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Ski season sees early start in Verbier

This content was published on Nov 7, 2009 With a combination of freshly-fallen and artificial snow, the Lac des Vaux area is open to skiers on weekends only until November 28th when the season proper will begin. In upper Valais, it is already possible to ski in Zermatt and Saas-Fee, which have year-round skiing. The other slopes in these resorts will also open…

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Unesco recognises value of two Swiss sites

This content was published on Nov 7, 2009 La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle represent the heartland of the Swiss watch industry from where generations of watchmakers have been exporting their creations all over the world. Both towns are part of a Unesco heritage site. (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch )

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Federer off to semifinals at Swiss Indoors

This content was published on Nov 6, 2009 Stanislas Wawrinka could not make for a Swiss tennis trifecta when the Lausanne player fell to Serbian Novak Djokovic 6:3, 6:7 (5), 2:6 for the sixth consecutive time. Wawrinka is ranked 21st. Djokovis is third. Federer, the world’s number one player, beat Russia’s Evgeny Korolev, ranked 58th, 6:3, 6:2 in just under an hour. Federer…

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Teens accused of attempted murder in Munich

This content was published on Nov 6, 2009 On June 30 the 16-year-old students from Küsnacht, canton Zurich, attacked five people within the space of half an hour. The victims of their rampage included a 46-year-old man whom they nearly beat to death. They also attacked a disabled man and a Bulgarian student. The head of Munich’s homicide division said he was outraged…

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Homeopaths criticise swine flu vaccinations

This content was published on Nov 6, 2009 In a statement of Friday, the homeopaths not only said the flu was by and large harmless but they also raised concerns over the two government-approved vaccines, Pandemrix and Focetria. Above all the association criticised the use of so-called adjuvants, chemical compounds that increase the human body’s immune response, in the vaccines, saying they could…

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The art of displaying art

This content was published on Nov 6, 2009 The 41-year-old co-director of exhibitions at the Serpentine Gallery in London recently took pole position in ArtReview magazine’s “power 100” list for 2009. He was described as “one of the most active and well-networked figures the contemporary art world has seen”. swissinfo.ch: You are the art world’s figurehead for 2009. It’s also the first time…

Meeting called to protect civilians in war zones

This content was published on Nov 6, 2009 The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted the Swiss resolution, which was put forward amid a debate on the controversial Goldstone Report. Swiss UN ambassador Peter Maurer said the conference would be open to all states party to the Geneva Conventions. The Swiss proposal came as the General Assembly voted to urge Israel and…

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Italian crucifix case reignites old issue

This content was published on Nov 6, 2009 The court ruled on Tuesday that children’s freedom not to believe in any religion extends to symbols expressing a belief or religion – thereby satisfying secularists who maintain that a state education should be free from religious influence. Education director Claude Roch from the Catholic Swiss canton of Valais took a firm stand following the…

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