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Aid agency pledges flexibility to tackle crisis

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009 But its top official says that Switzerland is ready to tackle the challenges through increased international cooperation and to continue its programmes in the developing world and emerging countries. Martin Dahinden, head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) admitted that the SDC’s annual budget of SFr1.5 billion ($1.3 billion) and its institutional…

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Mendelssohn composes a Swiss legacy

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009 His beloved mountains later became a refuge for the next generations of his family as they fled Nazi Germany, saving many of the composer’s precious musical works for posterity. Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg on February 3, 1809 into a wealthy and accomplished Jewish family. The Mendelssohns were later baptised as Christians, adding the name…

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Cuche clinches super-G gold in dream run

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009 The reigning World Cup downhill champion, who had not won a race this season, tore through the Face de Bellevarde course at Val d’Isère in a time of one minute, 19.41 seconds. The 34-year-old Cuche was the only skier to break the one-minute, 20-second barrier, finishing comfortably ahead of Italian Peter Fill and Aksel-Lund Svindal…

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World Social Forum in Belém, Brazil

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009

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Emirate to get Swiss campus

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009 The project in Ras Al Khaimah will provide research opportunities for developing alternative energy sources, the university said. It will split ownership with the emirate’s investment arm, the RAK Investment Authority. “Solar energy is one very important topic,” spokesman Jerome Grosse said, adding that the city-state of almost 250,000 in the northern Gulf wanted to…

Roche sees slower growth, less profit

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009 Annual sales of SFr45.6 billion for the pharmaceutical giant were one per cent lower than in 2007 in Swiss francs but Roche said the results were six per cent higher in local currencies. Decreased sales in the pandemic drug Tamiflu and a strong Swiss franc held back growth, Roche said. The company proposed a higher…

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Swiss women disappoint in Val d’Isère

This content was published on Feb 3, 2009 Lindsey Vonn from the United States won the super-G, the super giant slalom, racing aggressively after all of her top rivals had either veered off course or struggled with difficult light. Swiss fans had high hopes for the four Swiss starting the challenging 1.926-kilometre Rhône-Alpes course, but only two finished: 17-year-old Lara Gut came seventh…

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Study highlights risk factors on the piste

This content was published on Feb 3, 2009 Data from three Swiss hospitals reveal that many skiers using carving equipment overestimate their abilities and quickly exceed their limits. More than 20 per cent of accident victims said they drank alcohol while practising winter sports and 16 per cent admitted taking soft drugs. Snowboarders appear to be more safety conscious. They are more likely…

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Ländlerquartett Tällörgeler: Niiws – und gliich wiä friäner!

This content was published on Feb 3, 2009

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Alinghi outmanoeuvred in Pacific Series

This content was published on Feb 3, 2009 Shosholoza was without a win in four races at the sailing regatta when it encountered the star-studded Alinghi crew on Tuesday, the final day of the regatta’s first roundrobin. They entered the match race as massive underdogs but emerged with a three minute, 49 second win by taking advantage of shifting conditions on a tricky…

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