Austria backs status quo conscript army

Published January 20, 2013 8:45pm ET



VIENNA (AP) — Austrians voted overwhelmingly Sunday to retain their conscript army, with preliminary results showing around 60 percent rejecting the proposed shift to a professional force.

The wide margin of victory came as a surprise, since pre-election surveys had that side ahead by only a few percentage points.

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