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20090325
 Italy
-  Swiss
-  Glaciers
-  Land
-  Atmosphere
-  Global
-  Climate
-  Politics
-  History
-  France
- Austria
"Melting
glaciers force Italy, Swiss to redraw border." ...
"Melting glaciers in the Alps may prompt Italy and Switzerland to redraw
their borders near the Matterhorn, according to parliamentary draft legislation
being readied in Rome [Italy's capital]." ... "The Italian Military Geographic
Institute says climate change is responsible for the Alpine glaciers melting."
... ""This draft law is born out the necessity to revise and verify the
frontiers given the changes in climate and atmosphere," [Italy's Democratic
Party member Franco] Narducci said. "The 1941 convention between Italy
and Switzerland established as criteria [for border revisions] the ridge
[crest] of the glaciers. Following the withdrawal of the glaciers in the
Alps, a new criterion has been proposed so that the new border coincides
with the rock."" ... "Narducci said the same negotiation will be proposed
to France and Austria[.]" -CNN
20060726
-
 Israel
-  Lebanon
-  UN
- Austria
-  Canada
-  China
- "Annan:
Israel bombed UN base for hours." ... "The UN general
secretary, Kofi Annan, today accused the Israeli military of carrying out
a sustained bombing of the UN base on the Lebanon-Israel border that culminated
in the killing of four unarmed monitors." ... ""I spoke to Mr Olmert [Israel's
prime minister] and he definitely believes it was a mistake and has expressed
his deep sorrow," Mr Annan told a press conference in Rome." ... ""But
the shelling started in the morning and went on until after 7pm. You cannot
imagine the anguish of the unarmed men and women peacekeepers who were
there."" ... "According to a detailed timeline of the incident provided
by an unidentified UN officer and reported by CNN, the first bomb exploded
around 200 metres from the post at 1.20pm (11.20am BST) yesterday." ...
"Unifil observers then telephoned their designated contact with the Israeli
military, who assured them the attacks would stop. In the following hours,
nine more bombs fell close to the post, each one followed by a call to
the Israeli military, the UN officer said." ... "The main Unifil base in
the town of Naqoura lost contact with the post at 7.40pm, seemingly the
time when the post received a direct hit." ... "The four monitors came
from Austria, Canada, China and Finland." -Guardian.co.uk
20051208
-
 Iran
- Israel
-  Saudi
Arabia -  Palestine
-  Germany
- Austria
-  Military
- History
- "Update
2: Iranian President: Move Israel to Europe." ...
"Iran's hard-liner president, who has called for Israel's destruction,
said Thursday that the Jewish state should be moved to Europe if the West
wants to make up for the Holocaust." ... "Speaking to reporters at an Islamic
summit in the Muslim holy city of Mecca [Saudi Arabia], Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad implied that European countries backed the founding
of Israel in the Middle East in 1948 out of guilt over the Holocaust."
... ""Some European countries insist on saying that during World War II,
Hitler burned millions of Jews and put them in concentration camps," Ahmadinejad
said. "Any historian, commentator or scientist who doubts that is taken
to prison or gets condemned."" ... ""Let's give some land to the Zionists
in Europe or in Germany or Austria, so they can have their government there,"
he said. "They faced injustice in Europe, so why do the repercussions fall
on the Palestinians? Offer a piece of land from Europe, and we will back
this decision and will not attack this government.""
-AP via -Forbes
20051026
-
Austria
- Switzerland
-
 US
-  Halloween
- Consumer
- "Some
Europeans Aren't Fans of Halloween: Halloween Is
Getting More Popular Across Europe, but Some Disparage the U.S.-Style Commercialism."
... "It's almost Halloween and all those ghosts, goblins, tricks and treats
are giving Hans Kohler the creeps." ... "So the mayor of Rankweil [Austria],
a town near the border with Switzerland, has launched a one-man campaign
disparaging Halloween as a "bad American habit" and urging families to
skip it this year." ... ""It's an American custom that's got nothing to
do with our culture," Kohler wrote in letters sent out to households. By
midweek, the mayors of eight neighboring villages had thrown their support
behind the boycott. So had local police, annoyed with the annual Oct. 31
uptick in vandalism and mischief." (1, 2)
-With contributions by Marta Falconi, Tommy Grandell,
Jenn Wiant, and Matthias Armborst -AP
via -ABCNEWS.com
20051022
-
Austria
-
 Turkey
- "Vienna
goes to polls after anti-Turkish campaign." ... "Viennese
voters go to the polls on Sunday in Austria's biggest regional election
before the next national poll and a key test for what is left of the far-right
Freedom Party after the departure of founder Joerg Haider." ... "The Freedom
Party (FPOe) has fanned widespread opposition to Turkish EU accession in
its campaign to win over Vienna's 1.2 million voters -- about a fifth of
the Austrian electorate -- to demonstrate it can survive Haider's exit."
-Reuters
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