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Former Libya hostage returns home

This content was published on Feb 24, 2010 Hamdani was authorised to leave Libya on Monday after being cleared of immigration offences and violating business rules. The dual Swiss-Tunisian national, travelled to neighbouring Tunisia on Monday evening. The exact time of his return to Switzerland has not been confirmed. The second Swiss businessman, Max Göldi, left the shelter of the Swiss embassy in…

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Ice hockey team make Olympic quarterfinals

This content was published on Feb 24, 2010 The reward for Switzerland’s win is a quarterfinal game against the United States, a rematch from the first day of the Olympic tournament, when the US beat the Swiss 3-1. The Swiss had a tighter-than-expected game against Belarus. Julien Sprunger and Hnat Domenichelli scored for Switzerland, while Aleksei Kalyuzhny and Konstantin Zakharov netted for Belarus.…

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Janka strikes giant slalom gold

This content was published on Feb 23, 2010 The 23-year-old led after the first run and won in a two-leg combined time of two minutes, 37.83 seconds. It is Switzerland’s sixth gold, the most ever in an Olympic Games, and eighth medal in Vanvouver. The Swiss won five gold medals at Turin in 2006 and at the 1988 Games in Calgary. Before Janka,…

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Release “almost a dream” for Libya hostage

This content was published on Feb 23, 2010 “It happened very quickly,” Rachid Hamdani, a duel Swiss-Tunisian national, told Swiss television. He is expected to arrive in Geneva on Tuesday afternoon. Hamdani, 69, left the Swiss embassy in Tripoli on Monday and crossed the Tunisian border later in the evening. He and Max Göldi, another Swiss national, were picked up by Libyan authorities…

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Swiss anti-racism laws found lacking

This content was published on Feb 23, 2010 Private and administrative law do not explicitly ban discrimination and there are inefficiencies in the application of laws due to long court proceedings, high costs of legal action and lack of clarity about the issue, the body said. The commission said people are being discriminated against every day because of their skin colour or ethnic…

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Ill Federer hopes to make Indian Wells

This content was published on Feb 23, 2010 The world’s number one tennis player picked up the infection last week and withdrew from the Dubai Championships, which began on Monday. It is the second straight year Federer has missed the tournament, and the Swiss said “it hurt” to pull out. In an interview with the Blick tabloid, he said the infection was “very…

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This content was published on Feb 22, 2010 The exhibition is being held at the Geneva International Conference Centre from February 24-26 as part of the Fourth World Congress Against the Death Penalty.

Göldi to report to prison in Libya

This content was published on Feb 22, 2010 Max Göldi is currently holed up in the Swiss embassy in Tripoli. His statement, delivered through his lawyer Salah Zahaf, came after Libya said it would retaliate if Switzerland did not hand over the businessman by 12:00pm local time on Monday. Göldi’s case has been at the centre of a fierce diplomatic row between Libya…

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Libya issues Switzerland deadline over Göldi

This content was published on Feb 22, 2010 Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa summoned European Union ambassadors on Sunday night to hand them the ultimatum, Jana news agency said. The agency quoted the minister as saying that by giving Swiss businessman Max Göldi refuge in its embassy in Tripoli, Switzerland was in violation of international conventions on diplomatic immunity. The country is said to…

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