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Swiss study tracks aging HIV+ patients

This content was published on Nov 2, 2011 Carried out by the Swiss HIV Cohort, which pools the work of several medical researchers and practitioners involved with HIV from around the country, it examined the incidence of clinical events in nearly 9,000 HIV positive patients from January 2008 to December 2010. Lead author Barbara Hasse, from the Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital…

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Blaskapelle Rigispatzen: Regenbogengold

This content was published on Nov 2, 2011 Regenbogengold Blaskapelle Rigispatzen

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Swiss experts to advise on Thai floods

This content was published on Nov 2, 2011 Thailand’s government accepted a Swiss offer to provide four experts in water, microbiology, flood containment and coping measures. The team will advise in particular on water management, measuring water quality and evaluating the conditions of dams and embankments. The government’s Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit has already released SFr100,000 ($113,000) for the Thai Red Cross and…

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Florian Ast & Francine Jordi: Lago Maggiore

This content was published on Nov 1, 2011 Sit däm Tag Florian Ast & Francine Jordi

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Federer sails through at Swiss Indoors

This content was published on Oct 31, 2011 Federer, returning to competition after a six week break, won in two sets, although at one point in the first he had to save a break point at 5-all. The score was 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Starace is ranked 57th in the world. Federer last played on September 18, as a member of Switzerland’s successful Davis…

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FC Sion complains to European Commission

This content was published on Oct 31, 2011 In a statement on the club’s website on Monday announcing the move, Sion said that Uefa had violated European Union law in refusing to qualify its players for the Europa League, and for expelling the club from the competition. Sion was expelled from the Europa League in September for fielding players it had signed in…

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Heiri Känzig Quintet: Paris – Buenos Aires

This content was published on Oct 31, 2011 Paris – Buenos Aires Heiri Känzig Quintet

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Swiss gauchos

This content was published on Oct 31, 2011 The 16,000-strong Swiss community in Argentina is the largest Swiss expatriate group in Latin America. The book El Legado Suizo (The Swiss Heritage), traces the history of the immigrants and their clubs from 1885 to the 21st century. (Pictures: El legado suizo en el Bicentenario argentino. Buenos Aires: Camara de Comercio Suizo Argentina, 2010)

All-star turnout for Swiss Indoors

This content was published on Oct 31, 2011 With its SFr19 million ($21.8 million) budget, Swiss Indoors is the most expensive sporting event in Switzerland but also the third biggest indoors tournament in the world. Giving defending champion Roger Federer a run for the SFr2 million prize money will be world number one Novak Djokovic – who returns from a six-week injury break…

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Conference targets armed violence

This content was published on Oct 31, 2011 “Three thousand will be killed during the two days of this conference,” Martin Dahinden, head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, told the meeting. More than 400 representatives from 80 countries are taking part in the Review Conference of the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development. The declaration is a diplomatic initiative…

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