Monday, 9. September 2002

Austria Freedom Party Heads Resign


The future of Austria's governing coalition was thrown into doubt after a vice chancellor and two other leaders from the Freedom Party resigned Sunday over a political dispute. Vice Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer and the two other leaders announced their resignations Sunday over a rift with far-rightist Joerg Haider, the party's former leader and now governor of a southwestern province.

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