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2010 Victoria Cup to leave Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 30, 2009 René Fasel, the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), told the French-language Le Matin newspaper that the organisation wanted to move the annual game to a larger European market. “In consultation with the [National Hockey League], we want a team from one of Europe’s four big markets: Russia, the Czech Republic, Sweden or…

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Lions outplay Blackhawks in historic hockey win

This content was published on Sep 30, 2009 The match at Zurich’s Hallenstadion marked the first time a Swiss side has bested a team from the National Hockey League (NHL). It also ended European hockey’s 18-year losing streak to NHL teams. “It shows that Swiss teams and European teams can play with NHL teams on any given night,” Simpson told swissinfo.ch, taking a…

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Report says no side blameless in South Ossetia

This content was published on Sep 30, 2009 The probe, commissioned by the European Union and headed by Heidi Tagliavini, also charged that much of Russia’s action “went far beyond” the limits of defence. The 1,000-page report, which sought to clarify what caused the war last August, said the conflict followed “long periods of increasing tensions, provocations and incidents” between the two countries.…

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Cabinet chooses to keep quiet over Libya crisis

This content was published on Sep 30, 2009 The cabinet discussed the latest development at its regular meeting on Wednesday, but would make a statement only if there was news, according to a government spokesman. Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey asked the media to restrain itself from reporting on Libya for the time being. “The best thing to do at this stage is to…

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Police break international child porn ring

This content was published on Sep 30, 2009 Suspects were taken into custody in Austria, Canada, Bulgaria, Germany, the United States, Spain and Switzerland. There were 22 arrests. The principal administrator of the network is in detention in Switzerland. Officials told reporters on Wednesday that those detained and identified were suspected of being part of an online German-language paedophile community where users exchanged…

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Polanski arrest shocks his Swiss neighbours

This content was published on Sep 30, 2009 Well after he became a fugitive, the French-Polish filmmaker would come to the upmarket resort town to ski and live what locals say was largely a normal life. He hit the slopes with friends Jack Nicholson and Gunter Sachs. He mingled with townsfolk and eventually bought a modest chalet there. “He was always a very…

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China ups security for birthday extravaganza

This content was published on Sep 30, 2009 Swiss ambassador to China Blaise Godet tells swissinfo.ch that the Chinese are determined nothing should mar the occasion. He says that despite the country’s “extraordinary economic and social progress” in the past 30 years some groups have been left behind. China was declared a people’s republic on October 1, 1949 by Communist Party Chairman Mao…

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La Bohème opera comes to Bern suburb

This content was published on Sep 30, 2009 Rather than in a theatre, Swiss television staged the opera in a high-rise block of apartments, an idea which provoked surprise and positive reactions. Around 400 people participated in the opera with some 30 extras drafted in from the Gäbelbach suburb of Bern. The Bern Symphony Orchestra, with 67 musicians, was situated about 800m away…

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Swiss beat NHL team in Victoria Cup upset

This content was published on Sep 30, 2009 It was the first time in the history of professional Swiss hockey that a Swiss team has beaten a club from the National Hockey League (NHL) for the title. The Victoria Cup is a yearly match up between top European teams and NHL challengers that began in 1975. This year’s contest was the first time…

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Swiss diplomats see US detainees in Iran

This content was published on Sep 29, 2009 A spokesman for the foreign ministry confirmed the visit to the Swiss news agency. The three Americans – two men and a woman – were detained when they crossed into Iran over the partially unmarked border with Iraqi Kurdistan on July 31. Since their arrest, their families have had no contact with them. The Iranians…

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