41.   Fischler later told Austrian television that the commission would probably be able to overrule the British objections on Wednesday.

42.   The Spanish tenor Jose Carreras will become a sausage seller for a night here after losing a bet on an Austrian television show.

43.   Meanwhile an Austrian state television station carried a programme with figures challenging his past record as a Nazi-hunter.

44.   The interview followed a screening of an amateur video on Austrian television showing Haider praising a gathering in September that included former SS officers.