General News, page 213

• Pensioner dead in pool for two weeks
  The body of a 91-year-old woman has been found in her pool - two weeks after she disappeared.
• Boozed-up driver asks police for directions
  A drunk pensioner lost her driving licence after asking policemen for directions.
• Vienna study links tinnitus to mobile phone use
  Mobile phone usage has been linked with tinnitus in a landmark survey.
• Confessional box auction offline after 'satanic' bid
  Catholic Church killjoys have ordered a parish to take its confessional box auction offline - right after the highest bid was exactly 666 Euros.

• Plane loses engine cowl during Vienna landing
  A Boeing 737 lost cladding parts during a landing procedure in Vienna, it has emerged.
• Neighbour confesses parrot shootings
  Upper Austrian police said a bird breeder’s neighbour has admitted killing three priceless parrots over the noise they were making.
• Chef's fingers stuck in pizza press
  A Tyrolean chef has been hospitalised after his hand was flattened by a dough squeezing machine as he made pizza.
• Mobbing victim sentenced for announcing killings
  A Vorarlberg man was ordered to undergo treatment at a psychiatric hospital after announcing a shooting spree at his former school.

• Lightning slays army mayor in Styria
  An army official was killed after being struck by lightning in Styria on Saturday night.
• Three hospitalised after whey-laden lorry rams car
  Three people were hospitalised after an articulated lorry crashed into an oncoming car on a Tyrolean pass road yesterday (Sun).
• Majority say asylum seekers 'more criminal than other people'
  Austria’s struggle to present itself as a non-xenophobic country is set to continue as a poll revealed almost one in two Austrians think asylum seekers are "dishonest".
• Vienna Fiakers forced to wait for sun blind another three years
  Viennese officials have admitted an eagerly awaited awning for Fiaker horse carriages will be erected, but with a three-year delay.

• Woman in clinic after trying to extinguish rubbish blaze
  A Vienna woman has suffered serious smoke poisoning while trying to put out a burning rubbish container.
• Priceless parrots shot in Upper Austria
  Upper Austrian police are investigating after three precious parrots were shot within weeks.
• Clinton says small donations can make a difference
  Former US President Bill Clinton has appealed for more initiatives to be set up to help garner small donations in the fight against AIDS and HIV.
• Cyclist dies in cliff fall after pedals tangle with rival
  A cyclist died falling 80 metres down a cliff after his pedals got entangled with those of a fellow competitor on Saturday.

• Football thugs injure policemen
  Two policemen were injured when rival football hooligans clashed in Innsbruck yesterday (Sun).
• Salzburg boy drowns in private pool
  A two-year-old boy drowned in a private pool in Salzburg at the weekend.
• Four hospitalised as car loses boat trailer
  Four people were injured when a car lost its boat trailer in a crash on the A2 southern motorway on Saturday.
• Obama's half sister in Vienna for AIDS summit
  US President Barack Obama’s half sister Auma Obama has arrived in Vienna to attend the 18th International AIDS Conference.

• Church puts confessional on eBay
  A cash-strapped parish church has decided to flog its confessional box on eBay.
• Russian commits suicide in Vienna jail
  Police said today (Mon) a Russian prisoner slashed his throat in the toilet of a Vienna jail on Saturday.
• Poor bike theft solve rate revealed
  Cyclists pressure groups are angered by news that just three per cent of bike thefts were solved in the first six months of this year.
• Teen joyrider wrecks mum's car
  A woman’s car is a write-off after her teenage son took it for a joyride with pals last night (Thurs/Fri).

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