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Federer and Wawrinka advance in Melbourne

This content was published on Jan 21, 2010 Top seed Roger Federer beat Romania’s Victor Hanescu 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday and now faces 31st seed Albert Montanes from Spain. Britain’s Prince William, who was visiting Australia, watched from the VIP section as Federer won in straight sets. Wawrinka, seeded 19, beat Igor Kunitsyn from Russia 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round…

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Three Swiss resorts feature in top ten

This content was published on Jan 21, 2010 According to a performance index compiled by the economics research group BAK Basel, the city of Lucerne takes top spot for tourists during the summer months. It enjoys an increasing number of overnight stays, has many points of attraction nearby and can take advantage of its location on Lake Lucerne. Zermatt maintains its second position…

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Clinton ends US visa ban on Tariq Ramadan

This content was published on Jan 20, 2010 Ramadan has had his US visa revoked several times since 2004 when he was due to take up a university teaching post. He was banned from the US over alleged ties to terrorism. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has signed orders enabling the re-entry of Ramadan and Adam Habib, a professor at the University…

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New Post chairman named to reassure public

This content was published on Jan 20, 2010 Peter Hasler, a former head of the Swiss Employers’ Association, has taken over with immediate effect just a day after his controversial predecessor, Claude Béglé, handed in his resignation. “It is an important and necessary step to allow Swiss Post to steer into calm waters,” Communications Minister Moritz Leuenberger said on Wednesday. He said the…

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Federer gets off to shaky start in Australia

This content was published on Jan 20, 2010 Federer had a few anxious moments on Tuesday, losing the first set after having his service broken in the ninth game, then having to save three set points in the 12th game of the third set before winning the tiebreaker and dominating the fourth set. “I hoped I was going to hang in there, that…

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BMW Sauber name new driver

This content was published on Jan 19, 2010 The 38-year-old has driven for Arrows and Jaguar and was a test and reserve driver for McLaren for seven years. He joins 23-year-old Kamui Kobayashi, who came on board in December. Team principal Peter Sauber said they stood to gain from de la Rosa’s experience on one of the sport’s best teams. In December BMW…

Wakker Heritage Prize 2010

This content was published on Jan 19, 2010 The village in the Rhine Valley in eastern Switzerland won the Swiss Heritage Society’s yearly award for its “fragmented reorganisation”, which had enabled it to maintain its winegrowing culture in the face of housing pressure. (Keystone/ Gaetan Bally)

Winegrowing village wins heritage prize

This content was published on Jan 19, 2010 The Swiss Heritage Society awards the prize every year to a town or village in recognition of successful urban planning developments. The village in the Rhine valley in eastern Switzerland was singled out for its “fragmented reorganisation”, which had enabled it to maintain its winegrowing culture in the face of housing pressure. The Swiss Heritage…

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Olympic House of Switzerland unveiled

This content was published on Jan 19, 2010 It will be fitted out during the lead-up to the Olympic Games, held in Canada from February 12-28, and will then open in both host resorts – Vancouver and Whistler – on February 5. The tradition of a Swiss guest centre dates back to 1998, when the House of Switzerland celebrated its inaugural event at…

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Prisoner numbers continue to grow

This content was published on Jan 19, 2010 There were 6,084 people in prison in September, 59 per cent of whom were serving a prison sentence and 31 per cent were in pre-trial detention. Another ten per cent were in detention for expulsion and extradition or were being held for other reasons. Prisons in French- and Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland were 100 per…

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