Friday, January 25, 2013

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Austria appears to back status quo conscript army
FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2013 file photo Austrian army soldiers stand in front of the chancellery in Vienna, Austria. Austrians eligible to vote are called to participate an army referendum, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. At issue in this neutral nation of just over 8 million people is whether to keep the present system that relies heavily on conscripts or to go with the European flow and create a professional army, as have 21 of the EU's 26 other members. The present    model consists of about 35,000 troops, with about 14,000 professionals and the rest conscripts who serve for six months as well as a 30,000-strong part-time militia. (AP Photo/dapd, Hans Punz)VIENNA (AP) -- Projections based on exit polls indicate that about 60 percent of Austrians voting in a refe rendum favor retaining an army made up mostly of conscripts instead of replacing it with a fully professional force.


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