Monday, 9. September 2002
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Thre Freedom Party leaders resign, threatening Austria's coalition government
Austria's vice chancellor and two other Freedom Party leaders resigned Sunday amid a rift in their far-right party, leading to possible early elections. Vice Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer, Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser and the party's parliamentary speaker, Peter Westenthaler, said they were resigning from their posts following a conflict with former party leader Joerg Haider, a controversial figure known for past comments defending the Hitler era.
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