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"WRITING endings is hard," Richard Strauss once observed. "Beethoven and Wagner knew how to do it...the greats know how to do it.

An 83-year-old pensioner from Knittelfeld in Austria was distracted by a 23-year-old Romanian woman who danced topless in front of him, while her associate was stealing cash and jewellery from his apartment.

July 1914 was the month that changed the world. On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, and just five weeks later the Great Powers of Europe were at war.

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Terminal cancer sufferer, 14, is awarded 'dream ride' in a Porsche... but breaks both legs and bites off his tongue when it crashes into oncoming traffic Family are now suing the charity who arranged the activity, saying the organisation did nothing to help their boy in the aftermath of the accident A terminally-ill schoolboy who was awarded a ... (more)

There are something like 20 churches or more in Salzburg Austria and this is the impressive roof and walls of St Peters Abbey Church adjacent to the funicular tram to the castle overlooking the town.

It was a trip of a lifetime for Naperville area students who participated in the Illinois Ambassadors of Music summer Europe trip.

SURREALa SSTRUCTURES: The Freudenau hydroelectric power plant stands on the River Danube in Vienna, Austria.

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Mother-of-two Sharon Botting, from Cuckfield, will attempt to climb the 3,203m Kitzsteinhorn in Salzburg, Austria, despite having never climbed more than a few hundred feet before.

One hundred years ago this week, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany exchanged a series of telegrams to try to stop the rush to a war that neither of them wanted.

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Frankfurt, 28 July 2014 +++ Five of the six members of update software AG's Supervisory Board have each resigned from their position as a member of the Supervisory Board with effect from the ... (more)

The groundbreaking scientific studies featured at the 2014 AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo will include research on a blood test for Alzheimer's that uses biochip technology, a new test to diagnose colon cancer early, a more accurate method for determining multiple myeloma prognosis, a less stressful test for sleep apnea, and the ... (more)

People in a main square in Vienna take cover during a flash mob simulating a Hamas missile attack on July 24, 2014.

Following successful modernization of the pulp drying line by international technology Group ANDRITZ, Altri Celbi increased its production capacity from an average of 2,000 tons per day to a peak value of 2,150 tons per day at the Leirosa mill, Portugal, on July 7, 2014.

Here I am, tapping away on my smart phone screen in an apartment in Vienna, Austria.

Singer Johanna Wokalek as Charlotte Salomon performs on stage during a dress rehearsal of Marc-Andre Dalbavie's opera 'Charlotte Salomon' in Salzburg yesterday.

'My dad is a hero': Doctor who stopped psychiatric patient's deadly hospital rampage gives a smile and wave as he recovers from his injuries with a lot of encouragement from his proud daughter A final good deed, one last selfie: Man who lost his phone took this photo of the rookie cop who helped find it - days later she was dead 'at the hands of ... (more)

July 1914 was the month that changed the world. On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, and just five weeks later the Great Powers of Europe were at war.

World War I broke out 100 years ago this summer. In late June, Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year old terrorist loosely associated with the Greater Serbia secret society "Black Hand," assassinated the heir to the Austrian throne in the Bosnian mountain town of Sarajevo.