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Austrian cheese contaminated with listeria leads to 6 deaths Print E-mail
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Feb. 16, 2010 VIENNA, Austria - Austria's health ministry says contaminated cheese has killed six people. The ministry says the deaths - four in Austria and two in Germany - occurred last year an...
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Sheikha Lubna attends Vienna Philharmonic concerts Print E-mail
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Feb 16, 2010 - 01:50 - WAM Abu Dhabi, Feb 16th, 2010 (WAM) -- H.E. Shikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade attended the magical Symphonic Masterworks by performer Lorin Maazel and the Vienna...
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Contaminated Austrian cheese kills 6 Print E-mail
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
The ministry says the deaths - four in Austria and two in Germany - occurred last year and were caused by listeria, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children,...
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Teen taxi attackers charged with attempted murder Print E-mail
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Two teenagers who brutally attacked a taxi driver in Salzburg last October have been charged with attempted murder and armed robbery, the public prosecutor said yesterday (Mon).
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Driver and passengers extinguish fire on Danish coach Print E-mail
Monday, 15 February 2010
The driver and passengers on a Danish coach that caught fire in the Tauerntunnel on the Tauern motorway (A10) in Salzburg at 6am this morning have been praised for putting out the blaze by themselves.
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Search continues for Belgian avalanche victim Print E-mail
Monday, 15 February 2010
The search for a missing Belgian avalanche victim near Riezlern, Vorarlberg, continued at midday today (Mon) after being called off yesterday.
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Josef Fritzl begs daughter for money Print E-mail
Monday, 15 February 2010
Photo: GETTY Fritzl, 74, has penned pleading notes to daughter Elisabeth, 43, once every two weeks for the last 11 months saying he needs money "to study to be a lawyer so I can defend myse...
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Vienna police arrest 12-year-old for street robbery Print E-mail
Monday, 15 February 2010
Police said the boy and a 13-year-old accomplice had stolen mobile telephones from school kids last week after threatening to beat them and had tried unsuccessfully to snatch the purses of several old...
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Linz hooligan arrested after beer bottle attack Print E-mail
Monday, 15 February 2010
Cops in the Upper Austrian capital said a Rapid Vienna fan had to be hospitalised after the LASK Linz supporter hit him with a beer bottle on Friday night. The incident occurred amid several brawls i...
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Robbers leave woman chained to radiator for hours Print E-mail
Monday, 15 February 2010
Two armed robbers left a woman chained to a radiator in the bathroom of her house in Hainburg/Donau, Lower Austria for hours on Saturday night.
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Carinthian police raid 12 bordello apartments Print E-mail
Monday, 15 February 2010
Police said the women, who had failed to produce required health certificates, would be charged with violations of provincial laws on prostitution, Aids and other sexual diseases. Police added the ow...
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Cat put down after being shot seven times Print E-mail
Monday, 15 February 2010
A tomcat had to be put down after an unknown party shot it seven times in the right hind leg with an air rifle, Upper Austrian police said today (Mon).
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Khalifa Abdullah Al Dhaheri inaugurates 'Danube Buildmart' in Bawadi Mall, Al Ain Print E-mail
Monday, 15 February 2010
H. E. Khalifa Abdullah Al Dhaheri, Acting Director - Al Ain Branch, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI), inaugurated today the Dhs15m 'Danube Buildmart' in Bawadi Mall, Al Ain, thereby ...
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Beethoven, a Refined Classicist of Vienna Print E-mail
Monday, 15 February 2010
Beethoven ’s music abounds in Romantic fervor, especially the breakout pieces of his middle years. And the otherworldly mysticism of his late works transcends historical period.
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Austrian foreign minister on Middle East tour next week Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 February 2010
KIEV: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko declared on Saturday that she had proof of cheating in a February 7 presidential election by her rival Viktor Yanukovich which she would take to court t
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Skier trapped in chair lift for 6 hours Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 February 2010
VIENNA - A 22-year-old German skier was hospitalized with hypothermia after being trapped for six hours in a chair lift that had been closed down for the night, police said Sunday.
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Tour operators in Germany, Austria and Switzerland expand Abu Dhabi product coverage print and... Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Tour operators within Abu Dhabi's key German-speaking inbound source markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland have increased coverage of tourism product within the emirate for the 2010 season.
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Vienna- Snags, but N-bomb capacity in reach Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 February 2010
(MENAFN - Arab Times) Iran is on course to produce enough highly enriched uranium to make nuclear weapons despite technical problems, a new study says.But increased mechanical difficulties with centri...
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Janko brace sends Salzburg top Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Red Bull Salzburg reclaimed top spot in the table with a 2-1 victory at Ried. Following Rapid Vienna's surprise 4-2 defeat to Linz last night, Salzburg took full advantage as Marc Janko scored in the ...
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ADB home networking solution boosts Telekom Austria's operations Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 February 2010
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Advanced Digital Broadcast, a leading supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, announced recently that Telekom Austria has introduced advanced “connected h...
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