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Today
Around the World, page 622
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Coffeeshop nut saw red at English pop songs
A Croatian coffee shop customer saw red at endless English pop songs on the hi-fi - and came back armed with a chainsaw. ... -
Fangs for the warning
Dentists have warned Goths that a fad for vampire-style fangs is likely to bite back. ... -
Murder on the dancefloor
No really meant no for a girl sick to death of being chatted up by a disco Romeo - so she took pot shots at him with a pistol. ... -
Miser leaves girlfriend in jail to save cash on fine
Miser Max Schuster left his girlfriend in jail after refusing to pay her 230 Euro fine. ...
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Tower block farmers horse
A would-be farmer is for the high jump - after trying to stable his horse on the balcony of his tower block flat. ... -
Croatian fans tribute to Englands first football
A special celebration to mark Britain's role in the birth of football in Croatia is to be held before tomorrow's World Cup qualifier (weds). ... -
Croats taunt England stars with doughnuts
England’s starving football aces are being taunted by Croatian fans – with emergency deliveries of burgers, cakes and pizzas to their hotel. ... -
Bears on the Pill
Wildlife experts in central Romania are to put female bears on the Pill to decrease the booming birth rate. ...
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Crook nails shop takings armed with emery board
A crafty crook nailed a chemist's entire takings - after holding them up with a nail file. ... -
Peace-maker Polish leader stages presidents ball for Russia
Peace-making Polish president Lech Kaczynski has asked both Russia and Georgia to attend a Presidents' Ball to mark his country's 90 years of independ ... -
Priest in court for list of mean parishioners
A priest has been accused of breaching data protection laws - after he stuck up a list of parishioners who refused to cough up in collections. ... -
300k supercar smashed on first test drive
A 300,000 Euro prototype supercar crashed on its first public test drive when it was ploughed into a lamppost. ...
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French immigration talks in castle restored by illegals
Red-faced French immigration bosses held a conference on bogus asylum seekers - in a castle that had just been restored by 30 illegal immigrants. ... -
Cereal killers slaughter 15 farmers for veg
A Russian Bonnie and Clyde slaughtered 15 farmers in a month on a crazed killing spree - for vegetables. ... -
Painter hitman gives cheapskate client the brush off
A bored housewife is facing a life behind bars after she offered a painter and decorator a cash job - to bump off her husband. ... -
Tube aromatherapy to calm commuters
Tube bosses are to use aromatherapy to calm frustrated commuters fed up with overcrowding and delays. ...
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Blonde star attacked with chainsaw on stage
A singer fled in terror when a man leapt on stage and tried to saw her in half with a chainsaw. ... -
200,000 Euro-a-pop champagne at Russian hotel
Two hundred bottles of champagne stuck on the seabed for more than 80 years are being sold at an exclusive Russian hotel for 200,000 Euros a bottle. ... -
Bailiffs threaten three-year-old over parents gas bill
Bullying bailiffs wrote to a three-year-old boy telling him they would seize his toys for failing to pay his parents' gas bill. ... -
20 stone man saved from bullet by his fat
A roly-poly mugging victim's life was saved when a bullet fired at him was trapped in his fat. ...
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Thief claims to be Vladimir Putin
A cheeky Russian who was arrested after breaking into a designer label shop in Italy had a fake passport that he used to try to pass himself off as Ru ... -
Seek and ye shall find - eventually
A German archeologist has found the ring of religious leader Martin Luther's wife lost nearly 500 years ago. ... -
Porky prisoner stuck in bars in escape bid
A porky prisoner had to be rescued after he got stuck in the bars of his cell window in a failed escape bid. ... -
Bungling bogus cops
Bungling bogus police officers fled in a replica police car - when they stopped real police in their illegal roadblock. ...
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Man dead on loo for nine months
A man was found sitting on the loo - nine months after he died of a heart attack. ... -
German neo-facists invade Poland for Nazi souvenirs
German Adolf Hitler fans are flocking to neighbouring Poland to buy Nazi insignia and symbols. ... -
Women drivers fury over sexist parking bays - PICTURES
Women drivers are wheely furious over new disabled-style parking bays for female motorists only. ... -
Dogs-only bus service - PICTURES
Pampered pooches have been lapping up five star luxury on a barking new bus service - just for dogs. ...
What's on at the Haydn cinema this week (23 – 29 May)
The following films are on at the English language Haydn Cinema on the Mariahilferstrasse between May 23 and 29.
East Tirol school kids build solar panels in Tanzania
Sixth-formers at the private mechanical and electronic technical college in Lienz in Tirol have been building solar panels in Tanzania since 2006.
Rock Climbers Time Out Idea To Help Rescuers
A novel idea of a parking clock for outdoor adventures that could save lives has been introduced in Alpine Austria.
Uni offered not enough seminar places
The Republic of Austria has to pay damages to a former student of the Medical University of Graz as the university offered not enough seminar places. The student’s union is pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision.
Spanish Riding School for everyone
The riding centre of Heldenberg, district of Hollabrunn (Lower Austria) is now offering exclusive courses: professional riders of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna teach interested riders.
Vienna advocates a ban on pesticides
Vienna has now joined those Austrian states that advocate a cooperative strategy for a ban of the neonicotinoids pesticides. Apparently, there are tested alternatives for the pesticides that are harmful for bees.
Poisoned eagle is recovering
An eagle is currently being treated in the bird of prey park Telfes, Tyrol (Western Austria). The animal ate the carcass of a dead animal that was shot with lead ammunition. The eagle is likely to survive the contamination.
Football manager Adi Hütter charged with tax evasion
The manager of the football team SV Scholz Grödig (Salzburg state), which will be promoted the Austrian Premier League, will have to go to court this week. He is accused of tax evasion and of having cooperated with the architect Markus Voglreiter.
Opening date of Pyramidenkogel kept secret
In order to prevent a mass rush on the new tower at Pyramidenkogel in Carinthia (Souther Austria), the opening date will be announced at short notice. The attraction is expected to open in the middle of June.
Experts recommend considering breast amputation well
Experts from Salzburg warn against the radical step of a breast amputation. The debate started last week, when Hollywood Star Angelina Jolie announced that she had her breasts removed out of fear of breast cancer.
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