Vigil, hope for abuse victim Around 200 Amstetten residents held a candlelit vigil on Tuesday night to pray for the family of Elisabeth Fritzl, who was imprisoned by her 73-year-old father in an underground cell for 24 years.
IN FRANCE
Woman has six kids by her father After the case of Elisabeth Fritzl, a French daily reported the story of a French woman who said she was raped by her father for 28 years and bore him six children.
LEGAL BATTLE IN UK
Indian docs win case Indian doctors fighting for job parity with EU medicos on Wednesday won a landmark verdict against the British government when the country's highest court ruled as illegal a state guideline asking the state health sector to employ Britons and Europeans before others.
Obama keeps off ex-pastor muddle Barack Obama on Tuesday forcefully distanced himself from his former pastor Jeremiah Wright, publicly severing a relationship that has become a source of concern among some Democrats and may have helped drive away voters.
Prince William on secret Afghan trip Prince William, second in line to the British throne, paid a secret visit to Afghanistan to meet frontline British troops, his office said on Wednesday.
War worries... An Iraqi war memorial in Ashland, Oregon shows lawns where thousands of white and red flags have been planted
to represent the Iraqi and US war-dead. This memorial exhibition - created by Iraq Body Count - is roaming around the US and
and will be moving to Sacramento, California at month's end. AFP
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