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Around the World, page 4

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  Going Down
  A massive avalanche that ripped out a huge ski-lift mast has been blamed on freak snowfalls and colder temperatures in Lungern, Switzerland. ...
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  Gold Fingered
  Romanian officials have denied targeting gypsies under tough new laws introduced to cut back on the amount of benefits paid - by refusing to pay benef ...
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  Dogs Dinner
  Romanian woman Adela Stancu, 71, was torn apart and partially eaten by a pack of stray dogs as she walked from the local shop to her home on the outsk ...
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  Blind Date
  Workaholic Chinese manager Jiang Li, 30, who fell in love at first sight with a 29-year-old woman he met at a school reunion found out she had lived i ...

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  Sent Packing
  A starving pack of wolves attacked townspeople in Pitkyaranta, Russia, after being driven out of their normal woodland hunting grounds by freak freezi ...
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  Unhappy Slap
  An 11-year-old boy has asked police in Murmansk, Russia, to investigate his father because he spanked him when he misbehaved. Police confirmed that a ...
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  Take My Kid
  A loyal mum has offered one of her kidneys to any suitable patient who'll employ her unemployed 38-year-old son a job. ...
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  Bunged Up
  The cost of an average bung to a corrupt public official in Russia has trebled to nearly 5,000 GBP, a report by the country's Interior Ministry has re ...

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  A La Card
  A fed up restaurant owner in Treviso, Italy, has banned customers who won't show their identity cards saying the credit crunch has tripled the number ...
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  Prison Break
  A convicted killer suing prison authorities in Sweden claims she is owed compensation because she's never had paid holiday from her job behind bars. ...
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  Flocky Horror
  A pigeon fancier whose birds were butchered, cooked and then eaten by a burglar has branded the intruder "barbaric." ...
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  German Olympic Doping Scandal
  Anti-doping authorities are to examine 28 elite athletes treated by a leading medic from Germany's Olympic training centre said to have used banned bl ...

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  Sleeting Beauty
  A blonde Bolshoi ballet star amazed fans when she stripped off after a show and rolled naked in the snow outside to cool off. ...
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  Bomb Park
  Police are baffled after live heavy artillery shells were found in a picnic park in Dillenburg, Germany. ...
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  Cyber Crime
  Romania's President has proposed turning crooks from the country's flourishing cyber crime business into honest businessmen by using them to help expo ...
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  Two Thirds Of Moldovan Young Women In Prostitution
  Poverty is so severe in Europe's poorest country that more than two out of every three young women in Moldova has at some stage worked as a prostitute ...

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  Cool Hand Fluke
  Commuter Luigi Batelli, 28, was treated for severe frostbite on just his right hand when it was trapped outside by automatic train doors in Siena, Ita ...
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  Sausage Dog Gone
  Romanian's Viorel Iordan, 28, and Marian Maturaru, 37, have been accused of feeding dozens of guard dogs on local farms sausages laced with poison so ...
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  Queuedunit
  A man who beat his neighbour to death for making him wait too long in a queue to use a public loo is facing murder charges say police in Mumbai, India ...
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  Rape Jobs Row
  Government plans to give jobs to rape victims have been attacked by women's rights groups in India saying they will only encourage more men to attack ...

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  Lady Gaga: I Want A Baby
  Broody Born This Way star Lady Gaga has revealed she's looking for an Italian stallion to father a child with her through artificial insemination. ...
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  Wedding Snap
  So many weddings took place at the end of the month at Taizhou city in eastern China’s Zhejiang province that the cars with the married couples blocke ...
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  Pentagon Hacker Arrested
  A computer hacker accused of stealing military secrets from the Pentagon and posting them on his website has been arrested in Romania following an FBI ...
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  Chain Gang
  Muscle bound gym owner Mikhail Biryukov, 34, snapped a metal chain and then grabbed a gun and shot dead a kidnapper who was hoping to ransom him for a ...

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  End Of The Road
  Desperate Sanja Vukicevic buried her late uncle on a roadside grass verge after record 6ft snowfall cut off all ways to the cemetery in Medovina, Serb ...
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  Brit Diver Saved
  A British scuba diver who was rushed to intensive care after pulling off a record breaking 690ft deep dive in a Russian lake is recovering after 200 h ...
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  Park And Hide
  Trusting Maia Lomio has been left with hundreds of tickets and 25,000 GBP in fines after a parking service she used for three years simply abandoned h ...
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  Head Case
  Police hunting a deranged murderer dubbed the Jigsaw Killer in Prague, Czech Republic, are examining a severed head found dumped in the street. In a s ...

Foglar infuriated by 'tactical games'
Austrian Trade Union (ÖGB) President Erich Foglar has accused the vice chancellor of "playing games".

Le Carré novel hits the big screen
A new espionage film is now on at the Burgkino Vienna where all movies are screened in their original versions.

Kadyrov welcomes Austrian right-wingers
A delegation of representatives of a rightist Austrian party met with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, it has emerged.

Gourmet evenings at Linsberg Asia
Less than an hour away from Vienna is the Linsberg Asia - four star hotel, spa and culinary hotspot. For several years now the Linsberg restaurant has been producing award-winning food, receiving the ultimate accolade in the most recent Gault Millau when its lamb was described simply as melt in the mouth.

Felderer 'disappointed' as government eyes up tax hikes
A leading economist has criticised the government for making tax hikes an essential part of its upcoming savings package.

Unionists criticise hotels over mini-jobbers
Labour union leaders are alarmed as the number of tourism sector mini-jobbers is climbing.

Satek snatches Zielpunkt
A German businessman has taken over Zielpunkt.

Europe's highest brewery in Austria
Europe’s highest brewery has opened in Austria. The "Asitz Bräu" which opened for business on 17 December last year, is located at 1,760 metres and is run by the Altenberger family, owners of four star hotel "Der Krallerhof" in Leogang.

Austria registers decrease of business bankruptcies
The number of Austrian business bankruptcies is in decline despite increasingly difficult economic circumstances in Europe.

Austria registers decrease of business bankruptcies
The number of Austrian business bankruptcies is in decline despite increasingly difficult economic circumstances in Europe.