Austrian Incest Victim Wakes from Coma June 10, 2008
A 19-year-old girl whose hospitalization exposed a shocking Austrian incest case has woken from her coma -- a development that could shed new light on what occurred in the basement were she was held captive for decades.
DNA Backs Austrian Incest Fritzl April 29, 2008
DNA evidence supports an Austrian man's confession that he fathered six children by his daughter while keeping her prisoner for 24 years, police say.
Mass Pile-Up in Austria March 25, 2008
A big motorway pile-up in western Austria has left one person dead and 30 injured, police say.
Alexander Wurz Retires from Formula One October 9, 2007
Williams driver Alexander Wurz of Austria announced his immediate retirement from Formula One and said that he would not be taking part in the season's final race in Brazil.
Kurt Waldheim Dies Aged 88 June 14, 2007
Kurt Waldheim, whose legacy as U.N. secretary-general was overshadowed by revelations that he belonged to a German army unit that committed atrocities in the Balkans in World War II, died Thursday. He was 88.
Austria Cracks Child Porn Ring February 7, 2007
Austria has uncovered an international child pornography network involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries, the interior minister said.
Austrian Interior Minister Dies January 1, 2007
Liese Prokop, Austria's first female interior minister and a former Olympic medalist in the pentathlon, has died, the government announced Monday. She was 65.
Austrian Woman Flees 8 Yrs Kidnapped in Garage August 24, 2006
A young Austrian woman told police on Wednesday she had escaped a kidnapper after being held for eight years in a sealed garage, apparently resolving a missing child case that shook the nation, officials said.
Concrete Football Artists Arrested July 16, 2006
Two Austrian performance artists have been arrested for placing concrete-filled footballs in parts of Berlin during the World Cup with signs inviting people to kick them. Two unwitting passers-by sustained foot injuries as a result of the stunt, devised as a "symbolisation of the mass phenomenon poured in concrete."
Holocaust Denier Gets 3 Years February 20, 2006
Right-wing British historian David Irving pleaded guilty Monday to denying the Holocaust and was sentenced to three years in prison, even after conceding he wrongly said there were no Nazi gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
0