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Basel lose at home to Fulham

This content was published on Dec 17, 2009 Basel needed only a draw to advance from Group E but trailed 2-0 after Bobby Zamora scored twice in the last three minutes of the first half. Alex Frei cut the English side’s lead with a 64th-minute penalty but Fulham – whose coach Roy Hodgson used to be the Swiss national team’s coach – went…

Credit Suisse to pay millions to US

This content was published on Dec 17, 2009 The probe has been looking into dollar payments made between 2002 and 2007 with countries, which include North Korea, Cuba, Libya, Syria and Iran. The US Justice Department announced the settlement on Wednesday, saying it was the biggest forfeiture ever against a company for violations of that type. “Credit Suisse’s decades-long scheme to flout the…

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Brazilian “Nazi victim” sentenced

This content was published on Dec 16, 2009 The woman’s lawyer had argued for an acquittal, claiming the woman had total amnesia of the incident and could therefore not be found guilty. The judge pointed out that in her first interrogation the Brazilian had made a detailed statement Prosecutors had not been seeking a prison sentence. In February police said the then 26-year-old…

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Convent brings past times to life

This content was published on Dec 16, 2009 But it is also a thriving institution, in which cultural work, archaeological research and the Benedictine rigour of the nuns still living within its walls happily coexist. There is a slight pungency to the air and a weak light pervades the nave, giving the church a surreal atmosphere. Every corner of the convent oozes history…

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Swiss want to halt tax accord after data theft

This content was published on Dec 16, 2009 A former employee at the HSBC Private Bank branch in Geneva handed French tax authorities account data on what could prove to be nearly every client at the institution. Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz said on Tuesday that as a result Switzerland would halt ratification of the double taxation accord signed by Paris and Bern in…

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Minaret vote was a “lesson in civic spirit”

This content was published on Dec 16, 2009 In French-speaking Switzerland Freysinger became the voice of the yes side. He recently defended the minaret ban, accepted by 57.5 per cent of voters on November 29, in a debate on the Arab television channel al-Jazeera. Freysinger rejects outright the argument that the yes vote stemmed from fear and ignorance and he deplores the fact…

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Convent of St John

This content was published on Dec 16, 2009 The Convent of St John in Müstair offers a unique glimpse into medieval times and has been a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1983. It is also a thriving institution, in which cultural work, archaeological research and the Benedictine nuns happily coexist.

Bellinzona’s castles

This content was published on Dec 16, 2009 Castelgrande, Montebello and Sasso Corbaro are the names of the three Bellinzona castles on the Unesco World Heritage list. A great tourist attraction, the castles are considered great examples of fortified medieval architecture in Switzerland.

Monte San Giorgio

This content was published on Dec 16, 2009 The Monte San Giorgio, which is more than 1,000 metres above sea level, has become one of the world’s most important sites for studying fossils of the mid-Triassic period. It became a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2003

100 ans de création musicale en Suisse romande – 100 years of musical evolution in French-speaking Switzerland.

This content was published on Dec 16, 2009 Jean Perrin: Quartet for Saxophones Op. 40. Swiss Saxophone Quartet

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