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Champions Hockey League to face new season

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 In June 2009 the IIHF said it was cancelling the 2009-2010 season after Gazprom, a main sponsor, withdrew most of its support as a result of the financial crisis. The league’s restart will see clubs from Europe’s top seven leagues, including Switzerland. The Swiss team, ZSC Lions, won the finals of the inaugural season with…

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“Mushroom violin” outplays Stradivarius

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 In September the two even dared to put their instrument up against a Stradivarius in a “blind listening” experiment – and won! In a steel and glass building in St Gallen, Francis Schwarze points to his computer screen and the secret of his winning sound. “We use filamentous fungi,” he said, referring to the group…

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Ludwig Senfl. Works for Martin Luther and the Reformation. Ensemble Officium.

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 Senfl: Missa super Nisi Dominus. Agnus Dei. Ensemble Officium

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Alphatronic: Sonic Landscapes

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 Tashigang Alphatronic

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Impatient Bertarelli tires of Oracle excuses

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 BMW Oracle Racing, its challenger for the running of the 33rd America’s Cup, sailing’s most prestigious race, has asked a New York court to reject Alinghi’s choice of venue for the race. Geneva-based Alinghi, the two-time defending champion, picked Ras al-Khaimah, one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as the venue…

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Swiss may have initiated Polanski’s arrest

This content was published on Oct 21, 2009 Documents obtained by the Associated Press news agency show that the Swiss justice authorities sent an urgent fax on September 22 to their United States counterparts asking if they would be submitting a request for Polanski’s arrest. The Franco-Polish director was detained four days later at Zurich airport. The arrest was made on the basis…

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Algerian Islamist leader ducks arrest

This content was published on Oct 20, 2009 Bouguerra Soltani, the leader of the Islamic Society Movement for Peace and a former Algerian minister, was visiting Geneva. He had planned to attend a Muslim conference in Fribourg on October 17. A Swiss non-governmental organisation tracking suspected war criminals said Soltani cut short his stay following a complaint submitted to a magistrate in canton…

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eBay to limit sale of cultural artefacts

This content was published on Oct 20, 2009 The memorandum of understanding, signed on Tuesday in collaboration with the Federal Police Office and the Association of Swiss Cantonal Archaeologists, follows a successful three-month pilot project in 2008. eBay “will only permit the sale of archaeological artefacts in Switzerland with proof of legality issued by the competent authorities in Switzerland or abroad,” the Culture…

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Roche sues Credit Suisse over bad securities

This content was published on Oct 20, 2009 The lawsuit is one of several cases in the United States centring on the sale of securities backed by collateralised debt obligations or Auction Rate Securities, whose value collapsed during the credit crisis. A Roche spokesman confirmed the ongoing litigation, first reported in French-language newspaper Le Temps. A spokesman from Credit Suisse said the bank…

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Court rejects Polanski’s bid for release

This content was published on Oct 20, 2009 The Federal Criminal Court said on Tuesday that there was a high risk of flight if Polanski were released on bail or placed under house arrest. “According to Swiss law, detention is the rule during the entire extradition proceedings,” the court said in a statement. “The court considered the risk that Roman Polanski might flee…

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