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Bandits nab millions in gems, flee on scooters

This content was published on Aug 18, 2009 The store’s Lebanese owner said the men, wearing hats and wigs and speaking in Russian or another Slavic language, smashed display cases in the daring daytime robbery on Monday afternoon. An employee set off an alarm but police arrived after the thieves had fled, police said in a statement. “Despite my age, I struggled with…

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Schindler net profit posts modest lift

This content was published on Aug 18, 2009 First half profit was flat and the company warned that a drop in orders would have consequences for its fourth quarter results. Net profit rose by two per cent, to SFr320 million ($296 million) in the first half of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008. Operating profit increased by 13 per cent. Consolidated…

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Cricket legends take game to new heights

This content was published on Aug 18, 2009 Kapil led his side of ex-India players 3,454 metres up the famous mountain in the Bernese Oberland on Saturday against an international cast of a British all-star team during an exhibition match. India won 109-105. The teams competed in the rarefied air and snow on an artificial pitch specially flown in from India. Conditions were…

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Alliance calls for further education boost

This content was published on Aug 17, 2009 The Association for Further Education, which includes about 150 groups, said measures were needed to ensure the quality of the myriad special courses available and create transparency for users. “Primarily we need more coordination between the different state institutions and private providers,” said the association’s president, Rudolf Strahm, on Monday. He said moves had been…

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Switzerland establishes closer ties with Nepal

This content was published on Aug 17, 2009 The move comes as the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the country’s foreign aid arm, is celebrating its 50th anniversary operating in the Himalayan country. Speaking to swissinfo.ch ahead of the official opening ceremony of the embassy, Bern’s new ambassador to Nepal, Thomas Gass, said Switzerland was looking to increase its political involvement…

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ART: Buddha’s Paradise

This content was published on Aug 17, 2009 An exhibition on the unique Buddhist culture from Ancient Gandhara in Pakistan shows artefacts and treasures dating back to the 1st century BC. Gandhara, once at the crossroads of the silk trading routes, was where Asian and European culture came together.

ART: Art of the Celts

This content was published on Aug 17, 2009 A special exhibition at Bern’s History Museum explores Celtic art with masterpieces from 500 BC to 700 AD and exceptional pieces selected from all over Europe, from Scotland to Hungary. Celtic art is the first important contribution made by the peoples of Northern Europe to European art. This will be the first time that the…

ART: Paul Klee’s Graphic Work. Eberhard W. Kornfeld’s Passion

This content was published on Aug 17, 2009 On show for the first time, the complete graphic works of Paul Klee together with selected personal objects, photographs and films. At the same time, the exhibition is a homage to Eberhard W. Kornfeld.

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Race fever

This content was published on Aug 17, 2009 Between 1934 and 1954, motor races took place in Bern that were then known as the “Grandes Epreuves”, comparable to today’s Formula One. Up to 100,000 spectators thronged around the 7.3km road course. After a serious accident in Le Mans, France, which cost the lives of 81 people, racing around a circuit was banned in…

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