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Lausanne underground officially opens

This content was published on Oct 27, 2008 The first train left Ouchy, at Lake Geneva, at 5.26am on Monday morning packed with some 200 local politicians, officials and curious passengers. The official public opening of the long-awaited automated metro, known as the M2, was said to be a success, with only a couple of minor technical hiccups. “It’s on time and the…

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Double triumph for Swiss skiers in Sölden

This content was published on Oct 26, 2008 Albrecht won the World Cup race in 2 minutes, 15.78 seconds – 0.14 seconds ahead of speed specialist Cuche. The Swiss duo crushed their opponents. American World Cup giant slalom champion Ted Ligety was third, 1.25 seconds behind Albrecht. Austrian Benjamin Raich came in fourth place. Albrecht was leading after the first run, before compounding…

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Double triumph for Swiss skiers in Sölden

This content was published on Oct 26, 2008 Albrecht won the World Cup giant slalom in 2:15,78, 0.14 seconds ahead of speed specialist Cuche. The Swiss duo crushed their opponents. American Ted Ligerty was third, 1.25seconds behind Albrecht. In the Women’s World Cup Giant Slalom on Saturday, Switzerland’s young hope Lara Gut came 5th place. She was only six hundredths of a second…

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Researchers hack wired keyboards

This content was published on Oct 25, 2008 Scientists from the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have discovered that it is possible to remotely reproduce the keystrokes typed on a wired computer keyboard from as far as 20 metres away. Doctoral students Martin Vaugnoux and Sylvain Pasini from the EPFL’s Security and Cryptography Laboratory demonstrated that the electromagnetic waves emitted every…

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Federer makes it to Swiss Indoors final

This content was published on Oct 25, 2008 Federer will seek a third straight Swiss Indoors title in front of his home crowd on Sunday, in a match against David Nalbandian of Argentina. The Swiss tennis star never looked in trouble against the 39th-ranked Lopez. “I feel great and I’m playing better as the days go by,” Federer said. “[Sunday] will come down…

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St Gallen celebrates Unesco jubilee

This content was published on Oct 25, 2008 Officials said St Gallen did not even have to officially apply for the accolade, it simply received a call from the capital, Bern, asking if it wanted to be included. “St Gallen said it did,” said local parliamentarian Kathrin Hilber during a speech to mark the occasion on Saturday, the first of two days of…

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Basel’s autumn fair opens

This content was published on Oct 25, 2008 It has been a major event in the region ever since the trade fair privilege was granted by Emperor Friedrich III in 1471. This year the fair takes place in seven locations across the city and on both sides of the river Rhine, which runs through Basel There are 470 stands and rides, including a…

Federer sails into semi-finals

This content was published on Oct 24, 2008 The two-time defending Swiss champion now faces Feliciano Lopez from Spain on Saturday in Basel, Federer’s hometown. “I’m very satisfied by how it went,” Federer said. “I tried to step up the pressure and so far that’s worked well.” In other matchups on the indoor court, David Nalbandian of Argentina, the number two seed, vanquished…

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“Scandalous” feminist book marks 50 years

This content was published on Oct 24, 2008 She was even held responsible for the failed vote on women’s suffrage in 1959. This year marks half a century since von Roten’s work – which has been called the missing link between Simone de Beauvoir and Betty Friedan – was published. Her book “Frauen im Laufgitter, Offene Worte zur Stellung der Frau” (Women in…

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Cuche and Gut set to carry Swiss ski hopes

This content was published on Oct 24, 2008 And the focus will be even more intense this coming February, when Switzerland’s two stars contest the event of the year, the Alpine World Ski Championships, at the French resort of Val d’Isère. Cuche and Gut are two athletes on opposite ends of the spectrum. On one side is the veteran Cuche, a tested 34-year-old…

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