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How has September 11 changed the world in your view?

This content was published on Sep 9, 2011 What impact did they have on your life? Did they give you another perspective on the world? Or did they change the way you thought about travel?

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Sion lodge appeal with Uefa against ban

This content was published on Sep 9, 2011 Uefa confirmed on Friday that the Swiss club hearing will take place before its appeals committee next Tuesday, two days before this season’s group stage starts. Sion were thrown out of the Europa League last week after Uefa ruled they had fielded ineligible players in a playoff against Glasgow Celtic, who took their place. On…

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Swiss break relay record in Zurich

This content was published on Sep 9, 2011 Also on good form on Thursday evening was world champion Yohan Blake, who ran a personal best time of 9.82 seconds to win the 100 metres. The 21-year-old Jamaican seized the world title last week after his training partner Usain Bolt, who was not competing in Zurich, was disqualified for a false start. The Jamaican…

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Federer win sets up Djokovic clash

This content was published on Sep 9, 2011 The third-seeded Swiss tennis star now faces a showdown with top seed Novak Djokovic for his eighth straight US Open semifinals appearance. Playing his first grand slam tournament as a 30-year-old, Federer, a five-times champion at the tournament, was lethal with his serve, whipped angled winners and was razor-sharp at the net. He won 6-4,…

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Zurich Film Festival expands

This content was published on Sep 8, 2011 The SFr4.9 million ($5.56 million) festival will open on September 22 with the screening of US thriller Contagion starring Laurence Fishburne and directed by Stephen Soderbergh. Fishburne will also preside over the jury in the International Feature Film category which carries a prize of SFr20,000. Swiss film-making will feature prominently with the premiere of Alles…

Hut Culture

This content was published on Sep 8, 2011 Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the wind wants to tear this tin box off its rock pedestal at 3662 meters, which I’m told makes it the highest hut in Switzerland. It has no stove, no fuel, no food, just a table and a six bunk cots that fold up so…

ART: Surrealism in Paris

This content was published on Sep 8, 2011 The first-ever comprehensive show in Switzerland comprises more than 200 masterworks by Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, René Margritte and other Surrealist artists. The highlights include a Peggy Guggenheim collection in addition to other famous paintings and sculptures, photographs, manuscripts, jewellery and films.

One of the most influential artists of our time on show at the Fondation Beyeler

This content was published on Sep 7, 2011

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Bernese bears to stay in Bern

This content was published on Sep 7, 2011 The surprise news was given on Wednesday by the park’s director, Bernd Schildger, after days of speculation in the local press that the Romanian side had been angered by negative criticism from some quarters in Switzerland, or that the sanctuary had demanded that Bern’s male bear, Finn, should be castrated so that there would be…

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Nuclear reactors declared ready for floods

This content was published on Sep 7, 2011 That is the verdict, announced on Wednesday, of the Federal Nuclear Safety Commission after a thorough inspection of the power plant operators. But one of the five, Mühleberg, near Bern, may only go back to the grid once it has completed retrofit measures involving the cooling system, which uses water from the River Aare. The…

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