Southeast Austria feeling the effects of climate change

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By Rebecca Musgrave Temperatures are rising at a rate three times higher than the rest of the world in Southeast Styria. This change in climate may well be responsible for the driest November on record this year. The UN climate change conference began yesterday (Mon) in Durban, South Africa, prior to which current climate figures […]

Smoking turns housewife into human torch

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A 40-year-old woman suffered serious burns when she lighted a cigarette after filling a basin with petrol.The housewife was rushed to a clinic after the incident at her home in the Styrian spa town of Bad Waltersdorf (Tues).Meanwhile a 47-year-old man died three days after suffering serious burns when a petrol can exploded in woodland […]