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World Cup match-fixing is “highly probable”

This content was published on Jun 14, 2010 In an interview with swissinfo.ch, the Canadian reporter describes how match-fixers operate and why Switzerland’s Group H opponent Honduras are an ideal target for match-fixers, who will be present at the finals. The former Oxford academic, documentary filmmaker and writer has won awards for his investigations into human rights abuses, the Mafia and organized crime.…

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Abortion rate drops

This content was published on Jun 14, 2010 In a statement issued on Monday, the Federal Statistics Office said that overall the number of abortions had been decreasing since 2004. The rate among women aged 15 to 44 has dropped from 6.7 per 1,000 in 2007, the first year in which the place of residence was recorded. Among 15- to 19-year-olds the rate…

Federer loses final in Wimbledon warm-up

This content was published on Jun 13, 2010 Eighth-seeded Hewitt won the match 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the final in Halle on Sunday. After taking the first set 6-3, Hewitt broke early in the second set and won the tiebreaker, levelling the match. He went on to take the final set breaking Federer’s first service game. Federer had breezed through the previous…

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Swiss pay SFr50,000 after Nigerian’s death

This content was published on Jun 13, 2010 A report on the sum in the Sonntag newspaper was confirmed by the Migration Office on Sunday. Earlier this month a spokeswoman said a payment was being made as a “humanitarian gesture” towards the family. The sum, previously not disclosed, was to help to pay for the funeral costs. The 29-year-old Nigerian, a convicted drug…

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Foreign ministers travel to Tripoli

This content was published on Jun 13, 2010 Their visit, widely reported by the media but as yet unconfirmed by the Swiss foreign ministry, added to speculation that Max Göldi, a Swiss businessman detained in Libya since July 2008, would finally be freed to leave Libya. AFP news agency reported that the two foreign ministers were met at the airport at around 11.30pm…

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Cancellara wins Tour de Suisse time trial

This content was published on Jun 12, 2010 The Swiss Olympic gold medallist, who won the multistage race last year, mounted an impressive comeback by converting an eight-second deficit early in the race into a 1.12-second lead for the win. It was the fourth time in his career that Cancellara has won the opening-day race. Roman Kreuziger of the Czech Republic took second.…

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2010 football World Cup kicks off

This content was published on Jun 11, 2010 Before a jubilant, horn-blowing crowd at Soccer City, the spectacular stadium between Johannesburg and Soweto, hundreds of African dancers in vivid greens, reds and yellows paraded onto the field for the opening ceremony of the month-long tournament. Most of the fans were in the yellow jerseys of Bafana Bafana, the host country’s team, who drew…

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Cancellara rejects cheating accusations

This content was published on Jun 11, 2010 A recent video issued on YouTube showed that the Bernese rider could have had an auxiliary motor attached to his bike on the recent Tour of Flanders or on the Paris-Roubaix course. Cancellara told a news conference on Friday the whole thing was “ridiculous and really not fair-play”. “My two victories are the result of…

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Taking the Matterhorn to Africa

This content was published on Jun 11, 2010 Today the Swiss community in the region counts just over 9,000 people – a modest number compared with other European countries. The heydays of Swiss emigration date back to the 1970s, when the Swiss Country Club in Johannesburg alone had about 900 members compared to just 150 or so today. Still there are nine different…

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Swiss film wins prestigious prize in Shanghai

This content was published on Jun 11, 2010 The Swiss film, which had previously received 11 prizes, including, a Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, came second in the Social Documentary category, which rewards films that reflect contemporary human social activities and living conditions. The Fortress, by Lausanne director Fernand Melgar, deals with the issue of asylum seekers in French-speaking Switzerland. The…

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