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World makes room for seven billionth person

This content was published on Oct 26, 2011 swissinfo.ch spoke to demographics expert Philippe Wanner about the rise and rise of the global population and asked whether we should fear the burden of the additional two to three billion people expected to be added to the planet in the next 50 years. During the 20th century, the world population exploded, passing from 1.6…

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Schweizerhalle: one year after

This content was published on Oct 26, 2011 Schweizerhalle: one year after In this interview extract from Swiss Radio International in 1987, journalist Regula Renschler tells Robert Brookes how people in Basel felt one year after the accident.

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Odeon ode

This content was published on Oct 26, 2011 Many cinemas in Switzerland face extinction. The advance of digital technology is stretching the financial limits of many, especially those outside cities. Over the past decade the Geneva photographer and filmmaker Simon Edelstein visited some 300 cinemas and has portrayed the life and death of an era in a bilingual photo book, “Lux, Rex &…

Monster sculptor dies

This content was published on Oct 25, 2011 A representative of the Bruno Weber Foundation said he died at home on Monday, surrounded by his family. Weber’s colourful dragons, snakes, birdmen and unicorns were designed to be a “visionary counterworld” to the “concrete deserts” of highways and factories. They were inspired by eastern mythology and European fables as well as by his own…

Shirley Grimes: The Long Road Home

This content was published on Oct 24, 2011 Dandelion Bouquet Shirley Grimes

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Miro, Monet, Matisse

This content was published on Oct 24, 2011 The show features impressionism, fauvism, cubism, abstraction and surrealism.

Seven charged over suspected money laundering

This content was published on Oct 24, 2011 In a statement, the prosecutor’s office said formal charges had been filed with the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona. Around SFr600 million ($680 million) in Swiss bank accounts has already been seized. In June 2005, the prosecutor’s office opened a criminal procedure in connection with the allegedly illegal takeover of one of the most important…

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Lüthi victory marred by fatal accident

This content was published on Oct 24, 2011 Lüthi came first in the Moto2 category at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang. He beat Stefan Bradl of Germany by 0.187 seconds. He stands fifth in the overall world championship rankings, with only one race to go. At 151 points, he is 123 points behind Bradl, who tops the list. But joy in Lüthi’s…

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Janka finishes amongst leaders in Austria

This content was published on Oct 23, 2011 The first race of the season on Austria’s Sölden glacier was won by the United States’ Ted Ligety. Janka, who has been suffering from back pain for the past three weeks, described the result as a good start to the season. “Making the top five is always an excellent result. I can’t say I’m disappointed,…

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Women skiers miss top ten in opening race

This content was published on Oct 22, 2011 Dominique Gisin was the highest-place Swiss in 11th, followed by Lara Gut in 15th and Fabienne Suter in 20th. The American three-time overall champion was fourth after the opening run on the Rettenbach course, but used a blistering finish to close out her second run and take it with a combined time of 2 minutes,…

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