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1. Der Standard-Austrian Newspaper Online 2-00

2. Austria (CountryReports.org)
   Provides a profile by topic, including Economy, Defense, Geography, Government, People, National Anthem, Lyrics and Related Links. Provides a map and a flag. 6-02

3. Austria

4. Austrian News (Der Standard)
   Provides news from Austria, in Austrian. 11-02

5. News from Austria (Austrian News)
   Provides news in English. 02-06

6. Austria (CIA.gov)
   Provides a history of the country, including history (Introduction), military, transportation, geography, people, economy, communications, transnational issues, and a map. 2-06

7. Austria Timeline (BBC News)
   Provides a timeline of key events, starting with 1918. 04-06

8. By Country Recipes (Sally's Place)
   Provides recipes from Austria, Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, and the United States. 3-01

9. Rulers by Country - A-C (Schulz)
   Provides a list of leaders by country and date. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrein, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin (Dahomey), Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cap Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa, former Zaire), Costa Rica, Cote Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, and the Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia). leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00

10. Misinterpretation of Report on Nuclear Capacity in Iraq (MSNBC)
    "Seeking to build a case Saturday that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, President Bush cited a satellite photograph and a report by the U.N. atomic energy agency as evidence of Iraq’s impending rearmament. But in response to a report by NBC News, a senior administration official acknowledged Saturday night that the U.N. report drew no such conclusion, and a spokesman for the U.N. agency said the photograph had been misinterpreted."
    
    "And both leaders [President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair] mentioned a 1998 report by the U.N.-affiliated International Atomic Energy Agency that said Saddam could be six months away from developing nuclear weapons."
    
    "Contrary to Bush’s claim, however, the 1998 IAEA report did not say that Iraq was six months from developing nuclear capability, NBC News’ Robert Windrem reported Saturday."
    
     "Instead, Windrem reported, the Vienna, Austria-based agency said in 1998 that Iraq had been six to 24 months away from such capability before the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the U.N.-monitored weapons inspections that followed."
    
      "The war and the inspections destroyed much of Iraq’s nuclear infrastructure and required Iraq to turn over its highly enriched uranium and plutonium, Windrem reported."
    
     "In a summary of its 1998 report, the IAEA said that 'based on all credible information available to date ... the IAEA has found no indication of Iraq having achieved its programme goal of producing nuclear weapons or of Iraq having retained a physical capability for the production of weapon-useable nuclear material or having clandestinely obtained such material.' ” 9-02

11. -01-12-05 Wealthy Nations Agree to Delay Debt Payments (CNN News)
    "Meanwhile, the world's wealthiest nations have agreed to a moratorium on debt repayment by Indonesia and Sri Lanka, the two countries hardest hit by last month's tsunamis." 
    
    "The Paris Club of 19 creditor nations, said it was willing to freeze payments until the end of 2005, depending on assessments from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which would monitor the countries to make sure that the money was being used for tsunami relief."
    
    "The Paris Club comprises Austria, Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States."
    
    "Finance ministers from the wealthy G7 nations have already agreed to a debt freeze for all tsunami nations." 
    
    "As for more immediate needs, the United Nations says it has $717 million -- more than 70 percent of the $977 million it requested -- to use immediately for tsunami relief." 01-05

12. Surprised Europeans Offer Help (MSNBC News)
    "As the enormity of Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath sinks in, Europeans have been moved to help in ways great and small: from an Austrian university proposing to take in 500 students from New Orleans, to nations agreeing to tap into strategic oil reserves."
    
    "Amid the compassion, there was also surprise that America was so vulnerable and unprepared, and dismay the Bush administration plays down the global warming threat that so many Europeans link to the force and frequency of such storms." 9-05

13. World's Best Recyclers (OdeMagazine.com)
    Austria has been recognized by Earthmatters as the nation recycling the highest percent of its waste. 9-05

14. -12-11-05 Global Online Shopping Patterns (International Herald Tribune)
    "With national forecasts for holiday sales generally gloomy, the British should be especially glad for the Internet this year. That's because the British are among the world's biggest online shoppers, according to a global survey, along with Germany and Austria." 12-05

15. -02-06-06 Continuing Muslim Rage Over Cartoons (MSNBC News)
    "Iran cut off trade ties with Denmark and Iranians pelted the Austrian Embassy with Molotov cocktails and stones on Monday in the latest protest over the publication of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in European newspapers."
    
