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A Swiss mercenary who served Britain in America

This content was published on Dec 3, 2010 In 1756 Henry Bouquet, a colonel from western Switzerland, commanded the 60th British regiment, the so-called Royal Americans, which was essentially made up of German, Dutch and Swiss mercenaries, recruited to help in the colonisation of America. “Bouquet has played an important role in shaping Pennsylvania and the push toward the West,” Conrad Ostertag, standing…

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Ländlerfründe Walopsee: Gmüetlich u fätzig

This content was published on Dec 3, 2010 Für d’ Walopseefans. Schnellpolka. Ländlerfründe Walopsee

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Russia and Qatar win race to host World Cups

This content was published on Dec 2, 2010 The winning bids were announced at a glitzy ceremony at the headquarters of world football governing body Fifa on Thursday. The decision followed presentations by sports stars, government leaders and royalty. With Brazil already installed as hosts of the next World Cup in 2014, nine bidders were vying for the right to stage the next…

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Peter Finc: Musicblessness

This content was published on Dec 2, 2010 Rock This Town Tonight Peter Finc

Facebook tops Swiss Google searches

This content was published on Dec 2, 2010 The social network site was followed by searches for YouTube, Google and the words in German and French for weather (Wetter/météo). Wikipedia came next followed by “SBB” – the German abbreviation for the Swiss Federal Railways – with Hotmail, Swiss and iPhone making up the rest of the top ten, Google said on Thursday. Steve…

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Normal Swiss flight operations slowly resume

This content was published on Dec 2, 2010 More than 200 passengers had been stranded because of the weather conditions. An airport spokesman said that 60,000 cubic metres of snow or 2,000 truck loads had to be cleared. Bertrand Stämpfli said that “traffic was returning slowly to normal” after snow-clearing teams had worked “hundreds of hours ”. Many of the passengers spent a…

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Swiss ski coaches injured in Sweden

This content was published on Dec 1, 2010 A Swiss team representative said Steve Locher and Curdin Fasser were seriously injured when their minibus crashed into a truck on Wednesday morning. Two other coaches, Reto Nydegger and Werner Zurbuchen, received lighter injuries. Suffering a fractured pelvis and cervical fracture, Locher – who won a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics in Albertville –…

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Beckham in Zurich

This content was published on Dec 1, 2010 On Tuesday Prince William, British Prime Minister David Cameron and David Beckham arrived in Zurich to help England’s 2018 World Cup bid. They hope to limit the potential damage caused by a BBC television investigation that accused three Fifa voters of corruption. On this occasion David Beckham made a surprise visit to a gym class…

New HIV programme unveiled on World Aids Day

This content was published on Dec 1, 2010 For the first time, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are being included in addition to HIV. The main aim is to reduce the number of new cases of HIV and other STIs and to avoid the adverse health consequences that follow on from these infections. The Health Office said in a statement that STIs were…

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Putin not coming to Zurich for World Cup vote

This content was published on Dec 1, 2010 Putin says he wants to avoid exerting any pressure on Fifa officials ahead of the vote. Analysts say Putin, who had been slated to speak on behalf of the bid, could be distancing himself from the Russian campaign because he does not want to be linked to a loser. Putin made a high-profile trip to…

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