Topic: Wahl2 - on November 24, 2002 at 5:35:56 PM CET
Austrians hold parliamentary elections today
The latest opinion polls show the main race between the conservative People's Party of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel (SHOO'-sel) and the opposition Social ...
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Topic: Wahl2 - on November 24, 2002 at 4:21:32 PM CET
Nowhere to run for Haider
Wolfgang Schussel, lost his temper yesterday, removed a machinegun from a wooden alpine shed and sprayed bullets at a handful of caged prisoners, including the populist Jorg Haider.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 12:40:35 PM CET
Austria Parties Teeter on Voting Day
Austrians voted in parliamentary elections Sunday with the anti-immigrant Freedom Party that convulsed European diplomacy expected to suffer losses. The main race was between the conservative People's Party of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel and the opposition Social Democrats, and it was too close to call, according to the latest opinion polls.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 12:38:39 PM CET
AUSTRIA GOES TO THE POLLS
Austrians go to the polls today to choose a new government in a wide-open race. A quarter of its voters are said to be undecided and extremist right-wing leader Joerg Haider's Freedom Party is facing meltdown. Europe's most successful extremist party had formed a joint government with the conservative People's Party in 1999.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 12:23:39 PM CET
Centrists upbeat as Austrians vote
Austrians are voting in general elections widely expected to bring a swing back to centre-left and centre-right parties. The latest polls show that the election is too close to call, with the People's Party of the centre-right and the Social Democrats on the centre-left neck-and-neck.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 12:08:54 PM CET
Fate of Austria's right wing in balance
Austrians chose from a handful of parties in parliamentary elections today after a lacklustre campaign focused largely on who would pick up the disaffected voters of right-wing Joerg Haider, whose popularity has plummeted in recent months.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:55:14 AM CET
Austria's Far-Right Surge Looks Dead
The far-right surge that catapulted Austria's Freedom Party into the governing coalition in 1999 and prompted consternation across the European Union appears to be over, according to opinion polls ahead of today's parliamentary elections.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:45:27 AM CET
Fate of Austrian's rightist party hangs
Austrians chose from a handful of parties in parliamentary elections Sunday after a lackluster campaign focused largely on who would pick up the disaffected ...
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:29:44 AM CET
Austrian voters in neck-and-neck poll
Austria's six million voters flocked to polling booths Sunday in the country's most closely fought general election in recent times.
Latest opinion polls put the Alpine state's two biggest political groupings -- the ruling Conservative Party and their Social Democrat challengers -- neck and neck.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:28:27 AM CET
Austria Parties Teeter on Voting Day
Austrians voted in parliamentary elections Sunday with the anti-immigrant Freedom Party that convulsed European diplomacy expected to suffer losses.
The main race was between the conservative People's Party of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel and the opposition Social Democrats, and it was too close to call, according to the latest opinion polls.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:22:33 AM CET
Far-Right Set to Lose Big in Austria
After months of purges and personality clashes, the anti-immigrant Freedom Party that convulsed European diplomacy stands to lose handily when Austrians vote in parliamentary elections Sunday, but while down, the party still may not be out.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:17:09 AM CET
Freedom Party slumps
The anti-immigrant Freedom Party that convulsed European diplomacy stands to lose handily when Austrians vote in parliamentary elections today. But, while down, the party still may not be out.
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