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Swimming: Lütolf posts fastest time in heats

This content was published on Jul 6, 2000 Lütolf shaved 13 hundredths of a second off his personal best and former Swiss record of 28″33, set last May at Monte Carlo. He will take part in the semi-finals later today, and has already qualified for the Olympic Games in Sydney. The other Swiss in action on Wednesday were all eliminated. Nils-Ole Janshon set…

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Zberg second in latest stage of Tour de France

This content was published on Jul 6, 2000 France’s Emmanuel Magnien came third behind the Swiss man. The result meant the overall standings took a completely different complexion, with defending champion Lance Armstrong and Frenchman Laurent Jalabert more than five minutes off the pace. The Italian rider, Alberto Elli, gained the overall leadership and yellow jersey from Jalabert, one of the favourites to…

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Rigamonti strikes gold in Helsinki

This content was published on Jul 6, 2000 The 19-year old finished in a world-class time of eight minutes 29.16 seconds to catapault her to number two in the world rankings. There was more Swiss success with Rigamonti’s training partner, Chantal Strasser, swimming to silver just over two seconds behind. Strasser’s time of eight minutes 31.36 seconds saw her rise to fourth fastest…

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Bucher steals the limelight in Lausanne

This content was published on Jul 6, 2000 The 24-year old said he had not been surprised by the fast time. “Everything in training pointed towards my being able to run faster than one minute 43 seconds.” There was more good news for the Swiss with the Ticinese 110m hurdler, Paolo De Santa, booking his place for Sydney. He ran an Olympic qualifying…

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Former officer Nyffenegger sentenced to four months

This content was published on Jul 6, 2000 A military appeals court in Zurich handed down the sentence on Wednesday. It also upheld an earlier decision that Nyffenegger was guilty of disobeying military orders Nyffenegger’s former superior, ex-brigadier Paul Meyer, was also found guilty of disobeying military orders and fined SFr2,000. He was found not guilty of breaching military secrecy. Three other defendants…

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Hingis to help street children

This content was published on Jul 5, 2000 Fresh from her defeat in the Wimbledon tennis tournament, Hingis will turn her attention to Colombia’s young victims of poverty, pornography, prostitution and drugs. Hingis will travel to the capital, Bogota, as part of the United Nations Development Programme’s Team to End Poverty. The project has enlisted the football stars Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane,and movie…

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Decision day in Zurich for the 2006 World Cup

This content was published on Jul 5, 2000 The Swiss president of Fifa, Sepp Blatter, will announce which of the four candidates – South Africa, Germany, England and Morocco – have been successful. Sports officials from all four countries made final presentations on Wednesday to the 24-person Fifa executive committee. Sources in Zurich said balloting might be very close, and up to three…

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Football lobbyists descend on Zurich ahead of World Cup vote

This content was published on Jul 5, 2000 Officials representing the four remaining candidates – South Africa, Germany, England and Morocco – are taking part in final presentations to the 24-member Fifa executive committee. The German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, is paying a brief visit to Zurich to support Germany’s bid. South Africa has emerged as the firm favourite to host the World Cup,…

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Swiss-Tibetans oppose World Bank project

This content was published on Jul 5, 2000 Opponents of the World Bank project say Beijing is trying to dilute the ethnic mix in certain areas of Qinghai province by importing Han and Hui Chinese. The World Bank is scheduled to decide on Thursday whether to commission a 15-month international study to assess the potential effects of a project to resettle thousands of…

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Current laws enough to dissuade dictators, according to cabinet

This content was published on Jul 5, 2000 The government added that controlling such deposits would be a potential foreign policy embarrassment and not compatible with banking secrecy rules. It said the Federal Banking Commission already had strong measures at its disposal for locating dirty money and dissuading foreign leaders from placing illegally obtained funds in Swiss accounts. The government pointed in particular…

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