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Ullrich keeps yellow jersey as Tour de Suisse enters eighth day

This content was published on Jun 19, 2000 Ullrich managed to stay ahead of his main rivals after the gruelling seventh stage on Monday, a 171 kilometre ride from Locarno to Lugano in the blazing heat. It was won by Italy’s Marco Fincato in just over three hours and 58 minutes. The highest placed Swiss cyclists in the race were Mauro Gianetti and…

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Swiss soldiers demonstrate good conduct in war

This content was published on Jun 19, 2000 The conference in Geneva was attended by the armed forces training chiefs from 21 countries, ranging from China to Namibia, El Salvador to Uzbekistan. Its aim was for the generals to share ideas and experiences about how to teach humanitarian law to their troops. The ICRC says the humanitarian dimension of military operations is becoming…

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Dangerous asylum-seekers to be deported

This content was published on Jun 19, 2000 A spokesman for the federal refugee office said the green light was expected to come from the United Nations mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). The spokesman, Dominique Boillat, said a specially chartered aircraft was on standby to fly the refugees home. The 50 deportees will be accompanied by 34 policemen and officials from the refugee office.…

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Swiss prosecutor denies plans to indict Yeltsin’s daughters

This content was published on Jun 18, 2000 “The report published by Newsweek is incorrect,” Bertossa told the SonntagsBlick newspaper. “Although I can investigate money laundering, corruption in Russia does not fall under my jurisdiction.” Newsweek had reported that Yeltsin’s daughters were among 14 people soon to be charged in connection with the Mabetex affair. A Lugano-based construction company, Mabetex, allegedly paid kickbacks…

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Ullrich holds onto yellow jersey in Tour de Suisse

This content was published on Jun 18, 2000 The testing 103-kilometre stage included gruelling climbs over three of Switzerland’s most famous passes, the Nufenen, Gotthard and Furka. Italy’s Eddy Mazzoleni won the stage in a sprint finish, ahead of his compatriots Dario Frigo and Wladimir Belli. The trio shared a time of three hours five minutes and 47 seconds. The best placed Swiss…

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Swiss athletes shine in weekend races

This content was published on Jun 18, 2000 On Sunday, Kenya’s Lydia Cheromei picked up the gold medal in a women’s race in Berne. She completed the five-kilometre course in a time of 15 minutes and 17 seconds. The Ethiopian, Abeba Tola, won the silver, while the bronze went to Italy’s Maura Viceconte. The top-placed Swiss was local girl Anita Weyermann, from Gümligen,…

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Mountain high music festivals

This content was published on Jun 18, 2000 Music lovers are in for a real treat this summer as towns across Switzerland prepare for their annual festivals. The most famous is the Montreux Jazz festival, which kicks off on July 7 with its usual eclectic all-star line-up. Set on the shores of Lake Geneva, Montreux will be welcoming the likes of B.B. King,…

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Safe-sex campaign targets modern-day Don Juan

This content was published on Jun 17, 2000 Instead the campaign, dubbed the “Don Juan” project, urges heterosexual men to take responsibility for their own actions, by making sure they, and not their sexual partners, are the ones to insist on wearing condoms. It means breaking down the deeply-ingrained attitudes of many men towards wearing condoms. Planning the project started in 1997, but…

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Ullrich grabs gold jersey in Tour de Suisse

This content was published on Jun 17, 2000 The German finished the stage in third place, behind Latvia’s Raivis Belohvosciks and the Italian, Dario Frigo. It was enough to snatch the leader’s gold jersey from France’s Pascal Hervé, who finished lower down in the field. It is the fifth time in as many days that a different rider has donned the leader’s jersey.…

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Hervé leads in Tour de Suisse after winning fourth stage

This content was published on Jun 16, 2000 The 35-year-old Hervé completed the 156km stage from Fribourg to the mountain resort of Verbier, in three hours, 46 minutes and 51 seconds. He jumped into the lead some eight kilometres from the finish, eventually finishing 39 seconds ahead of Switzerland’s Oscar Camerzind, who takes third place overall. The Swiss rider, Laurent Dufaux, was fourth.…

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