Summary: Paralleling the political trend in the United States with its Tea Party movement, the far-right in Austria resurged in local elections in the capital city of Vienna, securing the largest gains following a campaign laced with anti-Islamic rhetoric. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 10, 2009, Aubrey Immelman reported that Afghanistan’s defense minister, calling for more international troops, said thousands of foreign fighters were pouring into Afghanistan to bolster the Taliban insurgency.