General News, page 214

• SPÖ wants improvement of flyers' legal counselling
  The European Commission (EC) must become active in providing better legal protection for airline customers, a Social Democratic (SPÖ) MP has claimed.
• Donated blood shortage as heatwave strikes
  The Austrian Red Cross has appealed for people to donate blood as it faces dramatic shortcuts in the current heatwave.
• Annual FSME toll clocks 20
  Twenty people have suffered from FSME (tick-borne encephalitis) so far this year after being bitten by ticks across Austria, it has been announced.
• Austrian loses finger in Croatia car crash
  An Austrian lost her finger in a car accident in Croatia after her driver fell asleep at the wheel yesterday (Tues).

• Worker uninjured after eight-metre plunge
  An Upper Austrian worker must have a guardian angel watching over him after he survived an eight-metre fall unharmed yesterday (Tues).
• Police use turkey vultures to look for corpses
  Turkey vultures have been assigned by police to search for bodies in a bid to clarify a string of mysterious missing person cases.
• Drunk pensioner trapped for hours after fall
  An elderly pub-goer was trapped for 20 hours after his arm got tangled in a fence at the weekend.
• Missing Upper Austrian found floating in lake
  Police have ruled out foul play after finding the body of a man in an Upper Austrian lake.

• Patient dies 'falling off stretcher'
  An elderly man has died after falling off a stretcher as paramedics carried him down a flight of stairs.
• Golfers unharmed as lightning strikes
  Three Tyrolean golfers were hospitalised after they were hit by lighting yesterday evening (Mon).
• Vienna pensioner dies in Burgenland lake
  An elderly Vienna woman died of a heart attack while swimming in a Burgenland lake yesterday (Mon).
• Paltry interest in homosexual partnership 'enrolment'
  Fewer than 500 gay couples decided to follow the government’s offer of having their partnership "registered" in the first six months of 2010.

• Swan killed in Upper Austria
  A gang of youths who killed a swan at the weekend are being hunted by police in Andorf, Upper Austria.
• Ice cream quality check serves up chilling results
  An ice cream investigation has revealed almost one in four served to the public suffer serious hygiene flaws.
• 'Mysterious' bloody woman case was collapse
  A woman found lying in a pool of blood at an artist’s workshop was not the victim of a crime, it was announced today (Tues).
• Heroic Tyrolean jumps into river trying to rescue man
  A courageous Tyrolean jumped into a raging river to save a drowning man yesterday (Mon).

• Vienna underground crashes against buffer
  A train driver was injured after steering his Vienna U-Bahn wagon into a bumper on Saturday, it has emerged.
• Majority back total smoking ban, poll shows
  The number of Austrians backing a total smoking ban in pubs and restaurants has soared after a new ruling went into force earlier this month.
• Pensioner dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
  An elderly Vienna resident died from carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday (Sun).
• Lower Austrian ticket draws €1.7mn lottery jackpot
  Austrian Lottery officials said today (Mon) a Lower Austrian player hit the "6 aus 45" jackpot yesterday (Sun).

• Styrian dies two days after hiking fall
  A Styrian hiker died two days after falling 20 metres during a trip to the Mitterspitz Mountain, it has been announced.
• Bloody woman found at studio
  Burgenland police are investigating after the unconscious body of a woman was found at an artist’s workshop yesterday (Sun).
• Brown bear snacks on beehive honey again
  Beekeepers are up in arms after a honey-hungry bear ransacked their hives causing 1,600 Euros worth of damages Saturday night.
• Autistic boy saved from pool death
  Doctors said today (Mon) an autistic boy will make a full recovery after he almost drowned at an outdoor pool yesterday.

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