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A president of Europe? Continent's unity is tested
The European Union has battled long and hard for this moment: the imminent choice of its first president. Comment?
The White Ribbon | Film review
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Michael Haneke's Palme D'or winner offers a spellbinding tale of bigotry and brutality in a pre-Great War rural German community, says Philip French Numerous novelists, dramatists and film-makers have been attracted to the period immediately preceding the outbreak of the First World War to give their work a touch of nostalgia, irony or historical ... Comment?
... of the Burnaby RCMP told The Vancouver Sun on Wednesday. "It's just a very tragic accident." Originally from Vienna, Austria, Dittrich fell in love with the sport of American football, and he played for the Vienna Vikings club team, where he was ... Comment?
Speeding pensioner's trail of deceit
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... The son was oblivious to his father's actions throughout. A police investigation found the son's address in Vienna, Austria, given to officers was false as he had not lived in the country for around 10 years. He also used his son's middle name when ... Comment?
... an injured shoulder that caused him to miss the team's last two games of the season. Originally from Vienna, Austria, Dittrich fell in love with American football and started playing for the Vienna Vikings club team, where he was coached for five ... Comment?
Gruner Veltliner an Austrian specialty
... were offered. For the first time in a few years, one of my favourite grapes was available, a white grape unique to Austria: Gruner Veltliner. Gruner Veltliner is grown in the north-eastern part of Austria, just to the west of Vienna and close to the ... Comment?
Schwarzenegger to address policy forum in Jerusalem
... political causes. The governor will then travel to Iraq to meet U.S. troops and may stop in his birth city of Graz, Austria, on the way back to the United States. The trip is to be paid for by the California Protocol Foundation, a nonprofit group ... Comment?
Pinoys kick off election awareness campaign in Vienna
VIENNA, Austria An initiative that would make Filipino migrant voters more aware of the Philippine electoral process and encourage them to go out and vote in the May 2010 polls will be launched by the end of November. Comment?
Austrian president satisfied with Austria-China relations
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President of Austria Heinz Fischer receives a present from Zhan Weiping, president of the Overseas Chinese Committee of the Austria-China Friendly Association in Vienna Nov. Comment?
German 'vaccine tourists' head for Austria amid swine flu fears
Many Germans are making a beeline for Austria in the hope of getting vaccinated amid the seemingly unbridled spread of swine flu. Comment?
Three days in Vienna. Day 1
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Vienna is one of the most interesting cities in the world to visit. It was built to rule an empire which stretched from the borders of Switzerland to today's Ukraine. Comment?
Comedian may head Greens' list in Styria
By William Green German-born comedian Jorg-Martin Willnauer, 52, was today unveiled by the Styrian Greens as a candidate to head the party's list in the autumn 2010 provincial election. Comment?
Police dog trainer's daughter mauled to death by family dog
By David Rogers The one-year-old daughter of a police dog trainer was mauled to death by her family's dog in Lower Austria this morning . Comment?
Austrian complains of 'intolerant' London Congestion Charge
By Thomas Hochwarter An Austrian holidaymaker fined for driving in London's city centre without paying the city's Congestion Charge has called for officials in the British capital to be "more tolerant". The Viennese man complained in today's Kronen Zeitung newspaper about the charge after he was slapped with a 137-Euro bill for illegally entering ... Comment?
With 2 tours and museum, 'The Third Man' film still going strong in Vienna 60 years later
... to tape studio scenes sparked his lifelong love for orange marmalade. "It was so unusual, you couldn't get it in Austria for years," he said with a chuckle during a recent interview, evoking postwar shortages that led to the kind of smuggling the ... Comment?
Vienna Boys Choir boss on PSP-mad boys and the boarding school 'problem'
By Thomas Hochwarter Wiener Schnitzel, skiing in the Alps, Mozart - and the Vienna Boys Choir. Comment?
Dad jailed for raping daughter
... by family dog The one-year-old daughter of a police dog trainer was mauled to death by her family's dog in Lower Austria this morning (Fri). Police end pensioner's church stay A 65-year-old who walked into a church last week and refused to leave ... Comment?
13 November 2009Inspecting the HP2 MegamotoThe HP2 Megamoto has...
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One of Austria's highest profile actors, Tobias Moretti, recently took delivery of the 110 bhp flat-twin high-performance motorcycle and was impressed with what he discovered. Comment?
Region grapples with swine flu
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... vaccines, to double the number of available doses from 5 million to 10 million. A Romanian man living near Salzburg, Austria, succumbed to a heart attack Tuesday after contracting H1N1, in what is being described as the first Romanian fatality ... Comment?
... as a means of rehabilitating an injured shoulder that had kept him out of the last two games. A native of Vienna, Austria, Dittrich fell in love with American football and played for the Vienna Vikings club team, where he was coached by current SFU ... Comment?