Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 4:31:23 PM CET
Austrian Party Leader Haider Resigns
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 4:28:38 PM CET
Haider plans to step down as governor, hints at leaving political scene
A day after his far-right party fared poorly in parliamentary elections, Joerg Haider said Monday he was planning to step down as governor of Carinthia province and hinted he would leave the political scene altogether.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 3:26:03 PM CET
Austria's Haider Says 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 3:16:46 PM CET
Rout sends Haider packing in Austria
His comments came after preliminary official results from Sunday's election showed the Freedom Party's support falling to just over 10 per cent, compared with nearly 27 per cent in 1999 elections.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 3:06:53 PM CET
Haider Offers to Quit Provincial Post After Defeat
Haider, who led Freedom Party until May 1, 2002, told Austrian state radio 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 2:01:46 PM CET
Austria's Haider Plans to Step Down
A day after his far-right party fared poorly parliamentary elections, Joerg Haider said Monday he was planning to step down as governor of Carinthia province and hinted he would leave the political scene altogether.
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Topic: JOEOEOEORG - on November 25, 2002 at 12:56:01 PM CET
Haider kündigt Rücktritt als Landeshauptmann an
Der Kärntner Landeshauptmann und Alt-FPö-Chef Jörg Haider kündigte heute laut APA seinen Rücktritt als Kärntner Landeshauptmann an.
Haider quits again
Count the Haider QUITS ¬> OLD QUITS
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Topic: - on November 21, 2002 at 6:17:57 PM CET
Austrians decide not to be Nazis anymore. Waldheim and the horse pissed
Austria's far right in decline
Three years after it became Europe's first country in recent history to vote a far-right party into power, Austria goes to the polls this Sunday looking set to reverse the trend.
A massive swing back to the centre-left and centre-right parties which have traditionally governed there is widely expected.
Joerg Haider, whose pro-Nazi and anti-foreigner sentiments appalled other European nations but won him 27% of the vote in 1999, is sitting this election out.
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Topic: - on November 18, 2002 at 12:28:27 PM CET
Austria's mainstream conservatives put Haider party to fligh
Austria's Freedom Party, whose inclusion in a coalition government led to the European Union imposing diplomatic sanctions on the community, is expected to come last in next weekend's general election with its former leader Jörg Haider dismissed as a spent force.
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Topic: - on November 11, 2002 at 3:57:58 PM CET
"Totengedenken" in der Josefstadt
Seit zwei Monaten stellt ein Wiener Künstler Jörg Haiders "Grabstein" aus.
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Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 11:01:29 AM CET
Austria's Haider in Iraq Visit Flap
Joerg Haider, Austria's far-right populist, came under fire Sunday for meeting with high-ranking members of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s government in Iraq. Haider, former leader of the Freedom Party and governor of the southern province of Carinthia, met Sunday with Iraq's Foreign Minister Naji Sabri and was set to meet with Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz before wrapping up a two-day visit to Baghdad on Monday.
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Topic: - on November 4, 2002 at 10:45:08 PM CET
Saddam Hints at Flexibility, U.S. Ships Set Sail
If a resolution is issued which respects the U.N. charter, international law and Iraq's sovereignty, security and independence, and does not provide a cover for America's ill intentions, we will view it in a way that makes us deal with it," official Iraqi television quoted Saddam as telling visiting far-right Austrian politician Joerg Haider.
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