Austria

Austria

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  Kenyans Sugut, Cheyech win Vienna marathon

  Henry Sugut led a Kenyan sweep of the podium at the Vienna City Marathon Sunday to win the event for a third time in four years. Sugut, who also won ... 

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  New Glass opera "The Lost" premieres in Austria

  Forget minimalist. It's a term Philip Glass never liked as a term for his musical style, and the rich complexity of "The Lost," his newest opera, ... 

• Suspected Red Bull blackmailer arrested in Austria

  Austrian police have arrested a man suspected of blackmailing Red Bull by threatening to place cans of its energy drink contaminated with feces on ... 

• Austria ski coach kept in induced coma after crash

  The speed coach of the Austrian men's ski team is being kept in an induced coma after having spinal surgery Wednesday, three days after suffering ... 

• Wrong turn leads Germans from home town to Austria

  Instead of a five-minute trip home, a wrong turn led to an all-night drive for a pair of Germans that ended when police stopped their car in far-away ... 

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  Luxembourg agrees to help fight tax cheats

  Luxembourg is to start exchanging information with the rest of Europe to help fight tax evasion, the government said Wednesday in a move it hopes will ... 

• Head of Austrian bank returns millions in pay

  The head of an Austrian bank has returned millions of euros of his pay from last year, saying the size of his remuneration goes against his and the ... 

• Austria: Ex-priest charged in 15 child abuse cases

  Austrian authorities have charged a defrocked priest with sexually abusing 15 children as head of a Catholic boarding school. They say Alfons August ... 

• Austria to examine bank secrecy rules

  Austria is ready to loosen bank secrecy rules regarding foreign holdings in the country's banks, in a move that would bring it into line with most of ... 

• Austria honors passengers on Nazi train to Dachau

  Austria's government has paid its respects to the first passengers shipped by train from Vienna to the Dachau concentration camp by the Nazis 75 years ... 

• Pressured bishop will not honor late cardinal

  Reacting to criticism, an Austrian bishop says he has changed his mind and will not attend a memorial Mass for a cardinal accused of molesting young ... 

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  Top EU official worried by north-south divide

  A top European Union official says he's worried by a widening gap between the continent's financially troubled countries — mostly in the south — and ... 

• Austrian court rejects challenge to euro fund

  Austria's constitutional court has thrown out a challenge against the ratification of the euro area's rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism. 

• Austria wants terrorism suspect held in Turkey

  Austrian authorities say they will ask Turkey to extradite an Islamic extremist already sought by Germany, who was detained last month near the Syrian ... 

• Austrian police chase herd of cattle through town

  Austrian police and firefighters have taken on the role of urban cowboys in a two-day round-up of a herd of cattle that broke out of a fenced-off ... 

• 1 dead in Austrian pileup with up to 100 vehicles

  A fire department official says up to 100 vehicles have collided on a snow-slicked stretch of an Austrian highway, leaving one person dead. 

• Keane out of Ireland's qualifier against Austria

  Ireland captain Robbie Keane is out of the World Cup qualifier against Austria because of a calf injury. The Los Angeles Galaxy striker had been is ... 

• Swiss appoint 2 Austrians to key Alpine team jobs

  The Swiss ski federation has appointed two Austrians to key jobs after a disastrous World Cup season ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The Swiss ... 

• Turkey arrests extremist wanted by Germany

  An Islamic extremist wanted by Germany for allegedly calling for terrorist attacks on Europe has been arrested in Turkey and Berlin is negotiating his ... 

• Anti-gay Austrian priest stopped from preaching

  Austria's Roman Catholic church is forbidding a priest from preaching to his flock at Easter Mass because of his comments against homosexuals and ... 

• Austrian ski coach Kriechbaum to lead women's team

  Jurgen Kriechbaum has been appointed head coach of Austria's women's Alpine skiing team, taking over from Herbert Mandl. The federation says ... 

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  Oscar winner gets Austria geriatric society prize

  It isn't an Oscar or any other film industry prize, but Austrian director Michael Haneke says he is grateful for his award from the Austrian Society ... 

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  American gets back art taken by Nazis during WWII

  Tom Selldorff was 6 years old when he saw his grandfather's prized art collection for the last time in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi hands.