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Atheist wins right to wear pasta strainer as religious headgear for driver's licence photo BBC News 07/13/2011	Firefighters dismantle police car to rescue kitten San Francisco Chronicle 07/27/2010
An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".	This little kitty went home — but only after Vienna police and firefighters partially dismantled a police car to find it. The naughty feline first woke residents of a Vienna neighborhood with its desperate meowing, then kept police and firefighters busy for much of the night.
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Vienna tops 'quality of living' list Lisa Bachelor The Guardian 05/26/2010	70 bodies of victims, killed by Nazis, found in mass graves under Austrian football pitch 03/12/2010
Seven cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland have been ranked among the 10 best in the world for quality of living, according to a survey published today.	Two mass graves containing about 70 bodies of people killed by the Nazis during the Second World War have been discovered underneath a football pitch belonging to the Austrian army in the southern city of Graz, Austrian government officials said on Friday.
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European states keep Swiss bank secrecy under siege Reuters 02/03/2010	Ballarat's the best for buying a house MEG RAYNER Property-magazine 01/28/2010
BERNE/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - European states lined up behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel to expose tax cheats in a combined assault on the Swiss banking secrecy laws that help protect them.	BALLARAT is the most affordable place to live in Australia. According to the sixth Demographia International Affordability Study, Ballarat topped the list of the most affordable cities to live in Australia and came in at number 200 in the world.
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Lufthansa Seeks Austrian Air Deal Extension, Sees Antitrust OK Jan Hromadko The Wall Street Journal 07/27/2009	Austria investigates yacht sale to North Korea's Kim Reuters 07/24/2009
German flag airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA.XE) said Tuesday it has requested an extension of its takeover offer for Austrian Airlines AG (AUA.VI), saying European Union antitrust approval for the deal is in the offing but unlikely to be granted by the original deadline of July 31.	An Austrian businessman and Korean intermediary are being investigated over the sale of luxury yachts and cars apparently destined for North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, prosecutors said on Friday.
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British Study Madoff Payments to Austrian Banker JULIA WERDIGIER The New York Times 07/03/2009	Australian REITs look ready for acquisitions-CBRE reuters 06/10/2009
British authorities have started an investigation into millions of dollars of payments from the operations of the convicted money manager Bernard L. Madoff to companies linked to the Austrian banker Sonja Kohn, an Austrian official confirmed on Friday.	SYDNEY, June 10 (Reuters) - Australian property trusts are cashed up and ready to start a round of a consolidation in the sector by buying up distressed assets, U.S.-based property fund manager CBRE Global Real Estate Securities said on Wednesday.
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