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Paralympians on a roll

This content was published on Sep 11, 2008 The 39-year-old finished in 39.95 seconds behind Michelle Stilwell from Canada (36.18) and Tomomi Yamaki from Japan (37.44) on Thursday. Schmid, a biomedical analyst from Lucerne, is hoping to go one or two better in the sprints, her main disciplines. On Wednesday Quadriplegic athlete Beat Bösch won silver in the men’s 200m discipline. Switzerland is…

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Pitiful Switzerland beaten by Luxembourg

This content was published on Sep 10, 2008 The stunning defeat by a country ranked 152 in the world and with 480,000 inhabitants follows a draw against Israel on Saturday. Switzerland are now fifth in their group of six. The visitors scored first at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich when Jeff Strasser curled in a free kick in the 28th minute that Swiss…

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Big Bang machine passes first test

This content was published on Sep 10, 2008 It took less than one hour for the inaugural beam of protons to be successfully guided around the 27-kilometre ring housing the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Scientists hope to recreate conditions just after the so-called Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago. Experts say it is the largest scientific experiment in human history and could unlock…

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First Swiss medal at Paralympics

This content was published on Sep 10, 2008 The 37-year-old finished only 0.6 seconds behind gold medallist Dean Bergeron from Canada. Bösch won the bronze medal in the same discipline four years ago in Athens. Switzerland is aiming for at least 11 medals from its 26 athletes competing in Beijing. China is nearly certain to top the medal table, as it did in…

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Zurich exhibition illuminates Saul Steinberg

This content was published on Sep 10, 2008 Around 100 pieces of art by the late Steinberg have been gathered at the city’s Kunsthaus Fine Arts Museum, in the first ever retrospective on the artist in Switzerland. Few people in Switzerland may recognise the name straightaway, but many may be familiar with the modernist, clean lines of his drawings. His observations of American…

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School places at premium for expat children

This content was published on Sep 10, 2008 The surging demand has focussed on well-established learning centres that have been forced to expand. But smaller and newly built schools are offering alternatives to children stuck in waiting lists. Zurich International School (ZIS) is still over-subscribed despite building a new SFr36 million ($32 million) campus for older students this year. The school expected the…

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Friends4Friends: A Family Affair

This content was published on Sep 10, 2008

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A showcase for modern Swiss art

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Big Bang re-enactment begins

This content was published on Sep 10, 2008 Scientists fired a first beam of protons around a 27-kilometer tunnel housing the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). They hope to recreate conditions just after the so-called Big Bang. After a series of trial runs on Wednesday morning, two white dots flashed on a computer screen at 10.26 local time indicating that the protons had travelled…

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