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Maradona takes the cake
Penniless child rubbish collectors in Calcutta blew their entire life savings to create a giant cake for visiting football legend Maradona - only for him to not touch a crumb.
The Indian youngsters spent more than 200 GBP on the four foot high cake in the striker's national Argentinean blue and white colours to celebrate his 49th birthday.
But the star - on a charity visit to India - refused to try even a mouthful of the treat, claiming to be on a strict diet to regain his playing physique.
Fan Kamal Akash, 12: "It was fantastic to see our hero in the flesh. We would have liked him to have had some cake but he did see it and liked it."
Austrian Times
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Molten copper burns worker
A foundry worker, 31, has been hospitalised with severe burns after accidentally sticking his foot into a vat filled with molten copper at Schwaz in western Austria.
Frost decimates Austrian Xmas tree harvest
Xmas trees will be in short supply this year after a late frost that hit parts of Europe at the weekend was reported to have caused hundreds of millions of pounds worth of damage to young trees.
Golden retrieval
Crooks stole thousands of euros worth of jewellery and electronics equipment from a house at Hofkirchen im Traunkreis in northern Austria despite the fact that the owner had seven Golden Retriever dogs guarding the property.
Supancic sets sails
Mike Supancic is touring Austria.
Schönborn warns disobedient priests
Viennese Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Schönborn is upping the pressure on Helmut Schüller’s Preachers’ Initiative.
Mikl-Leitner fends off Prammer attack
People’s Party (ÖVP) Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner has defended the plan to finalise the talks for the government’s transparency package this year.
Austrians concerned about EU unemployment
Joblessness is what worries Austrians the most, a poll regarding European issues shows.
BZÖ ends Stronach speculations
The Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) has finally dismissed the circulating rumours about teaming up with a billionaire businessman.
Foreign minister rules out stop of support for Greece
Austrian Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger has promised that the European Union (EU) will not let Greece down.
Incoming IHS boss says pension age must rise
The designated chief of the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) has called for an increase of the retirement age.
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