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Switzerland stun Spain in World Cup shock

This content was published on Jun 16, 2010 A messy goal by Gelson Fernandes in the 52nd minute gave the Swiss their first win in a World Cup opening match since 1954, when they beat Italy 2-1. The Swiss were massive underdogs going into Wednesday’s match in the 62,760-seat Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa. Bookmakers had made Spain overall favourites to…

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Federal Court overturns assisted suicide deal

This content was published on Jun 16, 2010 According to the country’s highest court, Swiss law does not permit such deals. In 2009 the Exit association and Zurich’s chief prosecutor signed an agreement regulating the particulars of assisted suicide, including the use of deadly sodium pentobarbital and compensation for those who help others kill themselves. It was the first time an assisted suicide…

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“The Swiss are a bunch of coconuts”

This content was published on Jun 16, 2010 In Swiss Watching, Diccon Bewes offers a “light-hearted but informative” guide to Switzerland, his home for the past five years, and its inhabitants. The 42-year-old former travel writer, now manager of the Stauffacher English Bookshop in Bern, tells swissinfo.ch how he got the idea for the book. “I’d love to say that I’d been planning…

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“A window into the borderlands”

This content was published on Jun 16, 2010 And what about those mountains: Can I possibly climb them all in one summer? Border Stories layers a challenging physical adventure over an exploration of the history, culture, and environment of one of the most fascinating places on earth: Switzerland. I’ve been enthralled with Switzerland ever since I moved there from Germany at the age…

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Swiss worker abducted in Chad now free

This content was published on Jun 16, 2010 The man was working for the British charity, Oxfam, when he was kidnapped near the town of Abeche. “I was locked up the whole day in a small cell and was only allowed out at night,” said the 57-year-old man who also holds British citizenship. “I didn’t see light for eight days.” The man said…

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Swiss hostage in Philippines freed

This content was published on Jun 16, 2010 Police said the man, who was born in Switzerland but has lived in the Philippines for 40 years, was released in the early hours of Wednesday morning near Zamboanga City on the southern island of Mindanao. Troops, apparently acting on a tip, had stormed the kidnappers’ hideout along a stretch of coast and surprised the…

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Spain says Swiss acted correctly in Libya row

This content was published on Jun 16, 2010 In an interview with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper published on Wednesday, Miguel Ángel Moratinos said the visa ban Switzerland imposed in November 2009 on around 150 prominent Libyans to keep them out of Europe’s 25-country Schengen Zone conformed to treaties on border security. As a member of the zone, Switzerland has a right to…

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Art gems

This content was published on Jun 16, 2010 A broad mix of styles and techniques can be seen at the fair, billed as the world’s premier event for modern and contemporary art. It opened in Basel on June 16. (Pictures: Georgios Kefalas/Patrick Straub/Rolf Haid, Keystone/EPA)

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Basel becomes centre of the art world

This content was published on Jun 16, 2010 Swiss galleries and artists are hoping to make their mark as thousands of art lovers descend on the Rhine city over the next few days to find out what is going on in the art scene, and make discoveries and – it is hoped – big purchases. More than 300 galleries from 37 countries will…

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