Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 9:24:43 PM CET
Freedom Party urges Haider to stay
Austrian far-rightist Joerg Haider has declared he is sick of politics after his Freedom Party was trounced in elections. But party leaders have rejected his offer to quit and said they were willing to stay in government.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 7:36:42 PM CET
Haider plans to step down as governor, may leave politics
Haider's flashes of pro-Nazi sentiment and flamboyant exposes of corruption in other parties brought his Freedom Party from obscurity in the mid 1980s to unprecedented strength - it joined the present government coalition after becoming second in 1999 elections. But the same confrontational streak that attracted voters to Haider proved his party's undoing in Sunday's general election.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 7:10:55 PM CET
Far right Haider quits
Announcing his resignation, Haider said his party's showing reflected "mistrust in me and my policies" .
Joerg Haider, whose praise of Hitler and anti-foreigner rhetoric helped fuel the rise of his party into government, has quit in the wake of their disastrous showing in the Austrian general election.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 7:08:51 PM CET
Austria's Haider Sick of Politics After Rout
Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider said Monday he was sick of politics and would resign from his regional governor's post after a crushing defeat in Sunday's snap elections left his Freedom Party in shambles.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:44:03 PM CET
Austrian far-right leader resigns
Haider, who led the anti-immigration Freedom Party until May 1, told Austrian state radio that he planned to meet with party leaders later in the day to discuss his plans.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:42:13 PM CET
Austrian Party Leader to Resign
Joerg Haider, the far-right leader known for his visits to Iraq and praise of Adolf Hitler's policies, said Monday that he would resign as governor of an Austrian province and may leave politics following his party's poor showing in general elections.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:39:25 PM CET
Haider set to quit after election humiliation
Controversial Haider, who admired some of Adolf Hitler’s policies, said he would propose his plan to party leaders at a meeting later in the day and “try to achieve a consensus with them.”
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:37:49 PM CET
Austria's infamous Haider may leave politics
A day after his far-right Freedom party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections, populist Joerg Haider said today he was planning to step down as governor of Carinthia province, hinting he would leave the political scene altogether.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:36:25 PM CET
Austrian extremist Haider weighs bowing out of politics
A day after his far-right Freedom Party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections, populist Joerg Haider said Monday he was planning to step down....
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:09:27 PM CET
Austrian Party Leader to Resign
Joerg Haider, the far-right leader known for his visits to Iraq and praise of Adolf Hitler's policies, said Monday that he would resign as governor of an Austrian province and may leave politics following his party's poor showing in general elections.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:07:10 PM CET
Haider sick of politics after rout
Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider says he is sick of politics and will resign from his regional governor's post after a crushing defeat in Sunday's snap elections left his Freedom Party in shambles.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 4:44:22 PM CET
Austrian far-right leader Haider resigns as provincial governor following party's poor showing
Joerg Haider, the far-right leader known for his visits to Iraq and praise of Adolf Hitler's policies, said Monday that he would resign as governor of an Austrian province and may leave politics following his party's poor showing in general elections.
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