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Wood you believe it

You wooden believe it unless you saw it with your own eyes.

But Dietmar has ruffled feathers in the medical world - by becoming the first stork ever to be fitted with a wooden leg.

The luckless bird lost his own leg flying into a power cable so bird sanctuary bosses in Saxony, Germany, raised 1,000 GBP to have a prosthetic limb crafted by medical specialists.

"He gets on very well in the sanctuary with his new leg but he can't live in the wild any more so he's here with us for the rest of his days," said keeper Rolf Arensberg.

Austrian Times

Woman and child run over in Vienna
A woman and child have died in a road accident in Vienna, Austria. The lorry driver was making a right turn when he drove into a group of pedestrians leaving a 59-year-old and a 12-year-old dead. The mother of the school girl was left with serious injuries.

FPÖ under fire after trip to Grozny
The Freedom Party (FPÖ) has been harshly criticised for meeting with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.

Celebrity ski race in Zau[:ber:]g
The annual charity celebrity ski race is to take place once again this weekend on the Semmering, Austria. The event in the resort of Zau[:ber:]g involves various famous faces or "Promis" who will all come together for a night race for a truly good cause.

Price check confirms AUA staff’s friendly fire complaints
Austrian Airlines (AUA) employees’ representatives feel confirmed in their criticism of Lufthansa as a price check reveals that the Viennese airline’s German mother company offers cheaper connections.

Pühringer rejects U-turn on rightist ball
Young Social Democrats (SPÖ) have appealed to Upper Austrian Governor Josef Pühringer not to attend the Burschenbundball in Linz this Saturday.

Austrian food to feature in organic trade fair
Austria is expected to be well represented at next week’s BioFach 2012 international organic trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany. Some 90 companies and organisations from the Austrian organic good sector will feature at the fair from 15 to 18 February.

WKO boss wants pension age hike incentives
Federal Economy Chamber (WKO) President Christoph Leitl has identified attempts to raise the average retirement age as the key issue regarding Austria’s budget.

Schlecker says Austrian jobs are safe
The son of Schlecker founder Anton Schlecker has claimed that the company has no plans to sell its Austrian affiliate.

Set up tax on financial transactions soon, says Katzian
The head of the Association of Private Employees (GPA-djp) has called for a quick introduction of a tax on financial transactions.

Fruit trees springing up in Vienna
The city of Vienna will see the arrival of fruit trees around the capital in 2012. With the support of wine growers, farmers and landholders the new plants will be sponsored and cultivated in specific districts of the city in autumn.