Austria

Austria

• Correction: Ice hockey world championships story

  In a story May 13 about the ice hockey world championships, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Ukraine would return to the top division ... 

• Massive landslide blocks major Austrian roadway,

  A massive landslide has buried a section of the main road connecting much of Austria's Tyrol province with the city of Salzburg to the east, and ... 

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  Russia, Canada trail before winning at worlds

  Russia trailed before beating Austria 8-4 and Canada also fell behind in defeating Slovenia 4-3 at the ice hockey world championships Monday. 

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  Ex-Guatemalan cop faces murder charges in Austria

  Austrian prosecutors have charged a former senior Guatemalan police official with murder in connection with the shooting deaths of seven prison ... 

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  US, Finland, Sweden win at ice hockey worlds

  The United States beat France 4-2 for its fourth victory at the ice hockey world championship, while host teams Finland and Sweden also won on ... 

• Austria: couple killed crossing highway on foot

  Austrian police say a couple from Romania were killed when they were hit by two vehicles as they attempted to cross one of the country's main highways ... 

• Russia loses for 2nd time in 2 days at worlds

  Reigning champion Russia lost for the second time in two days at the ice hockey world championships, going down 3-2 to Finland on Friday due largely ... 

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  Austria beats 2012 finalist Slovakia, Czechs win

  Austria beat 2012 runner-up Slovakia at the ice hockey world championships Friday after goalkeeper Bernhard Starkbaum made 42 saves before stopping ... 

• 2 Finns, 1 Austrian freed from captivity in Yemen

  Finland says two Finnish and one Austrian hostage who were kidnapped in Yemen in December have been released. Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja ... 

• Olympic ski jump champ Widhoelzl returns as coach

  Former Olympic and world ski jumping champion Andreas Widhoelzl of Austria will return to the World Cup circuit as a coach, five years after ending ... 

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  Denmark, Austria win at ice hockey worlds

  Morten Green scored in overtime Tuesday to give Denmark a 3-2 win over Slovenia at the ice hockey world championship, and newcomer Austria beat Latvia ... 

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  Russia begins title defense by beating Latvia

  Russia began the defense of its world ice hockey title with a 6-0 win over Latvia on Saturday. With only seven returning skaters from last year's ... 

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  US rallies from 2-0 down to beat Austria 5-3

  The United States came from 2-0 down after 10 minutes to beat Austria 5-3 in their opening match at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. 

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  One of oldest concentration camp survivors dies

  An Austrian organization that tracks the fate of Nazi concentration camp inmates says that one of the oldest known survivors has died aged 107. 

• Triathlete Hempel retires after 2nd doping offense

  Austrian triathlete Hannes Hempel has retired after failing a drug test, three years after being banned for his involvement in the doping case of ... 

• Austrian runner Pumper gets 8-year ban for doping

  Long-distance runner Susanne Pumper of Austria has been handed an eight-year suspension for a second doping offense and will be stripped of all ... 

• UN detects possible signs of past NKorea nuke test

  A U.N. agency tasked with looking for signs of nuclear explosions says its monitoring stations have detected radioactive gases that could be linked ... 

• Diplomats: Top aide to UN nuke chief resigns

  A top aide to the chief of the U.N. nuclear agency has unexpectedly resigned, suggesting tensions among the organization's top leadership, diplomats ... 

• Austrian ski coach woken up from coma after crash

  The speed coach of the Austrian men's ski team has woken up from an induced coma and was breathing on his own Friday, 12 days after suffering severe ... 

• Wallabies on the loose in Austria _ yes, Austria

  Volunteers are searching for a pair of wallabies hopping through Austria — yes, Austria. The kangaroo-like marsupials, which are smaller than "roos" ... 

• Ski coach Pfeifer to lead Austrian slalom team

  Ski coach Marko Pfeifer has quit as men's head coach of Sweden after three years and will return to his native Austria to lead the slalom team. 

• Wiggins leads Sky to time trial win in Trentino

  Bradley Wiggins led Sky to victory Tuesday in a team time trial at the Giro del Trentino, as the Tour de France winner prepares for the upcoming Giro ... 

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  Probe: Girl's 1998 kidnapper likely worked alone

  An investigation into the 1998 kidnapping of a 10-year-old Austrian girl and her eight-year hostage ordeal has concluded that only one captor was ...