World Tonight: Ex-Leader Dies
October 11, 2008
AUSTRIAN police say far-right politician Joerg Haider has died in a car accident. Police say the accident happened early this morning in the south of the country. The 58-year-old Mr Haider was governor of Carinthia and leader of the far-right Alliance for the Future of Austria at the time of his death. In 1999, Haider raked in 27% of the vote in national elections as leader of the Freedom P arty.
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