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Star tenor Rolando Villazon says he will make his comeback at the Vienna State Opera next March after recovering from throat surgery.
Austrian artist Alfred Hrdlicka, whose controversial works in metal, paint and pencil alienated as much as attracted the public died Saturday, Austrian media reported. He was 81.
Austrian police have arrested an American woman sought in connection with the killing of her ex-husband, who died when a pipe bomb exploded in his car more than a decade ago, law enforcement officials said Friday.
A coffin containing the body of an Austrian billionaire has been returned to his family, more than a year after it was stolen from a graveyard by thieves who blackmailed the relatives for $150,000 (euro100,000), police said Wednesday.
A 2-year-old panda who charmed his way into the hearts of Austrians is headed to China.
A dispute over access to an archive involving Vienna's Jewish community has prompted a group of academics to withdraw support for an Austrian Holocaust studies center, saying independent research is no longer possible, according to a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
Key members of an Austrian Holocaust research center have quit in a dispute with the city's Jewish community.
Richard Wadani still remembers the sick feeling in his stomach the morning he left Hitler's Wehrmacht in October 1944, knowing as he crawled through a tangle of barbed wire as dawn broke that one wrong move would cost him his life.
China's Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company Ltd. has become the majority owner of Austrian aviation supplier FACC AG, the Austrian company said Saturday.
An Austrian court has convicted a man for killing his in-laws by setting them on fire with a homemade flame-thrower.
The president of Austria's Olympic Committee is resigning in the wake of a series of doping and financial scandals that have rocked the organization.
It's almost as mysterious as Michael Jackson's moon walk.
The King of Pop's mother said in a letter made public Monday that next month's global tribute for Michael Jackson in Vienna is "a wonderful idea" and an event that her son would have loved.
Staff at a World Anti-Doping Agency laboratory in Austria have been questioned by police investigating the supply of banned drugs to athletes.
Austrian alpine ski star Renate Goetschl announced her retirement Wednesday, saying she's pregnant and can't properly prepare for the upcoming World Cup circuit or the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Blood. Glitzy costumes. Magnificent voices and gorgeous soloists. Clever directing.
Austrian authorities aren't about to give these pranks their stamp of approval.
A global tribute to Michael Jackson on the grounds of a 17th century palace in Vienna will be held Sept. 26, and Jackson's brother Jermaine will announce the concert lineup soon, organizers said Wednesday.
Technically demanding and at times furiously paced, two newly identified Mozart works unveiled Sunday are helping scholars complete their assessment of the maestro's very early achievements.
The future of an Austrian institute for Holocaust studies was in doubt Tuesday over a dispute with the city's Jewish community.
Michael Jackson was honored in Austria on Friday, a month after his death devastated fans across the world.
The International Mozarteum Foundation said Thursday it has discovered two more works composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The Salzburg Festival's musical director will not extend his contract past 2011.
Witch-burning called off in Upper Austria Organisers have called off a witch-burning in Upper Austria tomorrow after protests.
Austrian Health Minister Admits No H1N1 Pandemic, Criticizes WHOAfter Austrians refused to flock to the vaccine centers to take their untested swine flu jabs as the Health Minister Alois Stöger urged them to, Stöger has done a sudden about face and is now presenting himself as a critic of WHO for declaring a pandemic level 6 because of a mi …
Dramatic Drop in Austrians Taking Swine Flu Jab Continues in Third Week The dramatic decline in the numbers of people in Austria taking the swine flu jab has continued into the third week of the national mass swine flu vaccination campaign.
Austrians Mute Israeli Anthem at Fencing Tourney Young female athletes from Israel's fencing team swept top medals at a 28-nation European tournament held in Mödling, Austria last week – but faced an additional challenge when they stood on the winners' podium to receive their medals: the organizers did not play the recording …
Natascha Kampusch: Kidnapper Wolfgang Priklopil had an accomplice, police suspect.A friend of a notorious Austrian child kidnapper is suspected of helping imprison Natascha Kampusch in a cellar for nearly a decade.
Husband burnt alive as he tries to kill wife Police said the man had doused himself with petrol and then poured it around his house before shouting "I will burn all of you to a crisp" and setting the home ablaze.
Iran Nuclear Monitor Dies "Mysteriously" - Atlas Shrugs - how convenient for AhmadinejadNo mystery to me, fellas. How convenient for Ahmadinejihad.
Works and Days: The Power of Payback for ObamaObama is now caught and tumbling to or below 50% approval.
Pope in a rope found in church songbooks Tyrol police are investigating after shocked believers discovered porn and Nazi images inside their songbooks during mass.
How Young Is Too Young? - The Daily BeastThe Polanski case revives debate about the age of consent—and how America stacks up against other countries when it comes to sexual permissiveness.
Israelis sell Austria snowAlthough not blessed with snow as a natural resource, artificially made snow machines, produced in Israel, allow skiing without depending on weather conditions.
How Young Is Too Young? [ to consent to have sex ] The Polanski case revives debate about the age of consent—and how America stacks up against other countries when it comes to sexual permissiveness.
More Liberal Lies About National Healthcare! by Ann Coulter. 09/30/2009 America's low ranking on international comparisons of infant mortality proves other countries' socialist health care systems are better than ours.
Penis hacker freed A 78-year-old man who hacked a love rival's penis off has been freed.
Mushroom control confiscates 211 kilos of illegal fungiCops confiscated more than 200 kilos of illegal mushrooms in less than four hours during special patrols this weekend. They said 35 Italians were stopped in the operation on Saturday when they confiscated 211 kilos of illegally-picked mushrooms.
Stray missile lands in Austrian town Military top brass have ordered an inquiry after a stray missile landed in a town during a military exercise.
Germans angry as tins of Heinz 'have fewer baked beans' Fans of baked beans in Germany and Austria were furious yesterday after it emerged that tins of Heinz contained fewer beans than cans sold in Britain.
Vienna Sikhs suffer, new revelations shockThis proves that the Sikhs did not start the violence in the Vienna gurdwara, but it was actually the visiting Ravidasi preachers who started the violence.
Disappearing tree mystery solvedAuthorities claim to have solved the mystery of a tree that disappeared into a five-metre hole at Vienna's Ringstraße.
Golda, the only man in the CabinetCLEARLY, THE woman had decided it was idiotic to read her formal address after the devastating news which had reached her just before leaving Israel for Strasbourg: A train carrying Jews from communist Russia en route to Israel via Vienna was hijacked by two Arab terrorists at a …
Austria's Elisabeth Fritzl Case Has Lessons for Jaycee DugardThe tragic abduction, imprisonment and rape of Jaycee Dugard is strikingly similar to the ordeal suffered by Elisabeth Fritzl, an Austrian woman who was confined to her own basement for 24 years while bearing seven children with her father.
Hole opens up in road - old lady drives into itA terrified pensioner ended up in hospital when a giant hole opened up in front of her as she drove down a Lower Austrian road yesterday (Mon).
Holidaymakers spot unwelcome hitchhikerA Dutch family on their way home from holiday in Italy got the shock of their lives when a 1.5 metre snake crawled from under their car bonnet during the trip, the Telegraaf reports on Wednesday.
Mozart 'peeing stone' parties boost Lower Austrian town A Lower Austrian town is holding a series of parties to mark a local's claim that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once visited – to take a pee.
I am forced to concede that my own tendencies favor universal healthcare. The fact that the Republicans base their opposition on false claims is also part of the reason I will vote another Democratic straight ticket this Fall and for the foreseeable future.
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