Cluster: Swiss Identity

Romero leads Crans Montana, with pack in hot pursuit

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Britons Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke, Australia’s Jarrod Moseley, and Hennie Otto of South Africa will be hoping to play catch-up in Saturday’s round. A record four Swiss professionals are in action at the tournament. The second round was kind to Paolo Quirici, who shot a par-level 71, a drop from his first round four-under…

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Zurich and Basel take a point each

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Basel’s Kreuzer opened the scoring in the 65th minute. The response came in the 75th from Zurich’s Kavelashvili. A thigh injury saw Zurich and national side keeper Marco Pascolo substituted mid-way through the first half. Zurich trainer Gilbert Gress said that he feared the damage was serious. Ahead of the weekend’s game, the Friday match…

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Raoul’s parents launch legal action against Colorado authorities

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 At a first hearing held on Friday in Denver, the lawyer for Raoul s mother and father claimed that the boy and his parents deserve to be compensated for the violation of their civil and constitutional rights. The hearing dealt mainly with procedural matters related to depositions and timetable. But those among the accused who…

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Ice hockey season gets underway with larger league

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Chur and La Chaux-de-Fonds have joined the top flight but neither are being given a chance of winning the title. Indeed, they are expected to struggle for survival. The favourites are last season’s champions, Zurich’s ZSC Lions, and the team they beat in the play-off finals, Lugano. Two other teams, Zug and Berne, are seen…

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Wife of Saint Gallen killer expelled to Kosovo

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 A court in Saint Gallen had reduced an earlier two-year sentence, and freed Gecaj on the basis of time already served. She was released on Thursday, and re-arrested pending her deportation to her native Kosovo on Friday. Her husband, Ded Gecaj, has admitted having stabbed to death his daughter’s schoolteacher, Paul Spirig, in January 1999.…

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Swiss get tough draw in Davis Cup

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Having successfully retained their position in the top league by beating Belarus, the Swiss could hardly have been given a tougher tie. The match will be played in Switzerland in February, but it is not clear exactly where it will be staged. Both the US and Switzerland have in recent years often played without their…

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Japanese and technology are the stars at Bâtie Festival

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 The Bâtie Festival clearly demonstrates the extent to which artists are now using cutting-edge technology in their work. “Artists are just reflecting what is going in society,” says festival director André Waldis. “It’s a very strong trend this year. In music, of course, but also in theatre and dance, they are using multimedia, computers and…

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Next generation of supermodels parade in Geneva

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 This is the 17th edition of the competition, which used to be called “Look of the Year”. Some 400,000 girl’s worldwide put their names forward this year in the hope that it would be a springboard to glamour, fame and untold riches. Of those, 62 made it to Geneva. These will be whittled down to…

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Problems with illiteracy spelled out on special day

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Switzerland long ago conquered the problem of so-called primary illiteracy by making school attendance mandatory in the 19th century. Since 1970, fewer than 10,000 people or 0.14 per cent of the population, say they have never attended school. Yet up to one fifth of the Swiss population is thought to be functionally illiterate. That means…

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Romero leads in Crans Montana – Quirici in good form

This content was published on Sep 7, 2000 Quirici shot a four-under-par 67 putting him level with Australia’s Brett Rumford. Only South Africa’s Hennie Otto (five under par), New Zealand’s Michael Campell (six under) and Romero (seven under) had better rounds than the Swiss number one. Quirici’s performance was all the more remarkable considering his recent run of bad luck at Crans Montana.…

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