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Bishops criticise Holocaust denier

This content was published on Jan 27, 2009 Richard Williamson was one of four bishops from the Valais-based Society of St Pius X welcomed back into the Roman Catholic Church after being excommunicated in 1988 for being ordained without Vatican permission. But he has been strongly criticised by the Swiss Bishops Conference for telling Swedish television the Nazi gas chambers did not exist…

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Federer sails into semifinals in Melbourne

This content was published on Jan 27, 2009 The world number two beat the 20-year-old Argentinian, one of the rising stars of the circuit, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 on Tuesday in Melbourne. Del Potro, ranked eighth, only managed to score eight points in the second set and Federer took just 19 minutes to win the third set of the 80-minute match. The Swiss tennis…

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Engadiner Ländlerfründa und Cor Mixt da Samedan: Grazcha Mozart. Danke Mozart.

This content was published on Jan 27, 2009 Papagenos Glockenspiel Engadiner Ländlerfründa / Cor Mixt da Samedan

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Die schönsten Melodien von Hausi Straub

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Albrecht doctors are cautiously optimistic

This content was published on Jan 27, 2009 Albrecht is also suffering from a lung infection and is receiving antibiotics to fight the pneumonia, authorities at the Innsbruck University hospital in Austria said on Tuesday. “This kind of inflammation develops with almost 80 per cent of all patients who suffer from this kind of lung injury,” the hospital said. The crash happened four…

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Fleeting art

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 Saws, chisels, grinders and shovels: The 27th World Snow Festival took place in Grindelwald in the Bernese Alps. The theme this year was “Augenblicke” (Moments). (Text and photos: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo)

Businessman found guilty in Parmalat case

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 The Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona on Monday ordered Stefano Tanzi to do 720 hours of community work for mismanagement of company money accrued over the purchase of a private jet for Parmalat executives. An unidentified co-defendant received an 18-month suspended sentence for repeatedly assisting financial mismanagement. The court also ordered the men to…

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An art encounter of a different kind

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 A show at the Beyeler Fondation at Riehen near Basel is putting African and Oceanic art alongside the works of western masters, with often surprising results. “Visual Encounters – Africa, Oceania and Modern Art”, which opened on January 25, marks the first time that works from Africa and Oceania have formed the core of a…

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No appeal in case of doomed Crossair flight

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 The federal prosecutor will not appeal a court’s decision to acquit Crossair executives of wrongdoing in a plane crash that killed 24 people in 2001. Prosecutors had charged that Crossair founder Moritz Suter, former director André Dosé, and four other airline officials had encouraged pilots to flout flight safety regulations, which led to the crash.…

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Swiss women skiers take five top-ten slots

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 Andrea Dettling led the charge for the Swiss women with a third-place finish that was 0.87 seconds behind the winner, Sweden’s Jessica Lindell-Vikarby. The bronze-medal finish was the third time Dettling, 22, has made it to the podium in her career. The fourth place by Monika Dumermuth bested her personal record for the event. Same…

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