Cluster: Swiss Identity

Federer declares himself ready for Davis Cup

This content was published on Sep 15, 2011 It comes hot on the heels of the world number three’s bitter semifinal loss at the US Open. Federer, who only arrived in Australia on Wednesday, will play three matches in the Davis Cup tie, starting with a singles match against longtime rival Lleyton Hewitt and followed by a doubles pairing with fellow Swiss Stanislas…

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Red Cross opens new logistics centre

This content was published on Sep 14, 2011 “It’s here that a large part of the medicines, orthopaedic equipment, water treatment equipment and other material to be sent to help victims of conflicts will be received, stored and then dispatched,” said ICRC head Jakob Kellenberger at the opening ceremony. The building will also be used for training teams to go into the field,…

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Influential publisher dies

This content was published on Sep 14, 2011 Keel established the business in 1952, with the help of a schoolfriend to look after the accounting side, and the two men managed it ever since. Diogenes has developed into the biggest purely fiction publisher in Europe. In 59 years it has published over 5,800 titles, selling nearly 190 million copies. Keel was inspired to…

New device helps Zurich airport identify imported parasites

This content was published on Sep 14, 2011

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Trachtenchor Heiden: E gmüetlichs Stöndli

This content was published on Sep 14, 2011 Bi üs im Appezellerland Trachtenchor Heiden

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Summit of Ambition

This content was published on Sep 14, 2011 It had rained all night and was still drizzling in the morning. To add to the foreboding, the night before we’d been heavily warned by a drunk Swiss mountain guide that going up Dolent with a group was not only dangerous but foolish – perhaps even criminal. He told me directly and forcefully that I…

1954 World Cup star dies

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Ballaman got two goals in the highest-scoring match ever at a World Cup tournament, among his 18 goals in 50 appearances for Switzerland from 1948-61. Host nation Switzerland lost 7-5 to Austria in a 1954 quarterfinals match in Lausanne that was played in searing temperatures. Ballaman opened the scoring with a powerful long-range shot and…

Vein: Plays Porgy & Bess

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Summertime Vein

The circle completed

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 I have walked, climbed, biked, and paddled completely around Switzerland. Right out there -in those high white peaks to the southwest – I can see the French border where I started, the place where I fell in 2010, and the peak where I just finished. Connecting those points – where I broke my feet and…

Federer heads down under for Davis Cup

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Team manager Daniel Monnin confirmed Federer’s participation at a media conference on Tuesday, saying he was due to arrive in Sydney on Wednesday. Stanislas Wawrinka, who is carrying a leg injury, told reporters he was hopeful of being fit to play. Stéphane Bohli and Marco Chiudinelli will make up the third and fourth members of…

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