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Iron giants’ garden

This content was published on Jul 27, 2009 Sculptor Bernhard Luginbühl has created a park in Mötschwil, canton Bern, that is open to the public every second Sunday of the month from April to October. It’s there amid abundant greenery that he has planted his rusty sculptures. (Pictures: Karen Cordes, swissinfo.ch)

Breaking boundaries one perilous face at a time

This content was published on Jul 27, 2009 You wouldn’t spend all day on the north face of the Matterhorn, either. Steck bagged that one in one hour, 56 minutes, compared with the ten nerve-wracking hours it takes most people. The north face of the mighty Grandes Jorasses near Chamonix, France? Steck ticked it off in a blistering two hours, 21 minutes. The…

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Paléo Festival a “dream” despite glitches

This content was published on Jul 26, 2009 Among the big name acts appearing were French singer-songwriter Francis Cabrel, multi-platinum artist Tracy Chapman and Scottish pop act Franz Ferdinand. The Young Gods and singer Sophie Hunger were among the top Swiss acts. The programme attracted around 230,000 festival-goers whose enthusiasm was undaunted when adverse weather turned parts of the site into a mud…

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A concert to remember

This content was published on Jul 26, 2009 On Saturday evening, several hundred people turned up at a pub in Basel to support a foundation created in the Swiss teenager’s name in a way that the Irish do best: they threw a party. The crime’s salacious circumstances continue to make headlines across Ireland. The man who raped and murdered Riedo is serving three…

Prehistoric hut gives clues to ancient Alp life

This content was published on Jul 25, 2009 The find in the Silvretta mountains near the Austrian border gives scientists the oldest architectural proof that early Iron Age shepherds spent summers living among the rich alpine grasses, tending to herds and using milk to make cheese, in a way much like farmers today. “It is perhaps a bit of a cliché for Switzerland,…

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A trendy new toy is a hit on the beach

This content was published on Jul 25, 2009

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Lambiel plans Olympics comeback

This content was published on Jul 25, 2009 The two-time world figure skating champion said he was preparing for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games qualifiers with his long-time trainer Peter Grütter. “I feel really good, both physically and mentally, and I am determined, downright eager, to take on the Olympic challenge and score a top result in Vancouver,” the 24-year-old said, in announcing…

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Tickling the taste buds with a computer mouse

This content was published on Jul 25, 2009 iTaste will also allow restaurants to contact their patrons directly for advertising purposes, according to the promoters. Its recent launch comes as the traditional French Michelin guide decided to suspend its Austrian edition as well as those on restaurants in Las Vegas and Los Angeles in the United States. Michelin currently has 26 different editions…

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Irishman given further life sentences after rape

This content was published on Jul 24, 2009 Gerald Barry attacked and raped a French student seven weeks before he killed Riedo in October in Galway. The judge in the Irish city’s central criminal court said he had to impose the maximum penalty of life imprisonment given Barry’s propensity to kill and rape, and because he believed Barry would do so again if…

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Migrant radio helps foreigners tune in

This content was published on Jul 24, 2009 Situated in the heart of Zurich, the radio offers programmes in more than 20 languages. For many migrants, Radio LoRa is a valuable tool to help them integrate while remembering their roots. It is bustling inside the bright blue building, located the city’s 5th district, a former industrial area. In the smaller of LoRa’s two…

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