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Austria in talks with Russia over South Stream

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Austria has begun talks with Russia in view of joining Moscow's South Stream gas pipeline project, Austrian newspapers reported on Saturday. The economy ministry said it had opened negotiations with Russia on Friday regarding its potential involvement in the project, the daily ...

Europe match-fixing probe targets 200 games

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

In what one UEFA official called European football's worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted 10 million euros rigging 200 games in nine countries. A 200-strong band operating across Europe is suspected of swaying matches in Germany, Belgium, ...

New match-fixing scandal - 200 matches implicated

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games this season are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday. The suspect matches took place in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, ...

tom cruise arrives austria

WENN 5 days ago

Tom Cruise arriving at Salzburg airport on a private jet. Cruise is Austria to film his new movie "Knight And Day". Salzburg, Austria - 19.11.09 Copyright 2009 WENN

Schwarzenegger rules out another run for office

AP News 6 days ago

Schwarzenegger says he won't run for another office when term ends next year California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won't say what his plans are when his term expires next year, but he won't be running for another office. "I have never labeled myself ...

Austria says 'so long' to Fu Long the panda

AP News 6 days ago

Austria says 'so long' to Fu Long as celebrity panda heads to China A 2-year-old panda who charmed his way into the hearts of Austrians is headed to China. Fu Long has been the star attraction at Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo since he ...

Schwarzenegger visits Austria

AP News 7 days ago

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visits native Austria California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has visited his native Austria. Local broadcaster ORF reports that the former bodybuilder and actor spent Tuesday night in a hotel in the southern city of Graz after visiting the grave ...

90-year-old charged in Germany for Nazi-era crimes

AP News 7 days ago

Former SS sergeant, 90, charged with killing of 58 Jewish laborers in wartime Austria A former SS sergeant who worked unnoticed for decades as a train-station manager was charged with 58 counts of murder Tuesday after a student doing undergraduate research uncovered ...

Austria to allow civil partnerships for gays

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

Austria's government agreed a new law Tuesday allowing civil partnerships for homosexual couples, although ceremonies at the civil registry's office will still be banned. The compromise, achieved after weeks of wrangling between the ruling Social Democrats and their conservative coalition partner in ...

German charged over WWII massacre: prosecutors

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

German prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 90-year-old alleged former member of Hitler's SS with 58 counts of murder over a massacre of Jewish forced labourers in the final weeks of World War II. The man, who has not been named, is accused ...

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