Charges against incest dad detail how he broke daughter's will
Daily Telegraph (UK) Nov 14, 08 4:42 AM CST
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The charges against Josef Fritzl reveal fresh details of the ordeal he put his imprisoned daughter through, including forcing her to watch pornographic films and reenact scenes with him, the Daily Telegraph reports. Fritzl also beat and kicked his daughter, Elisabeth, whom he imprisoned for 24 years in a cellar, when she refused to co-operate, an Austrian tabloid quotes prosecutors as saying.
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Daily Telegraph (UK) Nov 13, 08 9:37 AM CST
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Josef Fritzl has been charged with murder in the death of one of the seven children he had with his daughter Elisabeth, the Telegraph reports. Austrian prosecutors say he failed to provide medical care to the child, who fell ill shortly after birth. He later burned the child's body in a furnace. Fritzl, 73, also faces charges of rape, enslavement, incest, coercion and deprivation of liberty.
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Boyfriend comes clean after Haider's fatal car crash, loses job
Times (UK) Oct 23, 08 10:08 AM CDT
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The successor of the Austrian far-right leader Jörg Haider lost his position yesterday after admitting that he had a sexual relationship with the firebrand politician, who died in a car crash last week. "He was the man of my life. Our relationship went far beyond friendship," said the 27-year-old Stefan Petzner, who was president of the Alliance for the Future of Austria for just one week.
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But says he 'managed to contain himself' for long time
Times (UK) Oct 22, 08 3:15 AM CDT
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The 73-year-old Austrian father who imprisoned his daughter in a dungeon as a sex slave for 24 years and fathered seven children with her has told a therapist he is a "born rapist," reports the Times of London. Josef Fritzl's comments were revealed in a confidential psychiatric report leaked to the Austrian media.
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Prosecutors still gathering evidence against man accused of raping daughter for 24 years
Guardian (UK) Oct 13, 08 8:21 AM CDT
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The trial of the Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter in a dungeon and raping her for 24 years likely will not start until early 2009, the Guardian reports. Prosecutors are still collecting evidence against Josef Fritzl, 73, and probably won’t be ready to go to court before the end of the year. Fritzl fathered 7 children with his daughter before they were rescued in April.
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Austria grieves extremist chief's death after right gains big in elections
Guardian (UK) Oct 13, 08 5:44 AM CDT
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The controversial leader of an ultra-right movement in Austria was driving twice the speed limit when he careened off a road and fatally crashed into a cement post, authorities revealed. Joerg Haider was driving 88 mph in a 40mph zone when the crash occurred Saturday, reports the Guardian. Thousands of his countrymen turned out to mourn Haider at a memorial service yesterday just weeks after right-wing parties made historic gains in national elections.
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He rose to power in
late '90s on strength
of anti-Semitic views
CNN Oct 11, 08 9:34 AM CDT
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A right-wing Austrian politician who sparked controversy with rhetoric viewed as pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic was killed today in a car accident, CNN reports. Joerg Haider, 58, was driving alone when he left the road, hit a concrete post, and flipped several times, said a witness. When Haider's anti-immigration Freedom Party earned enough votes to join a government coalition in 1999, the EU imposed months of sanctions. He broke from the party a few years ago and toned down his comments.
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Two anti-Islam parties take nearly a third
of the vote
Reuters Sep 29, 08 7:56 AM CDT
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Austrians woke up today to a shock election result, as 2 extreme right parties won nearly a third of the vote and the two main parties posted their worst results since World War II. The next chancellor will probably be Social Democrat leader Werner Faymann, with 30% of the electorate, but he will struggle to form a coalition after ruling out talks with the two anti-immigrant, anti-Islam parties.
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Melodic sketch was part of a collection given to a Nantes library in early 1800s
Daily Telegraph (UK) Sep 18, 08 5:52 PM CDT
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A single-page musical score located in a French library has been confirmed as a Mozart original, the Telegraph reports. “Mozart's handwriting is clearly identifiable,” an expert said. “There's no doubt that this is an original piece handwritten by Mozart.” The notation is for a melody only, with no orchestrations, but “one can really get a feeling of what Mozart meant,” he said.
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Father would threaten
to hurt kids if daughter resisted rape
Times (UK) Sep 10, 08 2:01 PM CDT
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Elisabeth Fritzl describes as horrific life under the control of father Josef in the Austrian cellar where she and her children lived, the Telegraph reports. "He was very brutal against me," the 42-year-old said of the man who fathered seven children with her. Elisabeth, discovered in April, detailed how Josef raped her three times a week, threatening her children when she denied him.
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Trial for Austrian who locked up daughter planned for December
Guardian (UK) Aug 4, 08 8:49 AM CDT
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Josef Fritzl, the Austrian who imprisoned daughter Elisabeth in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, may be charged with slavery, among other crimes, the Guardian reports. Officials plan to ready the case against him by September for a December trial, said a prosecutor. Fritzl has admitted to locking up his daughter and raping her, detectives say.
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More than 1,000 Jewish prisoners died after being held there
Radio Free Netherlands Jun 28, 08 7:10 PM CDT
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The Vienna stadium that will host tomorrow's Euro Cup final hides a brutal past beneath the stands, where more than the 1,000 Jewish prisoners were held in 1939. Nazis took medical samples and made plaster casts of the prisoners, who were allowed outside daily but could not step on the grass—because soccer games were still being played there.
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Kerstin Fritzl will develop normally, 'happy' to be with family
BBC Jun 11, 08 10:47 AM CDT
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A teenager who spent her life imprisoned in an Austrian cellar will recover fully and “develop normally” after major organ failure, said doctors at the hospital where she was treated. Kerstin Fritzl was recently awoken from an induced coma and reunited with her mother and siblings, who now live in a house on the hospital’s campus, the BBC reports.
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Natascha Kampusch gets gig two years after escaping
Guardian (UK) May 30, 08 11:01 AM CDT
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An Austrian woman who was held captive for more than 8 years has achieved her dream of hosting a talk show, the Guardian reports. TV had been Natascha Kampusch's main source of entertainment during her years trapped in a cellar before her escape; now she’s seeing “the other side” of broadcasting. “I'm interested in people who deal with the everyday in a courageous and confident way,” says the 20-year-old.
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