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Switzerland swept out of Davis Cup

This content was published on Feb 11, 2012 Teaming up for only the second time, Fish and Bryan comfortably handled the 2008 Olympics doubles champions on Saturday in front of an occasionally hostile 7,000 crowd in Fribourg. The Americans were kept under control for a set and a half, then seized every opportunity they had to exploit errors on Wawrinka’s service. “They did…

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Photographer Frank honoured for life’s work

This content was published on Feb 11, 2012 It is the second time the SFr20,000 ($21,800) prize has been awarded – last year it went to René Burri, known around the world for his photograph of Che Guevara smoking a cigar. “Frank’s extraordinary work influenced 20th-century photography to a great extent,” the jury wrote, adding that his work The Americans could be…

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Seoul food

This content was published on Feb 11, 2012 Swiss photographers Stéphanie Borcard und Nicolas Metraux were impressed how life and business went on despite chilling winter conditions. A tent, a few plastic tarpaulins and a couple of gas heaters are all it takes to set up a chapel, a fortune teller’s table or a Kimchi restaurant and get working.

Shock Federer defeat in Davis Cup

This content was published on Feb 10, 2012 In the match played before a crowd of 7,000 in Fribourg on Friday, the world number 3 won the first set 6:4 without dropping serve, but went on to lose 3:6, 6:7 (4), 2:6. It was the first time Isner, ranked 17th in the world, had beaten the Swiss champion. Earlier, Stanislas Wawrinka lost the…

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Shame not unhealthy, philosophers say

This content was published on Feb 10, 2012 Julien Deonna, Raffaele Rodogno and Fabrice Teroni are philosophers who belong to the Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) in the Affective Sciences, Geneva. They have published a book about one particular emotion, shame, that is sure to be controversial. The title of the book, which is published in English by Oxford University…

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An East wind blows over Pro Helvetia

This content was published on Feb 10, 2012 The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is hoping to benefit from its 20 years of experience garnered in some former Soviet-bloc countries. “In recent years we have received several requests from Swiss artists interested in working in this country, and as with China a few years ago, even already present [in Russia]!” said Mario Annoni,…

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Swiss judge calls for re-trial of Khmer leaders

This content was published on Feb 10, 2012 Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, whose appointment has been blocked by the Cambodian government, said the retrial was in the public interest. He said he did not need the support of his fellow Cambodian investigating judge, You Bunleng, to bring the former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice. You, who had ordered the investigation closed last year, has rejected…

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Attitude influences death risk, study finds

This content was published on Feb 9, 2012 In the late 1970s researchers at Zurich University asked 8,250 Swiss people to gauge their health. Each participant was given a health check-up at the same time. Now more than 30 years later, the researchers have been able to see how a person’s attitude can influence when he or she dies. The study published on…

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Breaking the law to provide sanctuary

This content was published on Feb 9, 2012 It is a double flight for those who have left their own country and made it to Switzerland, only to go underground and live in fear of discovery by the Swiss authorities. Those who take their chances and disappear have usually received a negative decision on their asylum application or find their request is not…

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Xamax owner to end hunger strike

This content was published on Feb 9, 2012 The Chechen businessman is charged with fraud and mismanagement of the Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club. Chagaev bought the club last year; officials began investigating his suspicious business activities last November. Chagaev was arrested in Geneva on January 26 of this year, just hours after the club was declared bankrupt and dropped out of the Swiss Super…

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