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Austria's Freedom Party leader tasked with forming new government, potentially marking first far-right government since WWII.

VIENNA (AP) — The leader of Austria’s Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds.