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Dogged determination keeps Swiss musher ahead

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 The Swiss musher from canton Graubünden and his canine team are currently leading the rest of the pack in the sixth Grande Odyssée Savoie-Mont Blanc international dog sled race in the French-Swiss Alps. Twenty of the best mushers in the world are competing this year in the 1,000-kilometre race through the spectacular mountainous Portes du…

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La Grande Odyssée

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 The Grande Odyssée Savoie-Mont Blanc international dog sled race takes place in the French-Swiss Alps. Some of the best mushers in the world compete in the 1,000-kilometre race through the spectacular mountainous Portes du Soleil and Haute Savoie regions.

Miller beats two Swiss for Lauberhorn top spot

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 Miller’s win on the legendary Swiss course on Friday was his first since March 2008. Janka, who won the Lauberhorn super-combi last year, and Zurbriggen were 0.37 and 0.42 seconds off the pace respectively. Miller’s 32nd career World Cup victory suggests his form is better than expected one month before the Vancouver Olympics. He missed…

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New religious group campaigns for Islam

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 The group currently has about 500 members and hopes to win a total of 10,000 participants by the end of 2011, according to spokesman Qaasim Illi. “We were surprised by the increase in the number of new members after Swiss voters approved a ban on the construction of the minarets in November,” he told a…

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Haiti – a perpetual struggle

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 Thomas Kern has documented the daily struggle of Haitians since 1997. These pictures show the difficulties ordinary people face as well as their relationship with voodoo religion. Thomas Kern works as a picture editor for swissinfo.ch and as a freelance photgrapher.

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Janka stays on course for World Cup success

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 He came in 0.66 seconds ahead of Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada, while Marco Büchel of Liechtenstein – who trains with the Swiss team – was third, 0.82 seconds behind. “Winning in Wengen is the dream of any Swiss skier,” said Janka after the race. “It’s a perfect day for me.” Nicknamed the “iceman” for his…

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Swiss ski star to miss Vancouver

This content was published on Jan 14, 2010 An announcement on her website on Thursday said that the surgeon who operated on her and the Swiss ski team doctor had met in the past few days to discuss her condition and decide on the exercises she must follow to recover her best form. The doctors agreed that she would not be fit to…

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Asylum applications down

This content was published on Jan 14, 2010 A total of 16,005 applications were submitted, 3.6 per cent down on 2008. For the first time Nigeria, with 1,786, headed the list of countries from which the most applications came – a rise of nearly 81 per cent. The office said many of these had come from other European countries, which had been more…

Foreign minister deplores hostage situation

This content was published on Jan 14, 2010 Micheline Calmy-Rey told the diplomatic press club in Bern on Thursday that the two men were living in a situation of great uncertainty, which was an extremely difficult experience for them. Switzerland has informed the United Nations, and is examining all the legal angles, but “it is more complicated than it appears,” she said. In…

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FILM: 45th Solothurn Film Festival

This content was published on Jan 14, 2010 The most important festival for Swiss films, this year’s festival programme is supplemented with two exclusive special sections: the “Rencontre” and “Invitation”.

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