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Two students die after fall from cliff

This content was published on Apr 26, 2010 The two boarding school students, an 18-year-old American woman and a 17-year-old Moroccan man, disappeared on Friday afternoon. Police in the southern canton of Vaud said that the pair were found on Saturday at the foot of a cliff near the town of Leysin. Officials said at the weekend that both appeared to have drunk…

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Tourism authorities promote benefits of hiking

This content was published on Apr 26, 2010 But Switzerland Tourism is pushing what it considers to be a new megatrend in the industry. The message is that hiking has developed over the years; it is cheap, you can have fun without having to sweat buckets along the way and it’s good for you. As acting director Urs Eberhard told swissinfo.ch, hiking should…

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Federer feeling good as clay season starts

This content was published on Apr 26, 2010 The star, who is preparing to play both singles and doubles at the Rome Masters this week, said having one French Open under his belt made a difference. “Questions are already very different. It doesn’t start off with, ‘Oh, are you going to win the French Open this year?’ So it’s just a bit more…

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Roads closed for biking extravaganza

This content was published on Apr 25, 2010

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Three detained on suspicion of planning attack

This content was published on Apr 25, 2010 The Prosecutor’s Office said on Sunday that the men, two Italians and a Swiss living in Italy, were held on April 15 during a traffic control by canton Zurich police in Langnau am Albis. Police found explosives and other items in their car that could have been used in an attack. The Prosecutor’s Office said…

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Bears of Bern take ice hockey title

This content was published on Apr 25, 2010 It is the 12th time that Bern have won the title in the club’s history but the first time they achieved this at home since the play-off series was introduced in 1986. The two teams had gone into Saturday’s match 3-3 in the series. The match, played in front of a sell-out crowd of 17,000…

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Bringing inspiration to Bern’s ballet

This content was published on Apr 24, 2010 The work, Clara, which had its premiere on Saturday, is the latest piece from the company’s British director and choreographer Cathy Marston, who during her tenure has done much to excite the public about dance. Audiences in the Swiss capital will be able to see Clara as part of “auf immer und ewig” (forever and…

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Man says Holocaust prompted his tax crimes

This content was published on Apr 24, 2010 Jack Barouh, 65, said his Jewish parent’s experience fleeing the Nazi Holocaust had driven him to hide the money at big bank UBS and offshore tax havens. US District Judge Adalberto Jordan noted that Barouh has sought psychiatric help for the Holocaust compulsion, which his attorney described as the desire to “hide and hoard” assets…

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New records set skiing Zermatt to Verbier

This content was published on Apr 24, 2010 Martin Anthamatten, Yannick Ecoeur and Florent Troillet pruned 20 minutes off a previous speed record set in 2006, crossing the finish line in five hours, 52 minutes. The route is 110km long and includes 7,000m of elevation gain and lost. This is the second consecutive win for Troillet, who competed with different partners last year.…

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