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Swiss draw Kazakhstan in Davis Cup playoffs

This content was published on May 11, 2010 The Swiss lost 4-1 to Spain without Roger Federer in the first round in March and will have to win at least three of five matches on September 17-19 to remain in the so-called World Group. Although the two Kazakh players most likely play shouldn’t pose much of a threat – Evgeny Korolev, Andrey Golubev…

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Students eye minimum grants

This content was published on May 11, 2010 The Association of Swiss Students said it would begin to collect the necessary signatures to force the federal authorities to take a leading role in defining grants and streamlining the regulations in the country’s 26 cantons. Cantons are largely autonomous on education matters. The number of young Swiss going to a university or college is…

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Polanski team lose bid to unseal transcript

This content was published on May 11, 2010 Lawyers for Polanski said the dossier contained secret transcripts of testimony by retired US Deputy District Attorney Roger Gunson which would prove the extradition request was based on false and incomplete statements by the Los Angeles district attorney’s office. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza said that the only circumstance in which the material would become…

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Shanghai expo divides Chinese

This content was published on May 11, 2010 But some critics say the government should put the money to better use. They say such world fairs are expensive relics of the past. “Imagine a domestic clothing brand with an excellent advertising campaign whose clothes you wear, feeling hip and totally connected,” wrote Han Han of Shanghai, one of the most popular bloggers in…

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Known child abuse cases are “tip of iceberg”

This content was published on May 10, 2010 A study by the Swiss paediatrics society pulled together figures for 2009 from 14 of the country’s biggest paediatrics institutions, for the first time giving an overall scale of the problem. Of the total, 299 children were subjected to physical violence, another 219 cases were of sexual abuse, 213 children suffered neglect and 121 suffered…

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Change at the top of Swiss women’s tennis

This content was published on May 10, 2010 In the World Tennis Association’s rankings issued on Monday, Bacsinszky had moved up four places to 44, while Schnyder went down three to 48. Asked by swissinfo.ch how Bacsinszky had reacted to the news, her manager Alexandre Ahr said she had told him that of course she was happy, “but at the same time I…

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Dictator’s son fails to show at Geneva court

This content was published on May 10, 2010 Abacha’s Swiss lawyer said he could not get a visa to enter Switzerland in time. He is appealing against a 2009 guilty verdict on charges of belonging to a criminal organisation and the court seizure of $350 million (SFr 385 million) linked to his father. According to Abacha’s lawyer, Pierre de Preux, his client applied…

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Federer knocked out of Estoril Open

This content was published on May 10, 2010 On Sunday Montañés beat unseeded Frederico Gil of Portugal 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-5. Rain made the clay court even slipperier, and Federer, the world’s number one player, committed 48 unforced errors. Most of them were on his backhand. The Swiss seemed to react slowly against Montañés, whom he had beaten three times out of three…

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Madrid win sets Federer up for Rome rematch

This content was published on May 10, 2010 The win sets up the world’s number one player for a quarter-final rematch on Friday against Latvian Ernests Gulbis, who sent Federer home with a defeat early in the Rome Masters two weeks ago. Wawrinka, ranked 23rd in the world standings, managed to break Federer in the first game but otherwise failed to carry out…

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