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Skier Zurbriggen second in World Cup combined

This content was published on Jan 24, 2010 Zurbriggen, of canton Valais, came behind Croatia’s Ivica Kostelić and ahead of Benjamin Raich of Austria. The Swiss managed the result despite placing 17th in the slalom on Sunday – his worst slalom finish of the season. Zurbriggen’s combined times over two runs was one minute, 40.40 seconds (50.77 seconds, 49.44 seconds). His overall time…

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Libya hostage makes court appearance

This content was published on Jan 24, 2010 An appeals court told Rachid Hamdani that it had reserved a decision on his appeal until January 31, Hamdani’s lawyer told the AFP news agency. “Mr Hamdani was present at the proceeding and was able to return to the embassy after the hearing,” said Salah Zahaf. Hamdani and fellow businessman Max Göldi have been prohibited…

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Colombian police free kidnapped Swiss

This content was published on Jan 24, 2010 The 32-year-old, a resident of Colombia since December, was taken from her country house in the north-eastern La Guajira region by armed men on January 9. Her captors had demanded a ransom of $350,000 (SFr364,100). The woman, who had earlier been identified as a Swede in the media, was rescued after a raid on the…

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A surgeon on a heartfelt mission

This content was published on Jan 24, 2010 He told swissinfo.ch how a stint in New York opened up his eyes to amazing properties of the human heart – and how over all these years he has never lost this sense of wonder. Prêtre, 52, grew up on a farm in the French-speaking Jura and studied medicine in Geneva. He is now professor…

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Ammann jumps to second place again

This content was published on Jan 23, 2010 Schlierenzauer beat Ammann on Saturday at Zakopane, Poland with 295.6 points on jumps of 140 and 134.5 metres. A slight tailwind helped Ammann, the double Olympic champion in Salt Lake City, set a hill record of 140.5 metres. His second jump measured 134 metres but Schlierenzauer had better landings. The Swiss finished the day with…

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Swiss bob teams capture European, World Cup titles

This content was published on Jan 23, 2010 Ivo Rüegg and Cédric Grand of Switzerland only managed a ninth place finish but the result was good enough to land them the overall title. Switzerland’s Daniel Schmid and Jürg Egger finished third in Saturday’s race, behind German veteran Andre Lange and partner Kevin Kuske. Hefti and Lamparter were fastest in both runs and finished…

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Sweet double win for Cuche at Kitzbühel

This content was published on Jan 23, 2010 Cuche finished the 3,312-metre Streif downhill course, one of alpine skiing’s classic runs, in one minute 53.74 seconds, a day after winning the super-G. It was his 13th career World Cup win and fourth of the season. Slovenia’s Andrej Sporn, a slalom specialist, surprised the field, finishing 0.28 seconds back, besting Swiss stars Didier Défago…

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Federer advances at Australian Open

This content was published on Jan 23, 2010 The Swiss star and world number one looked sharp in front of the 15,000 fans that packed into the Rod Laver arena for his Saturday afternoon match, serving the second set after breaking the 29-year-old Montañés in the penultimate game, then breaking him again to open the third set. The win, which took one hour…

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Polanski must return to US for sentencing

This content was published on Jan 23, 2010 California Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza ruled on Friday that the 76-year-old French-Polish director must be present in court if he wants to resolve his 32-year-old sex case. Calling Polanski a fugitive from justice, Espinoza said he was acting to protect “the dignity of the court”. The director’s lawyers said they would appeal. Polanski is…

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Swiss snowboard team tune into I-Pod

This content was published on Jan 22, 2010 Podladtchikov grew up in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos and changed nationality after competing for Russia in Turin at age 17, when American Shaun White won the halfpipe gold medal. Podladtchikov, known on the circuit as I-Pod, won the halfpipe World Cup title in 2008. The four-man Switzerland team includes 2003 world champion Markus…

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