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Federer buys holiday home in ski resort

This content was published on Oct 30, 2008 “It’s true. Federer bought a house with grounds in Valbella,” said Urs Häusermann, a local politician. Häusermann was pleased with the 27-year-old athlete’s choice though, saying it spoke highly of the region as a holiday destination. The house is located near the village of Lenzerheide, south of Chur. The tennis star also has a condominium…

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Drug trafficker sentenced to 15 years

This content was published on Oct 30, 2008 Federal judge Jean-Luc Bacher handed down the highest penalty for drug trafficking in the history of the Federal Court to the 42-year-old Kosovar. Prosecutors had accused him of playing a key role within a crime family that has supplied Western Europe with heroin since the mid-1990s. The verdict on Thursday wraps up the largest trail…

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J. S. Bach. Complete Flute Sonatas. Emmanuel Pahud. Trevor Pinnock.

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Record snow storm triggers delays

This content was published on Oct 30, 2008 A heavy, wet snow snapped trees, which fell across tracks. The most affected regions included Zurich, Schaffhausen in the north and the areas around the Gotthard pass in central Switzerland. Passengers moving between Spiez and Interlaken south of Bern were forced to take buses when rail service there was interrupted around 7am. Broken branches and…

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Football hooliganism is still alive and kicking

This content was published on Oct 30, 2008 The trial of 26 Basel FC football fans, accused of violence after their team lost to Swiss champions FC Zurich in May 2006, is underway in Basel. The incident was described as one of the worst episodes of post-match violence in Switzerland. The list of charges against the 25 men and one woman include rioting,…

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Federer goes on, Wawrinka goes out in Paris

This content was published on Oct 29, 2008 Federer, the world’s number two player, had received a bye in the first round of the last major tournament of the year’s ATP season. He completed the evening match in just under one hour and 15 minutes with ten aces and no double faults. The 27-year-old Swiss will face 25th-ranked Marin Čilić of Croatia in…

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Game designer

This content was published on Oct 29, 2008 Dreams come true Ru Weerasuriya is one of the few successful Swiss in the world of video game design. He has his own 42-person studio in California but dreams of coming home and doing the same in Switzerland. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

Football hooliganism is still alive and kicking

This content was published on Oct 29, 2008 The trial of 26 Basel FC football fans, accused of violence after their team lost to Swiss champions FC Zurich in May 2006, opened in Basel on Monday. The incident was described as one of the worst episodes of post-match violence in Switzerland. The list of charges against the 25 men and one woman include…

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Government rejects sprawl initiatives

This content was published on Oct 29, 2008 Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger on Wednesday said the initiatives, submitted by the environmental group Helvetia Nostra, were unbalanced and too strict in their demands. One of the proposals would restrict the building of second homes by 20 per cent while the other would limit the construction of facilities including industrial complexes, airports, shopping centres and…

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Zurich assesses impact of September hurricanes

This content was published on Oct 29, 2008 Zurich said the charges would be recorded in its third-quarter results, which are due out on November 13. The figure includes about $55 million for Gustav and $545 million for Ike, the group said in a statement on Wednesday. Hurricanes Gustav and Ike hit the United States Gulf Coast on September 1 and September 13,…

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