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FILM: 6th Zurich Film Festival

This content was published on Aug 25, 2010 The city of Zurich pays homage to the art of film with 60 new films to discover in three competitions and several special series. “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” celebrates its premier and Michael Douglas will receive the Golden Icon for his life’s work.

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American sculptor wins Swiss prize

This content was published on Aug 24, 2010 The award, worth SFr150,000 ($143,898), will be presented to the artist at the Zurich Kunsthaus in the spring of 2011. In its announcement on Tuesday, the Zurich-based foundation said Andre had “lent new meaning to sculpture in the second half of the 20th century”. The American choreographer Trisha Brown will receive a special prize of…

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Sarah Buechi’s Thali: Vidya Mani

This content was published on Aug 24, 2010 Harikamboji Sarah Buechi’s Thali

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Swiss airport wins top-level safety status

This content was published on Aug 24, 2010 It was the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) that took the decision, bringing Sion airport up to the level of Zurich, Geneva, Bern and St Gallen’s Altenrhein. “This is important for us, as it will make it easier to attract new traffic to Sion,” airport deputy director Patricia Fellay said. All five airports now…

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Switzerland launches water projects in Pakistan

This content was published on Aug 24, 2010 About 250,000 people are expected to benefit, the Swiss authorities said in a statement on Monday evening. International organisations will receive further support, and in cooperation with the Swiss Red Cross Society, tents will be distributed to 5,000 people. Bern says that reconstruction in the flood-affected areas of Pakistan can only be achieved through long-term…

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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. David Zinman, conductor

This content was published on Aug 24, 2010 Mahler: Rondo-Burleske (3rd Movement) Tonhalle Orchestra; D. Zinman, cond.

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Young Boys have “a good chance” of qualifying

This content was published on Aug 24, 2010 Young Boys of Bern caused a major upset by beating London team Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 in the first leg of the Champions League football play-off at the Stade de Suisse. The second leg takes place at White Hart Lane on Wednesday night. Born in Enfield, London, to an English mother and Swiss father, Sutter played…

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Young Boys stun “sluggish” Tottenham

This content was published on Aug 23, 2010 At one point the Swiss team were leading 3:0. Tuesday’s match was played in Bern’s Stade de Suisse before a capacity crowd of 31,275. A swissinfo journalist at the game described the atmosphere as “electric”. “Young Boys played really well against a sluggish Tottenham,” she said. “It was only in the second half that Tottenham…

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Swiss plan to produce sustainable food supply

This content was published on Aug 23, 2010 That is how Micheline Calmy-Rey, the Swiss foreign minister, described the need to feed the nine to ten billion people projected to populate the planet by 2050. She was speaking during an annual development aid conference held in Basel that centred on the theme, “From seed in the soil to food on the plate: paths…

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Social background weighs on kids

This content was published on Aug 23, 2010 Health Promotion Switzerland, a foundation, said that the problem is greater in cities like Zurich, Basel and Geneva than in towns and villages across the countryside. The foundation, supported by Swiss cantons and health insurance companies, monitored the BMI (measure of body fat based on height and weight) of 25,000 school children during the 2008/2009…

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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. David Zinman, conductor

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