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Swiss skiers retain World Cup leads

This content was published on Mar 10, 2012 Ligety finished Saturday’s race in an aggregate time of 2 minutes, 22.47 seconds to beat second-place Alexis Pinturault of France. Marcel Hirscher of Austria finished third. Feuz failed to qualify for the second run. After eight of nine races, Feuz has 1,250 points overall, 55 clear of Hirscher. Fellow countryman Didier Cuche is in fifth…

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Canadian killed in World Cup skicross race

This content was published on Mar 10, 2012 The International Ski Federation FIS said Zoricic died at 12.35pm Swiss time as a result of “severe neurotrauma”. The 29-year-old crashed directly into safety nets lining the side of the course after going wide over the final jump. “The organising committee, FIS and Swiss Ski express their deepest condolences to the family and friends of…

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Vals thermal baths change hands

This content was published on Mar 10, 2012 The commune, which owns the complex, decided on Friday night to sell it to 35-year-old property developer Remo Stoffel. The thermal baths, a maze of pools enclosed by concrete and stone mined from the surrounding hills, were opened in 1996 and attract visitors from far and wide. The commune of Vals decided to sell the…

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Marrakesh bomber death penalty confirmed

This content was published on Mar 9, 2012 The chief judge of the court confirmed the death sentence against Adil Al-Atmani on Friday, and converted the life term handed down to his chief accomplice Hakim Dah to a death sentence. The court also increased the jail sentences against six of the other men convicted at the original trial in October from six to…

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Schwarzenegger flexes green muscles in Geneva

This content was published on Mar 9, 2012 The Hollywood action hero was in Geneva this week in his latest role as green activist to inaugurate his R20 non-profit environmental group, which has established a headquarters at Versoix, on the city outskirts. During his three-day visit Schwarzenegger broke Geneva University audience records at a public conference on his latest “crusade” – climate change…

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“Spirit of Geneva” lives on in America

This content was published on Mar 9, 2012 New York University (NYU) paid tribute to America’s Swiss founding father, Geneva-born Albert Gallatin, and the avant-garde French novelist, poet and essayist Michel Butor, a former dean of the Faculty of Letters at Geneva University. Although they lived 200 years apart, their beliefs and actions were shaped by L’Esprit de Genève (the Spirit of Geneva).…

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UN expert criticises proposed law on protests

This content was published on Mar 9, 2012 Maina Kiai, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, warned in a statement issued on Friday that a number of provisions in the proposed law were problematic. If the changes are approved by voters, anyone who does not request authorisation to demonstrate, or who does not respect…

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Japan – one year after the tsunami

This content was published on Mar 9, 2012 Swiss photographer Andreas Seibert has lived and worked in Japan for 14 years. He was in Tokyo when the earthquake struck on March 11, 2011. He saw the first images on television of the eight-metre high devastating tsunami in Tohoku region.

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Rail service to Italy halted by landslide

This content was published on Mar 8, 2012 The landslide closed the line near Gurtnellen, just before the northern entrance to the rail tunnel, on Wednesday. The Swiss Federal Railways initially hoped to restore services by Thursday midday, but later announced that this would not happen until just before midday on Monday. Geologists have reported that the hillside above Gurtnellen is unstable. It…

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Baselworld watch fair opens

This content was published on Mar 8, 2012 The ribbon for the 40th Baselworld fair was cut by Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann. The Swiss watch industry is well represented, with 456 brands on show. Despite the world economic downturn, the industry increased its exports to SFr19.3 billion ($21 billion ) in 2011. Schneider-Ammann praised Swiss watchmakers as a “shining example” for the rest…

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