AUSTRIA: Racism on a Sharp Rise

Mainstream political parties in Austria must change their approach if a growing anti-immigrant sentiment stoked by far-right politicians is to be curbed, racism watchdogs and political analysts say.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Austria is hit by severe flooding

Austria has been hit by severe flooding. The regions on the German, Czech and Slovakian borders are worst hit.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

NewsBlaze

Austria: Travelling in a Time Machine

European women, like Austrian linguist Almaz Felch, 60, have been on the road for decades.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Winnipeg Free Press

Swiss author Jens Petersen wins Bachmann Prize for best German-language novel

Swiss author Jens Petersen has been awarded the 25,000 euro Bachmann Prize for his novel "Bis dass der Tod" . The jury said today the 33-year-old Petersen was among 14 authors from Austria, Germany and Switzerland who recited pieces from yet unpublished novels during the 33th Days of German-Language Literature festival in Klagenfurt.

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Czech Happenings

Thirty-four Slovaks injured in crash of Czech bus in Austria

Thirty-four young Slovaks received injuries, in a crash of a Czech bus with Czech drivers in Styria today, the Austrian news agency APA has reported.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

News24.com

EU marks fall of Iron Curtain

In this June 27, 1989 file picture, then Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn, right, and his Austrian counterpart Alois Mock cut through the barbed wire of the former Iron Curtain marking the border between East and West in Sopron, Hungary.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Austrian Times

Swine flu ruled out in Upper Austrian teenager

Doctors have ruled out swine flu in a teenager who was admitted to hospital with flu-like symptoms after returning from holiday in Mexico.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

GretaWire

Who gets to be an Ambassador?

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2009 WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: William Eacho, Ambassador, Republic of Austria Judith ...

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Canada.com

Floods ravage Austria

A woman watches flooded houses in the city of Steyr some 150 kilometres west of Vienna on Wednesday.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

FOX News

Austria Battles Widespread Floods

More than 3,000 firefighters and soldiers are working to contain flood waters in northern Austria after two days of heavy rain.

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BruDirect

Student wakes up in 150ft crane cab

An Austrian student woke up in the cab of a 150-foot-high crane after a night boozing with friends.

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Home - Redlands Daily Facts

University of Redlands professors receive Fulbright awards

Two University of Redlands professors will travel abroad to conduct research under the Fulbright Scholar Program.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Austrian Times

Twelve confirmed cases of swine flu in Austria

The total number of swine flu cases in Austria has risen to twelve after two new cases were confirmed today .

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Europe, World News,

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Boston.com

Heirs race to find Nazi-looted art before time runs out

Eighty-one-year old Thomas Selldorff, who fled Austria with his family before it was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938, hopes an upcoming international conference will bolster efforts to return Nazi-looted art.

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Tass

Russia Foreign Minister to begin European tour with visit to Austria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will begin a European tour with a visit to Austria on Monday.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Heinz Fischer

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