Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 11:31:23 AM CET
AUSTRIA VOTE Schuessel's Conservatives win 42.27 pct -
Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's conservatives won the most votes in the Austrian general election with 42.27 pct but his outgoing coalition ...
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 11:29:32 AM CET
Far-right pummeled in Austria
Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's conservatives emerged as the strongest party in the country's election on Sunday but his coalition partner, Joerg ...
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 11:26:44 AM CET
Conservatives win in Austria but Haider’s far-right falls
Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel’s conservatives emerged as the strongest party in Austria’s election yesterday but his coalition partner, Joerg Haider’s far-right Freedom Party, suffered a humiliating setback.
“The result was unexpected but thank God it’s a clear result,” People’s Party leader Schuessel said after results were announced.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 11:25:26 AM CET
Conservatives take Austrian election
Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's Conservatives emerged as the strongest party in Austria's election on Sunday but his coalition partner, Joerg Haider's far ...
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 11:23:31 AM CET
Austria's Far Right Suffers Losses
Austria's far right suffered crushing losses in general elections, but the party led by Joerg Haider still stood a good chance of renewing its governing coalition with the conservatives following that party's overwhelming win.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 11:21:10 AM CET
Conservatives Sweep Austrian Vote
Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's conservative party made large gains to dominate parliamentary elections on Sunday, but coalition partner Joerg Haider's anti-immigration party was pounded at the polls, according to initial results.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 1:46:51 AM CET
Win for Schüssel as Austria rejects far-right
A collapse in support for Jörg Haider's far right Freedom party gave Austria's chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel a stunning victory in Sunday's general election, his centre right People's party securing the largest share in votes in more than 30 years.
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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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