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Snake on the loose found at keeper's kitchen An escaped Boa constrictor keeping policeman busy for five days has been found behind the owner’s oven.
Erste Bank CEO wants tax on assets The head of Austria’s second-biggest bank has caused a stir by calling for the introduction of a tax on assets.
Thief makes €6,000 emptying church cash boxes A Vorarlberg man has admitted stealing thousands of Euros in coins from offertory boxes at churches in the province.
AUA reduces its losses Austrian Airlines (AUA) bosses have said they will continue to carry out the ongoing cost-cutting regime as the firm suffered losses of 67 million Euros in the first half of this year.
Demi and Ashton 'to come to Austria' Demi Moore and Asthon Kutcher will come to Austria to attend a charity gala for their anti-child slavery foundation, it has been reported.
Austrian among Islamabad plane crash dead An Austrian businessman is among those killed in a plane crash in Pakistan earlier today (Weds).
Weed-killing farmer zapped by 25 KV line A Tyrolean farmer died instantly when his tractor touched a high-power line today (Weds).
Sat-nav operation leads to stolen cars Two Austrians have been reunited with their Mercedes limousines after experts located the stolen cars in the Czech Republic.
Hiker passes out after cramp A 55-year-old hiker is recovering in an Upper Austrian clinic after she suffered a cramp and passed out yesterday (Tues).
Austrian comeback at 2011 Song Contest Austria will compete in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) after a three-year hiatus, it has emerged.
Worst holiday traffic weekend lies ahead Experts have warned of the "worst traffic weekend this summer".
iPhone 4 to hit Austria Apple’s iPhone 4 will go on sale in Austria later this week, it has emerged.

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FPÖ MEP attacks Gaddafi

Freedom Party (FPÖ) MEP Andreas Mölzer has criticised "Libyan autocrat" Muammar Gaddafi for his call for a Muslim boycott of Switzerland.

Mölzer, a member of the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said today (Fri): "Gaddafi’s call for a boycott of Switzerland because of the Swiss referendum calling for a ban on minarets is nothing more than inadmissible interference in the internal affairs of another country."

He went on to say that it was "insufferable" that Gaddafi had called for "jihad" or holy war against Switzerland. "That concept comes from Islamic fundamentals who want to bring aggressive missionary Islam to Europe," he added.

Gaddafi, Mölzer declared, was "no partner for Europe."

Gaddafi is also reportedly angry at Switzerland because his son Hannibal was briefly detained in 2008 in Geneva for beating his servants.

Former Carinthian Governor Jörg Haider had visited Libya and said the country could function as "a bridge builder" between the rest of the Arab world and Europe. Haider also worked with Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam.

Haider led the FPÖ until he left it in 2005 to form the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ).

FPÖ MEP attacks Gaddafi

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