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Schnyder shocks Serena Williams

This content was published on May 6, 2009 The second-ranked Williams appeared to be moving with difficulty at times in her opening match at Foro Italico, where the clay match ended at 1am on Wednesday. The players did not get to centre court until well after 11pm, as a rainstorm forced play to be suspended for several hours earlier in the day. Williams,…

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The Swiss Guard

This content was published on May 6, 2009 Visitors to the Vatican can see the Pope’s soldiers guarding various entrances carrying their halberds, a sort of combined spear and battleaxe. The guards also carry out plainclothes security duties around the Pope whenever he moves in public. Members of the Swiss Guard are trained in self-defence and the use of firearms. (Photos by Monika…

Pope’s army might one day include women

This content was published on May 5, 2009 Daniel Anrig, commandant of the papal guard charged with protecting Pope Benedict XVI, said it was “possible” women could one day don the flamboyant uniform. “Personally, I can imagine it one day or another,” the former police chief from canton Glarus told Italian television on the eve of a swearing-in ceremony for 32 new Swiss…

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Carpenter from Glarus voted Switzerland’s hunkiest man

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Condom “discovered” in Happy Meal

This content was published on May 5, 2009 A woman took the meal carton, containing an open condom wrapper, to local police in western Switzerland on April 30. She claimed that her child had discovered it in food purchased in a restaurant in Granges-Paccot. Police are still investigating the complaint and have not ruled out criminal proceedings. “But if it turns that the…

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Clinic aims for holiday not hospital feeling

This content was published on May 5, 2009 Ahead of the nationwide vote, swissinfo visited the Lukas Clinic outside Basel which offers cancer patients herbal and art therapies along with more traditional forms of treatment. The colours and the friendly impression at the Lukas Clinic in Arlesheim conjure up a totally different impression from the typical hospital with its peculiar smell and atmosphere.…

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Orchester Reto Parolari: Swiss Oldie Hitparade. The Best of Martin Beeler.

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Jodlerklub Wattwil: Jodelfreude.

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AkustiCH. Charthits ohni Strom.

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Herzog & de Meuron

This content was published on May 5, 2009 Swiss superstar architects Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron have been awarded Japan’s “Praemium Imperiale” arts award for their contribution to architecture. Each recipient of the annual award, which is supported by Japan’s imperial family, receives SFr155,000 ($125,000), making it one of the world’s most lucrative art prizes.

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