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Kylie’s Aphrodite tour charms in Zurich

This content was published on Mar 10, 2011 Eighteen dancers as well as a group of acrobats accompanied the diminutive singer for the Las Vegas cabaret-style show at the Hallenstadion. Some 8,200 fans enjoyed the spectacle. It began with the 42-year-old Minogue making her stage entrance in a golden shell, a nod to Italian artist Botticelli’s depiction of the goddess of love in…

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Unpublished Anker works sell for SFr650,000

This content was published on Mar 10, 2011 The collection of 55 drawings, watercolours and oil paintings were sold alongside furniture and personal items of the artist in Geneva on Thursday. Recently discovered in a safe in Geneva, the collection had been valued at between SFr200,000 and SFr300,000. Anker, who lived from 1831 to 1910, is famous for his paintings depicting rural life…

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Development agency tackles North Africa issues

This content was published on Mar 10, 2011 Could this mean a reshaping of the global aid map with a possible long-term Swiss presence in North Africa in due course? SDC chief Martin Dahinden dealt with this and other questions at a media conference in Bern on Wednesday. Dahinden is looking forward to a year of commemorations “without nostalgia”. He wants to look…

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Referee’s controversial call sparks Uefa case

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 The London team’s midfielder Samir Nasri was also charged after his team’s Champions League elimination against Barcelona in Spain on Tuesday night. Wenger argued furiously with Busacca on the sidelines after Arsenal’s 3-1 loss, with the dispute continuing in the tunnel. Arsenal lost 4-3 on aggregate. Wenger was angry that forward Robin van Persie was…

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Urban climbing

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 Three years ago a group of young men introduced urban climbing to the city of Geneva. Now they’ve released the first film on this trend sport, showing them conquering their favourite monuments. (TSR/swissinfo.ch)

Swiss agency fights poverty for 50 years

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 At a media conference in Bern on Wednesday, SDC Director Martin Dahinden praised parliament’s recent decision to increase official development aid to 0.5 per cent of gross domestic product by 2011. “Thanks to the additional funding the SDC will be able to make an even more effective contribution to the solution of local and global…

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Spectacular rescue nets heroism award

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 Pilot Daniel Aufdenblatten and mountain guide Richard Lehner pulled off the highest helicopter mountain rescue ever attempted at 7,000 metres in the Annapurna peak region last spring. Zermatt Tourism says the two men were given the Aviation Week Heroism Award – a kind of aviation Oscar – at a ceremony in Washington on March 8.…

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Pamela Méndez: I Will Be Loved

This content was published on Mar 8, 2011 That Way Pamela Méndez

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DANCE: International Pole Dance Championship 2011

This content was published on Mar 8, 2011 Assessed on their sensual, athletic and acrobatic performances on a vertical pole, twenty female and male contestants compete for the title of Aerial Pole International Champion 2011. Pole dancing is becoming popular in Switzerland with more and more dance schools offering courses.

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ICRC aid at the border crossing between Egypt and Libya

This content was published on Mar 7, 2011

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