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Federal Railways profit soars

This content was published on Apr 2, 2009 It said higher passenger figures and good property investments explained the fact that profit was more than four times higher than in 2007. The state-owned company said net profit had increased from SFr80.4 million and that the number of travellers was up 5.2 per cent. There were 322.6 million train journeys last year, representing 16.14…

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Suspicious financial activities rise again

This content was published on Apr 2, 2009 The Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland said it received 851 suspicious activity reports last year, compared with 795 in 2007. Although the number of reports rose only seven per cent, the number off assets doubled, reaching a record SFr1.87 billion ($1.64 billion). As with the previous year, two-thirds of reports came from the banking sector.…

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Federer makes Key Biscayne semis

This content was published on Apr 2, 2009 With the victory late on Wednesday, Federer avenged a loss when he and Roddick met in the Key Biscayne quarterfinals last year. Federer’s opponent on Friday will be No 3-seeded Novak Djokovic, who beat No 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-4. A smart backhand pass in the final game helped Federer to his 17th win in…

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Inventors seek big break in Geneva

This content was published on Apr 2, 2009 Creators from around the world have gathered at the 37th Geneva inventors’ fair this week to show off their wacky – and perhaps useful – prototypes at the world’s leading invention exhibition. Unlike the Pittsburgh Invention and New Product Exhibition (INPEX) in the United States, which was forced to cancel its June show due to…

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Swiss ease World Cup worries

This content was published on Apr 1, 2009 Wednesday’s efficient if uninspiring performance in Geneva means Switzerland and Greece both have 13 points after six of ten games. However, the Greeks, who beat Israel 2-1 on Wednesday, lead Group 2 on superior goal difference. After a poor start to their World Cup campaign – which included a jaw-dropping loss to Luxembourg – Switzerland…

Doctors hit the streets over lab fee plan

This content was published on Apr 1, 2009 In the capital, Bern, around 1,500 doctors and medical professionals gathered to deliver a protest letter to Interior Minister Pascal Couchepin, who also holds the health portfolio. In Basel, around 600 people demonstrated. Other marches and demonstrations also unfolded across the country as the day progressed. The Swiss General Medicine Society had called for the…

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Masked Molina finds hockey heaven

This content was published on Apr 1, 2009 He began his national career aged 15 and ended it at 28. More than 20 years after his retirement, swissinfo talked to him about his rich career. Molina met with swissinfo at Lugano’s Resega rink, where he began playing hockey as a child. Since then the facility has been upgraded, but his old club still…

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Loom: Underneath

This content was published on Apr 1, 2009

Doctors confirm woman’s imaginary third arm

This content was published on Apr 1, 2009 After examining the case, the woman’s neurologist, Asaid Khateb of the hospital’s experimental neurophysiology laboratory, called the rare phenomenon credible. The arm appeared to the woman a few days after suffering a stroke, doctors said. But this case of what is known as a supernumerary phantom limb (SPL) is a genuine head-scratcher. The upshot is…

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Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn. String Quartets. Asasello Quartett.

This content was published on Apr 1, 2009

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