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Kunz wins first 2010 Paralympic gold for Swiss

This content was published on Mar 19, 2010 Christoph Kunz won the men’s sitting downhill in 1:18.19 in Whistler on Thursday, ahead of Japan’s Taiki Morii and Akira Kano. Competitors complained of heavy and wet snow making racing conditions difficult. “In a competition at the Paralympic Games you have to take risks, you have to risk everything, and that’s what happened,” Kunz said…

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Nigerian dies shortly before deportation flight

This content was published on Mar 18, 2010 After the incident on Wednesday, the Federal Migration Office in Bern ordered a halt to the special flights and said it regretted the man’s death. The 29-year-old man, who had been on a hunger strike in protest at his extradition, fell ill shortly after he was forcibly restrained. Immediate attempts to resuscitate him failed and…

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Gruyère named world’s best cheese

This content was published on Mar 18, 2010 Judges in Madison, Wisconsin – a top cheese-producing state – lauded the gruyère for its creamy texture and lightly fruity taste. The cheese is made by Cédric Vuille from the Fromagerie de Provence-Mutrux, canton Bern. The runner-up in Thursday’s contest also was from Switzerland: a smear-ripened hard cheese made by Sennerei Andeer. Third place went…

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Gaddafi mugshot case gets underway

This content was published on Mar 18, 2010 The canton of Geneva, which has said it regrets the publication of the photos in the Tribune de Genève newspaper on September 4, 2009 and is ready to pay compensation, was keen to see a quick judgment of the case. David Lachat, a lawyer for the cantonal government, said issuing a judgment soon would help…

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Nigerian dies shortly before deportation flight

This content was published on Mar 18, 2010 The 29-year-old man, who had been on a hunger strike in protest at his extradition, fell ill shortly after he was forcibly restrained. Immediate attempts to resuscitate him were to no avail. The office of the Zurich public prosecutor is to investigate the death and an autopsy has been ordered. The Swiss section of Amnesty…

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Libya lays blame for continuing crisis on Swiss

This content was published on Mar 18, 2010 Interviewed in the Fribourg newspaper La Liberté, Moussa Koussa accused his Swiss counterpart, Micheline Calmy-Rey, of refusing all solutions to end the row that continues to involve an imprisoned Swiss businessman and visa restrictions. Koussa said in particular that Calmy-Rey did not want an international arbitration tribunal to look into the detention in July 2008…

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Priest resigns after confessing sex abuse

This content was published on Mar 17, 2010 The Chur diocese says it approached the priest after being contacted by a victim on Monday. It said the priest also acknowledged abuses in parts of neighbouring Austria and Germany that belong to the same diocese, and has reported himself to local police. The statement didn’t specify how many cases of abuse were involved. The…

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Europe urges Swiss to end Libya dispute

This content was published on Mar 17, 2010 The EC’s commissioner for internal affairs, Cecilia Malmström, met Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf on Wednesday in discuss the issue. Malmström’s spokesman said the dispute could “harm the coherence of the Schengen system” and both sides had been asked to make an effort. The EC also condemned Libya’s decision to suspend visas to citizens of…

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Baby Doc family to challenge blocked funds

This content was published on Mar 17, 2010 The Federal Administrative Court said on Wednesday that Duvalier’s family would continue to pursue some of the blocked funds, which amount to at least $4.6 million (SFr4.9 million). A court spokesman said it was unclear when it would rule on the appeal, but the decision could subsequently be challenged in Switzerland’s top court. The government…

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Double tax accords pass Senate vote

This content was published on Mar 17, 2010 After two hours of debate senators passed five bilateral accords which abolish the Swiss distinction between tax fraud and tax evasion. While the agreements with France, Britain, Denmark and Mexico passed unanimously, the accord with the United States was met with one negative vote and one abstention. After being placed on a grey list of…

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