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Fifa meets to discuss World Cup contests

This content was published on Oct 29, 2010 Fifa president Joseph “Sepp” Blatter chaired the meeting at its Zurich headquarters on Thursday, which was expected to consider delaying one or both World Cup decisions until more credibility and public confidence has been restored to the process. It follows allegations of bribery and corruption involving top Fifa officials, Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii, and…

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Health bosses move to boost cancer jabs

This content was published on Oct 28, 2010 Switzerland rolled out a programme in 2008 to vaccinate girls and young women aged 11 to 19 against the human papilloma virus, or HPV, which causes around 2,000 Swiss women to develop the early stages of cervical cancer every year. But at the start of 2010, just 36 per cent of the age group had…

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Big Day Around Geneva

This content was published on Oct 28, 2010 We had a vast number of border crossings, most of them had no guards at all now that Switzerland is part of the Schengen zone. The days of systematic passport checks are now over, making travel back and forth considerably easier, especially on a bike. We made it around to the Rhône, where a local…

Swiss Riviera Family Museum Weekend

This content was published on Oct 28, 2010 Museums in the Lausanne region host a weekend of special family activities for all ages and at attractive rates. See link for list of museums and institutions to visit.

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Sex doll comes alive

This content was published on Oct 28, 2010 A thriller by Swiss director Michel Steiner based on the legend of the Sennentuntschi. Lonely herdsmen in the high Alps, in need of some female company, create a female doll to use and abuse. The doll eventually comes alive and wreaks revenge on her tormentors. ‘Sennentuntschi’ is billed as a tale of tragedy, lust, madness…

Catholic condom campaign sparks controversy

This content was published on Oct 28, 2010 At the same time, a Catholic mission is hosting a road show that educates young people about Aids in Africa. From Monday until Wednesday, a multimedia exhibition staged in a truck outside the main railway station illustrated the harsh reality of life in Uganda and in South Africa, where HIV and Aids are a severe…

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Racers sentenced for death of woman

This content was published on Oct 27, 2010 The two other men involved in the high-speed race that ended with the fatality were each given eight months behind bars and a conditional sentence of 20 months. The death of the woman set off a nationwide debate on how to crack down on young male racers on Swiss roads. The three men were trying…

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Haiti cholera peak “not yet reached”

This content was published on Oct 27, 2010 Switzerland is sending water specialists to the Caribbean island state as part of international efforts to help control the disease and stop it penetrating the overcrowded quake-affected capital, Port-au-Prince. According to Claire Lise Chaignat, head of cholera control at the World Health Organization (WHO), it is too early to say the cholera epidemic that has…

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Life, the Universe, and Everything

This content was published on Oct 27, 2010 He said it with a wonderful smile, but it’s not really a joke. David spent two hours with us at Cern explaining how this true cross-border endeavor works. CERN stands for the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and its 27km-circumference particle accelerator runs under both Swiss and French territory just to the northwest of Geneva.…

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Death becomes her

This content was published on Oct 27, 2010 One customer wants to be able to “to look back on his life”. The other is a musician planning the ultimate guitar case. They are two of the more unusual requests to have come through the doors of the Sarg Atelier (Coffin Workshop) since it opened on the banks of the River Aare in Thun…

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