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Cuche wins world cup silver

This content was published on Feb 12, 2011 The 36-year-old from Neuchâtel, who was a favourite going into the downhill race, came in just about a third of a second behind Canadian Erik Guay on Saturday. Guay completed the Kandahar run in 1:58.41; Cuche’s time was 1:58.73, followed by Italian Christof Innerhofer at 1:59.17. After the race in the Bavarian resort, some were…

Five die in private plane crash

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 The twin engine plane, resgistered in Switzerland, had taken off from Geneva, stopped over in Lausanne and was on its way to Sion, about 100 kilometres to the east. It crashed at an altitude of 3,000 metres near the border with Italy. The wreck was discovered by a Super Puma of the army once the…

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Fabian M. Müller: Monolog

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 Ghost Train Fabian M. Müller

Swiss “freeheelers” glide to telemark success

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 Swiss elite telemarkers like Amélie Reymond and Bastien Dayer currently rank among the best in the world. The Swiss ski federation and telemark fans hope to see the discipline become a permanent fixture at future Winter Olympics. Telemarking has its roots in Norway, where it was started by Sondre Norheim in the 1860s. Since the…

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Citizenship refusal confirmed by federal court

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 Judges in Lausanne confirmed an earlier decision by the Fribourg cantonal authorities, which considered the 61-year-old man as still being linked with the FIS. During the naturalisation procedure he was heard by a Fribourg parliamentary committee. At that meeting, he described the FIS as a political party whose goals were to fight corruption and bring…

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CINEMA: Fribourg International Film Festival

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 The festival which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, promotes quality films and contributes to cinematographic and cultural diversity in Switzerland and Europe. Selected fiction and documentary short, medium or long films essentially from Asia, Africa and Latin America, are shown for the first time Switzerland.

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Letter told of death of missing twins

This content was published on Feb 11, 2011 Swiss police and a family member confirmed on Friday, that a letter, one of eight sent from the southern Italian city of Bari, laid out the man’s intentions. The letters were handed over to police on Tuesday. Seven of them contained money. Jean-Christophe Sauterel, spokesman for canton Vaud police, said the father had declared that…

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Janka takes time out to recover strength

This content was published on Feb 10, 2011 He has decided not to compete in the downhill and super-combined in the German resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but intends to be back to defend his title in the giant at the end of next week. The decision was not a surprise after Wednesday’s super-G when he reported that he felt “drained”. Janka’s form has suffered…

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Computer clues in hunt for twins

This content was published on Feb 10, 2011 The girls’ uncle told journalists on Thursday that the 43-year-old Canadian-born father had been looking at sites dealing with suicide, firearms and poison, as well as checking the timetable of ferries to Corsica. He had been using his work computer, and had deleted the files. On Wednesday the hunt for the six-year-old twins spread to…

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Social Forum calls for a world without borders

This content was published on Feb 10, 2011 But non-governmental groups and leftwing politicians have warned at a panel discussion at the World Social Forum in Dakar that a strict policy will not achieve its aim of controlling the flow of migrants. “For some time now only a few people have been trying to leave Senegal by boat,” said Moustapha Djeng, a fisherman…

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