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DNA tests on Mexican bodies fail

Tuesday, January 20th 2015, 17:45
related countries: Mexico Mexico

Forensic scientists in Austria have failed to match burnt human remains with DNA samples in the Mexican inquiry into 43 missing students, officials say.
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VIDEO: Gay couple kiss ban sparks protest

Saturday, January 17th 2015, 3:46
related places: Vienna

Around 2,000 people demonstrate outside a traditional coffee house in Vienna for ejecting a lesbian couple for kissing.
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Gay kiss ban sparks Austria protest

Friday, January 16th 2015, 20:50
related places: Vienna

Some 2,000 people stage a protest in Vienna after a lesbian couple were thrown out of a renowned cafe in Austria's capital for kissing.
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US skiers killed in Alps avalanche

Monday, January 5th 2015, 21:33
related countries: United States United States
related places: Alps

Two junior members of the US ski team are killed in an avalanche near the forthcoming World Cup race venue in the Austrian Alps.
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VIDEO: Vienna's love of indoor yodelling

Friday, January 2nd 2015, 0:04
related places: Vienna

Vienna's wine bars echo to the sound of their own strange song
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Kazakh dissident charged in Austria

Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 17:28
related countries: Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

A former son-in-law of Kazakhstan's president who became a critic is charged with murdering two people in his home country by Austrian prosecutors.
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Hitler's old house gives Austria a headache

Monday, December 29th 2014, 1:17

Vacant birthplace of Nazi leader gives Austria a headache
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VIDEO: Dilemma over Hitler's birthplace

Saturday, December 27th 2014, 23:46

The Austrian government is trying to work out what to do with the house in which Adolf Hitler was born.
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Austrian crooner Udo Juergens dies

Monday, December 22nd 2014, 5:41
related countries: Germany Germany

Udo Juergens, one of the best-known pop stars in the German-speaking world and winner of Eurovision in 1966, dies at the age of 80.
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Mexico confirms missing student ID

Sunday, December 7th 2014, 20:12
related countries: Mexico Mexico

The Mexican attorney general confirms that one of the 43 missing students, Alexander Mora, has been identified through DNA tests carried out in Austria.
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Austria arrests 13 jihadi suspects

Friday, November 28th 2014, 12:00
related countries: Syria Syria

Police in Austria arrest 13 people suspected of radicalising young people and recruiting them to fight in Syria.
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Oil prices plunge after Opec meeting

Friday, November 28th 2014, 1:39
related places: Vienna

Crude oil prices slump in reaction to the decision by the Opec oil producers' cartel not to cut output.
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Drama in Vienna as Iran nuclear talks go down to the wire

Thursday, November 27th 2014, 0:21
related countries: Iran Iran
related places: Vienna

How drama unfolded behind the scenes at Iran nuclear talks
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Oil price falls ahead of Opec meeting

Wednesday, November 26th 2014, 22:45
related countries: Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
related places: Vienna

The price of oil has fallen as Opec oil producers prepare for their meeting on Thursday and data shows crude stocks rose last week.
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Iran nuclear talks deadline extended

Monday, November 24th 2014, 18:58
related countries: Iran Iran
related places: Vienna

The deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran is extended to the end of June after talks in Vienna failed to reach a comprehensive agreement.
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Powers ponder Iran talks extension

Sunday, November 23rd 2014, 22:19
related countries: Iran Iran
related places: Vienna

World powers trying to reach a deal on Iran's nuclear programme consider extending the talks, as Monday's deadline for an agreement looms.
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Doubts on Iran deal as deadline looms

Sunday, November 23rd 2014, 10:41
related countries: Iran Iran
related places: Vienna

Doubts grow that Monday's deadline for a deal on Iran's nuclear programme will be met at talks in Vienna, as negotiators admit "big gaps" remain.
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'No new ideas at talks' - Iran

Friday, November 21st 2014, 21:25
related countries: France France, Iran Iran
related places: Vienna

Iran's foreign minister says he has heard "no new ideas" as talks with world powers on Tehran's nuclear programme stretch into the evening.
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'No extension' on Iran nuclear deal

Thursday, November 20th 2014, 22:12
related countries: Iran Iran, United States United States
related places: Vienna

The US secretary of state says talks in Vienna will focus on "driving towards" a nuclear deal with Iran as diplomats brace for tough negotiation.
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VIDEO: Final push for Iran nuclear deal

Tuesday, November 18th 2014, 9:12
related countries: Iran Iran
related places: Tehran, Vienna

Diplomats from Iran and six world powers are in Vienna in a final push to reach a deal over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
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'Ice cream' killer Carranza publishing memoirs

Sunday, November 16th 2014, 0:48

Austria's 'ice cream' killer publishing memoirs
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'Twisted light' beamed across Vienna

Wednesday, November 12th 2014, 9:57
related places: Vienna

Physicists send a beam of twisted light 3km through the air above Vienna, transmitting information in this way for the very first time in the open air.
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Row over Austria's Islam law

Tuesday, November 4th 2014, 0:42

Austria struggles to overhaul historic law on Islam
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VIDEO: Ban Ki-moon makes United Nations mix-up

Monday, November 3rd 2014, 15:57
related countries: Australia Australia

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has muddled "Austria" with "Australia".
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German ex-banker guilty of bribery

Monday, October 27th 2014, 14:02
related countries: Germany Germany

The former boss of Germany's BayernLB bank gets a suspended jail term for having bribed Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider in 2007.
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Austria unveils WW2 deserters' memorial

Friday, October 24th 2014, 12:22

Austria finally remembers deserters from Hitler's army
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Murray beats Ferrer in Vienna final

Sunday, October 19th 2014, 18:44
related places: Vienna

Andy Murray comes from a set down to beat David Ferrer in the final of the Vienna Open and move up to eighth in world.
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Murray progresses at Vienna Open

Thursday, October 16th 2014, 20:27

Andy Murray boosts his hopes of qualifying for the World Tour Finals by defeating Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4 in the Vienna Open.
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