Cluster: Swiss Identity

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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Drugs squad chief acquitted of sex and corruption charges

This content was published on Jul 5, 2000 The verdict was greeted with a round of applause from the public gallery. The costs of the proceedings are to be paid by the canton. Brigadier Grossrieder, who had served with the police for 30 years, had drawn much sympathy during the trial, particularly since the defence set out to prove that the case against…

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Tour de France: Jalabert slips into yellow jersey for fifth stage

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 Once finished the 70 kilometre race from Nantes to Saint Nazaire, in just over one hour, 25 minutes. The defending champion, the American, Lance Armstrong, led his US Postal team into second place 46 seconds behind, followed by Jan Ulrich’s Deutsche Telekom team. The Banesto team, led by Switzerland’s Alex Zülle came in fifth. It…

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Swiss swimmers settle for eighth

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 Angela Zumstein, Nicole Zahnd, Sandrine Paquier and Hanna Milushka broke the Swiss record by more than half a second during qualifying. Although they could only manage eighth place in the final itself, their performance was seen as an unexpected boost to an otherwise disappointing day. None of the Swiss individuals in action on Tuesday made…

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Hingis crashes to Venus

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 There was no doubt going into the game that Williams would prove to be Hingis’s most serious challenge so far. But the world number one appeared to be in good form, having reached the quarterfinals without dropping a single set. Hingis also had history on her side. In their off-court verbal warfare the two women…

Handball: Pfadi ditch Mühlethaler

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 The club, which won the Swiss title five times in a row between 1993 and 1998 failed to perform last season, despite a promising start. Knocked out in the semi-finals of both the championship playoffs and the Swiss cup, Mühlethaler’s side also suffered a heavy defeat against Germany’s Grosswallstadt in the City Cup. Pfadi’s management…

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Victim of Israeli secret operation denies extremist links

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 The Lebanese witness, Abdallah el-Zein, told the court that he ran an Islamic centre in Switzerland with links to Lebanon and Iran, but said its activities were chiefly concerned with promoting friendship and sport. Swiss federal police believe that such centres – known as Ahl el-Beit – are used to recruit extremists loyal to Iran.…

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Top athletes in Lausanne and on the net

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 Despite a number of notable absentees, eight Olympic and nine World Champions will be in action at the Pontaise Olympic stadium. Those missing include a number of the favourites for Sydney. Marion Jones, Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene are all concentrating their efforts on qualifying for the US national Olympic squad. But there will still…

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Summer festival season swings into action

This content was published on Jul 4, 2000 In Basel, tens of thousands of people lined the streets to watch a procession of bands playing the fifes and drums, and an estimated 77,000 fans of traditional Swiss music attended a yodelling festival at Buochs in Canton Nidwalden. But not all the music was folkloric. About 22,000 people went to the annual open-air festival…

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