    "Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said he disapproves of the caricatures, but insisted he cannot apologize on behalf of his country's independent press." Also transliterated Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammed, and sometimes Mahomet. Sometimes misspelled by visitors as Mohamad, Mohamed, Muhamad, or Muhamed. 02-06

16. Hitler, Adolf (Wikipedia.org)
    "Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born politician who led the National Socialist German Workers Party. He became Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933 and Führer in 1934. He ruled until 1945."
    
    "Hitler's bid for territorial conquest and racial subjugation had caused the deaths of tens of millions of people, including the systematic genocide of an estimated six million Jews, not including various other 'undesirable' populations, in what is known as the Holocaust." 03-08

17. Hitler, Adolf (Remember.org)
    "Adolf Hitler, a charismatic, Austrian-born demagogue, rose to power in Germany during the 1920s and early 1930s at a time of social, political, and economic upheaval. Failing to take power by force in 1923, he eventually won power by democratic means. Once in power, he eliminated all opposition and launched an ambitious program of world domination and elimination of the Jews, paralleling ideas he advanced in his book, Mein Kampf. His '1,000 Year Reich' barely lasted 12 years and he died a broken and defeated man." 03-08

18. 2008 Sastre Wins in Very Close Race (USA Today)
    "Carlos Sastre won the Tour de France on Sunday, sipping champagne in the processional to the Champs-Elysees and becoming the third consecutive Spaniard to capture cycling's premier event."
    
    "Sastre held his narrow lead over Cadel Evans of Australia, finishing seven seconds behind his main rival for a 58-second victory. Bernhard Kohl of Austria was 1:13 back for third place, the second tightest podium finish in the 105-year-old race." 07-08

19. -04-18-09 U.N. Official: No Pass for Torturers (CBS News)
    "President Barack Obama's decision not to prosecute CIA operatives who used questionable interrogation practices violates international law, the U.N.'s top torture investigator said Saturday."
    
    "In a brief telephone interview with The Associated Press, Manfred Nowak, an Austrian who serves as a U.N. special rapporteur in Geneva, said the United States had committed itself under the U.N. Convention against Torture to make torture a crime and to prosecute those suspected of engaging in it." 04-09

20. Europe - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
    Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, and Wales. 3-02

21. Pictures of Famous Places (PicturesofPlaces.com)
    Provides pictures of many of the tourist spots. 5-02

22. Awesome Library in German (WorldLingo.com)
    Provides online translations of the Web. 7-02
    

23. German

24. Euro Currency (CNN News)
    Discusses the short history of the standard of exchange in many European countries, the Euro Dollar. "Eleven member states -- Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland -- joined in an initial wave of single currency participants after satisfying a series of economic conditions decreed by the EU. Greece was waved in as the 12th member and joined the eurozone in January 2001."
    
    "European nations hoping to join the single currency must satisfy a number of strict economic conditions."
    
    "Countries must keep their government budget deficit below 3 percent of gross domestic product, maintain low inflation, and produce a domestic surplus. Public debt can account for no more than 60 percent of GDP." 10-02

25. 12-13-02 European Union Expands by 10 Nations (CBS News)
    "Setting the stage for its largest expansion ever, European Union leaders agreed Friday on financial terms with 10 countries, mostly from the formerly communist east, to bring them into the union in 2004."
    
    "It will be the first expansion since Austria, Finland and Sweden joined in 1995, bringing the current total to 15 countries."
    
    "With the new members, the EU will surpass the North American Free Trade Agreement as the world's largest market, with 445 million people compared to NAFTA's 416 million."
    
    "The 10 candidates — Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus and Malta — are to join in May 2004."
    
    "Their entry will be the EU's largest, most ambitious expansion ever and one that carries huge political significance, for it will erase the continent's Cold War divide." 12-02