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Nazi-era Mass Grave Found At Austrian Army Base Print E-mail
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Vienna, March 10 : Excavations at a newly identified Nazi-era mass grave are set to start soon at an Austrian army base, Defence Minister said Wednesday.
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Austrian lenders set to tackle exposure Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Dubai: Austrian banks have an exposure of $1.9 billion (Dh6.97 billion) to the UAE, according to data compiled by the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland. Among them is one of Aus...
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Austrian exports to UAE fall 31% Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Wolfgang Penzias, Austria's trade commissioner in the UAE, says Dubai has retained its important role as a regional hub for trade and finance despite the economic slowdown.
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Austria rocked by more child sex abuse claims Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Austria’s Catholic Church has expressed deep shame and regret over a growing child sex buse scandal. It has now been revealed a priest from the south east region of Austria is suspected of abus...
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Nazi-era mass grave identified in Austrian army base Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Vienna - Excavations at a newly identified Nazi-era mass grave are set to start soon at an Austrian army base, the Defense Minister said Wednesday. Historians have concluded that some 80 Hungarian Jew...
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Q4 2009 Telekom Austria AG Earnings Conference Call - Part 3 Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
<Time: 10:00:00> <Head: Q4 2009 Telekom Austria AG Earnings Conference Call - Part 3> <Tran: 022410am.780> <Time: 10:03:18> DAVID WRIGHT: Let's leave it at that. Thanks.OP...
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VIDC calls on Austria to shelter Iranian dissidents Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) called on the Austrian government today (Weds) to give refuge to Iranian dissidents.
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Austrian diplomat in Croatia accused of wife beating Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Croatian weekly Globus claims Sylvie Madeleine told police in capital Zagreb that her husband, Austrian diplomat Michael Kainz, had beaten her in front of their three kids. The paper added that the w...
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Fleeing thieves cause car crash Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The Slovaks, aged 23 and 34, drove towards Vienna after stealing items worth 500 Euros at the supermarket. After colliding with another car but finding their car still drivable, the Slovaks kept driv...
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Brit and German collide on Tyrolean slope Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
A 32-year-old British ski instructor and a 22-year-old German skier were hospitalised after an on-piste smash in the Tyrolean ski resort of Scheffau on Monday, local officials announced today (Weds).
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Switzerland, Austria to play in Euro 2012 warm-up Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
(AP) — BERN, Switzerland - Switzerland will travel to face Austria in an Aug. 11 warm-up match before beginning their qualifying campaign for the 2012 European Championship. The Alpine neighbo...
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Current steel prices pose major breaks for regional industry, says Danube Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The current price of steel in the UAE has seen a monthly increase from December 2009 to reach Dhs2,150 per tonne in March this year - a growth pattern that is posing major prospects for the regional m...
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Austrian arch-abbot admits child abuse Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Arch-abbot Bruno Becker says he abused a 12-year-old boy more than 40 years ago. In a statement cited on Tuesday by the Austria Press Agency, he says he informed church authorities last year after his...
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Austrian, Dutch Catholic Church react to new abuse cases - Summary Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Vienna- Fresh allegations of sexual and physical abuse by Catholic clergy surfaced in Austria and the Netherlands on Tuesday, prompting the ousting of an abbot in Austria and an independent investigat...
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Narrow escape as train hits coach Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Passengers and a driver had a narrow escape after their coach was hit by a train after it got stuck between railway crossing barriers, yesterday (Mon).
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Police confiscate French couple's animals Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Styrian police confiscated 12 undernourished dogs and a pot-bellied pig they found in a vehicle owned by a French couple moving from Bulgaria to Hungary today (Tues).
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Taxi driver charged with human trafficking Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
A Vienna taxi driver was charged yesterday evening (Mon) with human trafficking for trying to take an Albanian man from Maribor, Slovenia, to Vienna, police said.
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Verbund Management Board Member Kern Departs For Austrian Railways Job Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Kern will leave Verbund in early June to assume the role of new chief executive of Oesterreichische Bahnen AG, the Austrian Federal Railway company. Kern was responsible for mergers and acquisitions ...
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Bark Group Inc. Subsidiary Today Launches a Daily Magazine for Leading Private Austrian TV... Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
BKPG ), a U.S. company with a multinational client base, announced today that the company's subsidiary, Anaconda.TV Munich, has signed a contract with one of the biggest private Austrian TV broadcaste...
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Abuse cases surface in Austrian Catholic Church - Summary Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Vienna- Cases of sexual and physical abuse by Catholic clergymen surfaced in Austria on Tuesday, as the boarding school of Mehrerau abbey confirmed anonymous accusations and a Salzburg abbot admitted ...
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