Ferry sparkles at the opera

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Bryan Ferry delighted his fans with a superb show at the Vienna State Opera on Sunday. The Roxy Music legend performed at the prestigious venue as part of the Jazz Fest Vienna 2011. Opening his set with “I put a spell on you,” Ferry played all the hits of his career spanning across the decades […]

Sleeping captain rams berthed ship

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Massive damage has been caused when a passenger ship crashed into a vessel in Lower Austria.Local shipping officials said today (Fri) the captain of the Swiss ship may have fallen asleep behind the rudder before running into a ferry near Orth an der Donau south-east of Vienna on Tuesday night. Repairs to both ships will […]

Fake suicide gets four years for child abuse

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A pensioner who faked his own suicide to escape a sex abuse trial was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday.A court in Korneuburg, Lower Austria, heard how Helmut B. was found alive and well at an Upper Austrian monastery months after being declared dead.The 68-year-old staged his own suicide by jumping off a […]