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A courtship tradition in the Alps region

This content was published on Feb 13, 2009

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Wrappers’ delight

This content was published on Feb 13, 2009 The New York-based husband-and-wife team has been creating monumental environmental installation art for the past 40 years.

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Brazil demands probe into alleged racist attack

This content was published on Feb 13, 2009 Police are investigating claims by a Brazilian woman that she was attacked in a Zurich railway station by three youths sporting neo Nazi symbols, who carved the initials of the rightwing Swiss People’s Party into her skin. The 26-year-old lawyer says she miscarried twins immediately after the attack. But at a news conference on Friday…

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Lara Gut frustrated in medal attempt

This content was published on Feb 12, 2009 Gut, aged 17, was eliminated in the first run of Thursday’s Giant Slalom after she missed a gate half way down the course. Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany won the race – her first World Championship success. Gut said after the race that she had been feeling weak after having spent the last two days in…

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For the record

This content was published on Feb 12, 2009 A language and reference atlas focussing on Italy and Italian-speaking Swiss regions was produced between 1928 and 1940 under the leadership of Karl Jaberg and Jakob Jud. Paul Scheuermeier (1888-1973) of Zurich undertook much of the research for the atlas. He took thousands of photographs during his travels through Switzerland, north and central Italy. A…

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Avalanche claims two lives in Alps

This content was published on Feb 12, 2009 The storm on Tuesday night brought winds of up to 174km/h and prompted warnings of more slides from forecasters at the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos. Four French seminarians from the Society of St Pius X were caught in an avalanche at least 100 metres wide in the southern canton of Valais…

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Albrecht fights his way back towards recovery

This content was published on Feb 12, 2009 Albrecht was taken to a clinic at Innsbruck University and placed in the coma after a serious crash during downhill training in the Austrian resort of Kitzbühel. Doctors started the process of bringing him out of the coma at the end of last week, but did not expect him to wake completely until this weekend.…

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Remembering Calvin

This content was published on Feb 12, 2009 Born on June 10, 1509 in France, John Calvin is most closely associated with Geneva where he ministered for most of his life. Calvin’s ideas, actions and sermons contributed to the Protestant Reformation movement and transformed Geneva into an intellectual capital in Europe.

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Röseligarte. Neue Schweizer Volksmusik. New Swiss Folk Music.

This content was published on Feb 12, 2009 Mösch Hujässler

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Röseligarte. Neue Schweizer Volksmusik. New Swiss Folk Music.

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