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School gym roof collapses under snow

This content was published on Feb 24, 2009 No one was injured after the collapse of the sports facility, which was empty at the time of the accident. It was constructed in 2006 at a cost of SFr11 million ($9.46 million). The cause of the accident, in which a wall also caved in, has not yet been established. “We were very lucky,” the…

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Road accidents fall to record lows in 2008

This content was published on Feb 24, 2009 The Swiss Council for Accident Prevention said the number of deaths was seven per cent lower than in the previous year and the number of injured was down nine per cent. It described the figures in a statement on Tuesday as “historically low”. The Council said the positive trend, in particular for pedestrians and motorcyclists,…

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Kouglof: Verdrejter Kopf

This content was published on Feb 24, 2009

Michael Hammer Quartet: Excited3

This content was published on Feb 24, 2009

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Richard Mudge (1718-1763). Six Concertos In Seven Parts. Barockorchester Capriccio Basel.

This content was published on Feb 24, 2009 Allegro. From Concerto in D Major H. Moderlak, tp; Capriccio Basel

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Cold spells

This content was published on Feb 24, 2009 Ten thousand people gathered in Fribourg’s Old Town on February 22 to witness the Carnival of Bolzes and the sentencing to death, yet again, of poor old Rababou, the unloved embodiment of winter. (All pictures: JJ Béguin)

Aelpler Chilbi. 20 X Urchigs vom Beschte. Folge 2.

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Aid chief deplores lack of access to Gaza

This content was published on Feb 23, 2009 Toni Frisch, the deputy director-general of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), who ended a visit to Gaza on Sunday, tells swissinfo that Swiss aid did get through but many have to wait. Speaking by phone from the Jordan Valley, Frisch said that people on the ground have difficulty making sense of the…

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Public prioritise youth crime, study finds

This content was published on Feb 23, 2009 An independent online survey found more than 70 per cent of respondents in favour of tougher penalties for underage delinquents. A majority also called for a scrapping of tax breaks for the wealthy and for unified fiscal rates across the country, putting an end to cantonal tax autonomy. Respondents also back proposals to save energy…

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A fool and his oranges are easily parted

This content was published on Feb 23, 2009 This is the time of fasnacht, or carnival, the period just before Lent, the 40-day fast in the Christian calendar that precedes Easter. The customs of the villages around Schwyz, the capital of one of Switzerland’s central cantons on the shores of Lake Lucerne, are a little different from the cheerfully noisy and sometimes satirical…

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