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The first steps

This content was published on Jun 23, 2010 Across the Rhone Valley I could see peaks I will soon be traversing, and the journey became more enticing and intimating. On the way out of town I passed my school and Dad’s graveyard, where I stopped for a visit. My friend Jullie-Ann Clyma hiked the steep 300 vertical meter descent to Aigle with me,…

Swiss have bad day at Wimbledon

This content was published on Jun 22, 2010 This means Roger Federer, who scraped through his opening match in five sets on Monday, is the last of the six-person Swiss delegation standing after two days. Chiudinelli (ranked 61) lost 6-4 6-3 6-3 to Alexander Dolgopolov (ranked 43) from Ukraine. Bacsinszky (ranked 39) put up a better fight but was beaten by Romanian Edina…

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Tourist spending hit by financial crisis

This content was published on Jun 22, 2010 Foreign tourists coming to Switzerland spent SFr15 billion ($13.5 billion) – a drop of 3.8 per cent compared with 2008, according to provisional figures from the Federal Statistics Office. Swiss travelling abroad also tightened their belts, spending SFr11.5 billion (-2.4 per cent). It resulted in the first fall in the Swiss tourism balance of payments…

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The adventure begins…June 2010

This content was published on Jun 22, 2010 “About 2,000km,” he says, a map of the country splayed out before him. “But when you consider all the up and down, it’s probably going to be more.” Harlin, an accomplished American mountaineer and writer, is about to embark on a three-month odyssey to trace the entire Swiss border under his own power. The idea…

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Martha Argerich And Friends – Live from the Lugano Festival 2009. Works by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Bartók, de Falla, Bloch a.o. Various interpreters

This content was published on Jun 22, 2010 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba M. Argerich; OSI

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Swiss media blast World Cup referee

This content was published on Jun 22, 2010 Saudi Arabian referee Khalil Al Ghamdi handed a red card to Swiss midfielder Valon Behrami in the 31st minute for elbowing Chile’s Arturo Vidal, who was behind him. Vidal put his hands to his face and fell to the ground. With Switzerland down to ten men, it was only a matter of time before Chile…

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Switzerland beaten by Chile

This content was published on Jun 21, 2010 A goal from Mark Gonzalez in the 75th minute means Chile top Group H with six points and Switzerland remain on three, after surprisingly beating Spain 1-0 on Wednesday. Also on Monday Spain beat Honduras 2-0 putting them also on three points but above Switzerland because of better goal difference. All eyes now turn to…

Federer scrapes through Wimbledon first round

This content was published on Jun 21, 2010 The Swiss defending champion and top seed had to instigate an extraordinary comeback, standing at one point two sets, four games all and 0-40 down. Falla also served for the match in the fourth set, but buckled under the pressure. The 28-year-old from Basel is thus still on course for a record-equalling seventh title, but…

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President defends plans to free Libya hostages

This content was published on Jun 21, 2010 Speaking at a press conference to squash rumours circulating about the planned rescue mission, Leuthard said the foreign and defence ministries had been commissioned to report on the planned mission. The cabinet discussed the plans on March 22 and concluded that it was “right that the agencies responsible envisaged such action while hostages had been…

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Bon voyage!

This content was published on Jun 21, 2010 Afterward I faced one of the great challenges of a wild adventure: deciding what is truly essential and what you can live without. Because I want to go far, I must go light. Amazingly, it always takes hours of effort to make the painful decisions of what to leave behind. Fortunately, most of my climbing…

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