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Gunter Sachs found dead at Swiss chalet

This content was published on May 8, 2011 Sachs’ body was found on Saturday at his Swiss chalet. Police said the 78-year-old photographer-industrialist shot himself. The great-grandchild of the founder of the car maker Opel, Sachs made a name for himself in the early 1960s when he had an affair with the former Iranian queen Soraya Esfandiary and in 1966 when he married…

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Nadal proves too tough for Federer

This content was published on May 7, 2011 Federer, currently number three, won the first set in gritty fashion, coming from behind to score a 7-5 win. Nadal made quick work of Federer in the second set, winning decisively 6-1 and left no uncertainties in the third and final 6-3 set. The victory stretched Nadal’s latest clay-court winning streak to 37 matches as…

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Bern demo calls for “rainbow” rights

This content was published on May 7, 2011 On Thursday, the federal court ruled against allowing a woman to adopt the child of her same-sex partner. The court said it rejected the woman’s request since she has only been living in a registered partnership with the mother of the child for three years. Married couples must wait five years before they become eligible.…

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Several smuggling-ring members arrested

This content was published on May 7, 2011 The police in Lecce said the suspects arrested in the Salento region are believed to belong to the clan, Donadei di Parabiti. Investigators traced the seizure of large amounts of hashish, cocaine and heroin at the Italy-Swiss border in late 2009 to the clan. The arrested were also caught in possession of weapons and munitions.…

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New human rights centre “has to prove itself”

This content was published on May 7, 2011 But its director Walter Kälin tells swissinfo.ch in an interview the government will only pursue the project if the centre proves its worth and passes the hurdle of parliamentary approval. For the past ten years, human rights organisations have been calling for an independent national body to monitor abuses in Switzerland. The United Nations Human…

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Dancin’ the Boogie in Lugano

This content was published on May 6, 2011 Highlights this year included an octogenarian legend smacking the keys with his shoe and master classes on not only how to play “fast blues” but also how to dance along. “The players here are like a big boogie woogie family,” Silvan Zingg, one of the top boogie pianists in the world and the event’s organiser,…

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Federer sets up Madrid clash with Nadal

This content was published on May 6, 2011 Top seed Nadal scored a straightforward 6-2, 6-2 victory over Michael Llodra on Friday, while third-seeded Federer was a 7-6 (2), 6-4 winner over fifth-seeded Robin Söderling. Nadal stretched his latest clay-court winning streak to 36 matches as he goes for his second straight Madrid title in three seasons after splitting the last two finals…

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New Papal Guard members sworn in

This content was published on May 6, 2011 New guards enter service every year on May 6 and a mass also takes place in memory of the 147 Swiss Guards who died in 1527 defending Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome. The Swiss Vatican Guard, which is known as the smallest army in the world, comprises 110 men. It reports to…

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“JetMan” cancels Grand Canyon flight

This content was published on May 6, 2011 “If I make a mistake and half of US television [is here], it’s really bad for you, for me, for everybody,” he told the Associated Press from Guano Point on the Hualapai Reservation, where spectators had planned to watch him soar through the air on Friday morning. Rossy added he would still like to do…

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Boogie night

This content was published on May 6, 2011 Boogie night Silvan Zingg tells Thomas Stephens about the International Boogie Woogie Festival in Lugano.

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