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Wednesday, 23 October, 2002

Snow Cannon Aid Raises Eyebrows

In the same week that French President Jacques Chirac has been telling the British to contribute more to the EU budget while refusing change to the subsidy paid to French farmers a new drain on the EU budget has surfaced: Snow Cannon Aid. With the bulk of the money going to ski stations, which according to studies on global warming, have poor long term prospects even some French are fuming. 

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Tuesday, 18 June, 2002

Kaprun Funicular Inferno Trial Starts

16 people begin trial in Salzburg today for the Kaprun tunnel fire which killed 155 people in November 2000 on the Kitzsteinhorn funicular.

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