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April 30, 2008

Austria Examines Its Conscience over Incest Case

by Anneliese Rohrer, BBC, UK - Soon the hordes of international journalists will pack up their cameras and tape recorders and leave Austria again.
The family of Josef Fritzl, the father/grandfather who kept his own daughter in the dungeon for 24 years, will have to deal with their broken lives. The town, the region, the country and all of the authorities will have to begin intense soul-searching.

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