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Sun shines on Corretja in Gstaad

This content was published on Jul 17, 2000 After a week of rain-forced interruptions, Monday’s brief final could hardly have been in greater contrast to the protracted misery of the previous seven days. As the tournament’s number one seed Corretja started the final as clear favourite, although there were fears he might be showing signs of tiredness after having played both his quarter-…

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Ticino banks under scrutiny in Russian money-laundering probe

This content was published on Jul 17, 2000 Reports in the Ticino press say the magistrate, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, ordered police to search and seize documents at a number of important Ticino banks. Speaking to swissinfo, Kasper-Ansermet refused to go into details, but confirmed he had “conducted a number of investigations into banks in Ticino.” He said he would release more information once he…

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Parents identify their children in paedophile CD-Rom

This content was published on Jul 17, 2000 “It’s a unique step,” cantonal police spokesman Jacques Volery told swissinfo. “We hope other police forces follow suit.” Following the gruelling 13-hour session, a number of the relatives positively identified members of their family. Police said that on a number of occasions parents had to leave the viewing room at Geneva’s central police station because…

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New website launched to track missing people

This content was published on Jul 17, 2000 Last year some 4,003 people went missing, compared to 3,356 in 1998 and 2,829 the previous year. Police say more than 90 percent re-surface fairly soon, such as children who come home to their families, escaped prisoners who are caught, and husbands or wives who return to their spouses. But that leaves hundreds of mysterious…

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Paintings of a mountain with soul

This content was published on Jul 17, 2000 Entitled “Tinzenhorn – Mountain and Soul”, the exhibition features 50 works by Kirchner (1880-1938) who lived in Davos from 1917 until his death. During his stay, the painter and sculptor became fascinated by the nearby 3,172-metre peak, referring to it as the “hieroglyph of the alpine world”. The pictures in this exhibition are taken from…

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Corretja wins Gstaad Open tennis final

This content was published on Jul 17, 2000 Corretja won a one-sided match 6-1, 6-3. Corretja was the top seed at Gstaad, and is currently rated numbed 10 in the ATP world rankings. Developing story swissinfo with agencies.

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Festival crowds undeterred by wet weather

This content was published on Jul 17, 2000 Some 44,000 tickets were sold for the three-day rock festival on the hill overlooking Berne, the Gurten, to the delight of organisers who had feared a financial deficit as a result of the weather. It was the same story in the streets of Lausanne, where the annual “Festival de la Cité” attracted over 80,000 on…

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Markus Fuchs puts on creditable show in Aachen

This content was published on Jul 16, 2000 Fuchs, a 45-year-old rider from Sankt Gallen was on Tinka’s Boy, and earned a creditable fourth place. The Grand Prix was won by the German, Otto Becker, on Cento who put in a faultless performance. He was followed by Jos Lasink of the Netherlands and another German, Markus Beerbaum, in third place. swissinfo with agencies

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Organisers of Gurten rock festival expect a profit

This content was published on Jul 16, 2000 The organisers of this year’s Gurten festival said that all three days, including the final day, were a sell-out. Music fans were not put off by the mudbath after days of continuous heavy rain. The organisers said that an average number of 15,000 people had attended each day of the festival. A spokesman explained: “Without…

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Champions Sankt Gallen shocked as new football season opens

This content was published on Jul 15, 2000 Sankt Gallen had been hoping to continue where they left off a few weeks ago. But they fell to a Gimenez goal in the 32nd minute in Lugano. The eastern Swiss side were the only one of the four clubs, tipped to have a real title chance this season, to have lost on the opening…

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