Dad and son shot in hunt

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A father and son participating in a hunt were injured by stray shots at the weekend.The 47-year-old farmer and his son, 14, took part in the hunt near Kötschach in Carinthia on Saturday. Police said today (Mon) the man sustained an open wound on his forehand when being hit by a buckshot, while his son […]

Ballet star fired over nude shots

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A ballet dancer sacked by the Vienna State Opera after posing for nude shots has claimed she was “discriminated against as a woman”.Russian-born Karina Sarkissova was given the sack by heads of the prestigious opera house after a series of nude photographs were published in Austrian men’s magazine Wiener.State Opera officials stressed the 27-year-old blonde […]

Escaped cows take a dip

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Three runaway cows went for a splash at a public pool in Tyrol this morning (Fri).The animals, two mother cows and one calf, grazed at the local pool after escaping their fenced meadow at a farm in Oberau – and jumped into the water-filled pool when 30 fire-fighters tried to catch them.All three heifers were […]

Austrian kidnap victim found dead in Venezuela

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A young Austrian has become the victim of a ruthless kidnapping gang in Venezuela.Amadeus Michael Novak-Ferrari from Graz, Styria, had been missing since 13 April. Now police have found his decaying corpse near Santa Lucia.Novak-Ferrari was working at his grandfather’s glass fibre factory and planned to return to Austria to do his six-month mandatory military […]

Lauda to become a granddad

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Niki Lauda is to become a grandfather for the first time.The three-time Formula One champion’s son Lukas confirmed newspaper reports about the news today (Thurs).”Yes, that’s correct, I’ll become a dad. But it’s also too early to speak about it,” his son Lukas – a Barcelona-based sports management company manager – said.Lauda, 61, who heads […]