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Vienna - Up to 15 people were feared to be buried by a large avalanche Sunday in the Hinterstoder skiing area in Austria, according to media reports.
Witnesses saw the avalanche at around 10:30 local time and reported that between 10 and 15 backcountry skiers were trapped under the snow. Police told Austrian press agency APA that they assumed that "several" people were buried.
Up to 40 rescue workers and several several helicopters were dispatched to the site in the Upper Austria province.
Vienna - The US would be in breach of international law if it does not prosecute CIA officials for torturing alleged terrorists, the United Nations' monitor on torture Manfred Nowak said in a newspaper interview published Saturday in Austria.
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture was reacting to the announcement by US President Barack Obama that CIA operatives who used harsh interrogation tactics authorized by the Bush administration should not be held responsible.
Vienna - Overnight stays in the Austrian capital Vienna plunged 9.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, official data showed Friday.
The tourism industry plays a vital part in the Austrian economy, but has been severely hit by the global economic downturn.
In March, numbers fell by 15.1 per cent year-on-year, with 37 per cent less tourist stays from Italy and 28 per cent less from the United States, according to the latest figures from the Vienna Tourism Board.
Vienna - The world economy will grow slightly in 2009, Luxembourg premier and euro group chief Jean-Claude Juncker predicted Friday, one day after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that the global recovery could last more than three years.
Instead of choosing the path of massive lay-offs, European economies should "look trustingly to the year 2010, which will see a recovery, if only a slight one," Juncker told reporters in Vienna after meeting Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann.
Vienna - The pric
Vienna - Up to 15 people were feared to be buried by a large avalanche Sunday in the Hinterstoder skiing area in Austria, according to media reports.
Vienna - Up to 15 people were feared to be buried by an avalanche that went off on Sunday in 
Vienna - The US would be in breach of international law if it does not prosecute CIA officials for torturing alleged terrorists, the United Nations' monitor on torture Manfred Nowak said in a newspaper interview published Saturday in Austria.
Vienna - Overnight stays in the Austrian capital Vienna plunged 9.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, official data showed Friday.
Vienna - The world economy will grow slightly in 2009, Luxembourg premier and euro group chief Jean-Claude Juncker predicted Friday, one day after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that the global recovery could last more than three years.
