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Swiss papers watch the wall come down

This content was published on Nov 9, 2009 In retrospect the collapse of the Wall is seen as the culmination of a process that had been going on throughout the summer of 1989, which took the countries of eastern Europe out of the Soviet bloc and laid the foundations of the Europe we know today. But a glance at the Swiss papers published…

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Djokovic ends Federer’s reign in Basel

This content was published on Nov 8, 2009 Number three seed Djokovic saved five break points in a game lasting 24 minutes to clinch the dramatic first set. “It was maybe the turning point in the whole match,” Djokovic said afterwards. “I was fortunate to keep my nerves.” World number one Federer, who was once a ballboy at the tournament, fought back from…

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Thai transsexual dancers stir up a sleepy Swiss village

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Swiss remember “fascinating chaos” of Berlin

This content was published on Nov 8, 2009 swissinfo.ch caught up with two Swiss citizens who were in the German capital on November 9, 1989, the night when East Germans linked up with their Western neighbours. Markus Eglin and Esther Wildi-Lieberherr had both settled in West Berlin a number of years before the Wall came down. Eglin was an administrator for the Allied…

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Federer to meet Djokovic in Basel final

This content was published on Nov 7, 2009 Federer will now face ATP number three seed Novak Djokovic in the final on Sunday. There was no difference in class to be seen between the two Basel natives in the first set, with Chiudinelli, ranked 73rd, going as far as 4:1 in the tie break. However, Federer rallied in the second set. In the…

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Darfur activist wins Swiss peace prize

This content was published on Nov 7, 2009 The activist came to the Swiss capital Bern on Saturday to accept the SFr10,000 ($9,829) prize, which was also bestowed on the community development association she founded in Khartoum. The Freedom and Human Rights Foundation chose Elagib Adam for its 2009 award in recognition of “her fearless commitment for peace, human rights and decent living…

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F1 rookie happy with debut season

This content was published on Nov 7, 2009 Buemi finished his first Formula One season in 16th place with six points after a late revival. The 21-year-old told Swiss national television on Sunday that he had re-signed with the Scuderia Toro Rosso team for 2010. Buemi started the season with a seventh place in Melbourne in March 2009. After 12 starts without scoring…

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First Swiss children receive swine flu vaccine

This content was published on Nov 7, 2009 Doctors injected the anti-flu vaccine Focetria on Saturday, as reported by Swiss public television. “It is mainly children with serious heart defects, lung problems or patients with weakened immune systems that we have immunised in a first round,” Paul W. Meirer, a doctor from a Solothurn children’s practice, said. By mid-November, all 26 Swiss cantons…

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Acceptance of foreign population increases

This content was published on Nov 7, 2009 Almost 54 per cent of those who took part in the telephone poll did not find the foreign population too high compared to only 44 per cent in a similar 1998 survey. At that time the proportion of foreigners was 19 per cent. The aim of the survey, commissioned by the Environment and Population Association…

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