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Locarno film festival honours Swiss film director Schmid

This content was published on Aug 9, 1999 The Locarno film festival has awarded an honorary Leopard — it’s top prize — to the Swiss-born film maker Daniel Schmid. The award preceded a special screening of Schmid’s new film. There was a sell-out audience of about 10,000 people in Locarno’s Piazza Grande to watch film star Geraldine Chaplin present Schmid with the Leopard…

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Dalai Lama to meet Swiss members of parliament

This content was published on Aug 9, 1999 A cross-party group of Swiss parliamentarians was to meet Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Geneva on Monday, as the government was keeping a low profile in an apparent effort to avoid another diplomatic row with Beijing. During a state visit in March, Chinese President Jiang Zemin strongly criticised the Swiss government for failing…

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The main news stories in Switzerland this week

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Annan recommends Swiss prosecutor to head U.N. war crimes tribunal

This content was published on Aug 6, 1999 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended Swiss Federal Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte as the new chief prosecutor at the international war crimes tribunal. Annan, talking to journalists in New York, confirmed Friday that he had recommended Del Ponte in a letter to the U.N. Security Council after holding talks with the Swiss prosecutor the previous…

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Swiss federal prosecutor to become U.N. war crimes prosecutor?

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Swissair makes surprise offer in Flight 111 court case

This content was published on Aug 6, 1999 Swissair says it will compensate the financial losses of the 229 people who were killed in a 1998 MD-11 crash off the coast of Nova Scotia, provided the victims’ families agree not to pursue punitive damages. “We agree to share liability for the accident and pay full compensatory damages for each passenger and crew member,”…

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Locarno film festival jury faces difficult task

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Swissair Flight 111 pretrial conference begins in U.S.

This content was published on Aug 5, 1999 A pretrial conference began in the United States on Thursday to sort out procedural technicalities of the lawsuits against Swissair and other defendants in connection with the Swissair MD-11 crash in which all 229 people were killed off Nova Scotia last September. The conference was taking place at the U.S. District Court of Philadelphia and…

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Tears and prayers mark memorial service for canyoning victims

This content was published on Aug 5, 1999 Families, friends, local residents and political dignitaries forged a sad bond during Thursday’s memorial service for the victims of the recent canyoning accident near the Swiss resort of Interlaken. Swiss President Ruth Dreifuss, Vice President Adolf Ogi and Australian Governor-general Sir William Deane were among those attending the service in the resort in the Bernese…

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Annan recommends Swiss prosecutor to head U.N. war crimes tribunal

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