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Gerg races to back-to-back wins Hilde Gerg won her second World Cup downhill in 2 days as a leading medal contender at Salt Lake
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Eberharter gets Super-G title Eberharter just one short of Maier's four-globe sweep
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Covili wins giant slalom World Cup Frederic Covili is denying Austrian Eberharter a four-title sweep this season
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| May.12 |
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Schumacher takes Grand Prix The four-time champion claimed a controversial victory in an incident-packed Grand Prix
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Disco blast injures 20| An explosion by hand grenade at a nightclub in the city of Linz. Most of the wounded were between 15 and 19-years-old | |
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Far-right Vice-Chancellor quits Susanne Riess-Passer was quitting the governing coalition over a party revolt led by rival Joerg Haider
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Austria set for early elections| 4 members of the coalition government quit in a row with their former party leader, Joerg Haider | |
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U.N. pressing Iraq on tough issues| Arms inspectors are pressing Iraqi officials for access to 'sensitive sites' where Saddam may be hiding weapons of mass destruction | |
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U.N., Iraq agree on inspections| Iraqis agreed to give U.N. weapons inspectors unrestricted access to most -- but not all -- of their country | | |
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Chancellor Reelected| Wolfgang Schuessel's conservative party made large gains to dominate parliamentary elections | | |
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| Dec.12 |
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Austria-Switzerland to host Euro 2008 Uefa's voted in favour of the Austrian-Swiss bid ahead of 6 other contenders, including Scotland and Ireland
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| Dec.14 |
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Eberharter dominates Val d'Isere downhill World champion won his third World Cup downhill of the season, leading an Austrian sweep of the top 3 places
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| Dec.31 |
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IAEA hopes inspectors will return The International Atomic Energy Agency views the expulsion of its nuclear inspectors from North Korea with 'regret'
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