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Swiss village fights for right to use ‘Champagne’ label

This content was published on Jul 14, 2008 Swiss village fights for right to use 'Champagne' label.

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Planting campers instead of potatoes

This content was published on Jul 14, 2008 Planting campers instead of potatoes.

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William Tell look alike builds crossbows

This content was published on Jul 14, 2008 William Tell look alike builds crossbows.

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Furnishing flats for a highly qualified workforce

This content was published on Jul 13, 2008 Furnishing flats for a highly qualified workforce.

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Romanian wins Swiss Open

This content was published on Jul 13, 2008 Hanescu earlier caused an upset by defeating Swiss number two Stanislas Wawrinka, a favourite for the title, in the semifinals. The Romanian, ranked 80, beat seventh-seeded Igor Andreev of Russia, 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday. Wawrinka, a finalist in 2005, has not won a tournament in two years despite reaching a number 10 ranking. He suffered…

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Foreign ministry defends Colombia envoy

This content was published on Jul 13, 2008 Colombian authorities have accused Jean-Pierre Gontard of transporting ransom money for the leftwing group during the release of two hostages in 2001. “We have no evidence at all that he went beyond his mediator mandate,” said Deputy State Secretary Anton Thalmann in an interview with the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper – the first comments by…

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Art protest over Chinese human rights

This content was published on Jul 12, 2008 More than 100 people braved the rain in the capital, Bern, to spell out the word “justice”, in a “visual art petition” to China. According to Amnesty International, more than 20 countries were scheduled to take part in the protest on Saturday, with words such as “freedom” and “dignity” also being used. “Seven years after…

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Surprise defeat for Wawrinka at Swiss Open

This content was published on Jul 12, 2008 Wawrinka, the world’s tenth-ranked player, lost to Romanian Victor Hanescu in the semifinal, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6. His previous match, a marathon win over Argentinean Guillermo Cañas on Friday, had been a close call. “I missed my chances, this is very disappointing,” said Wawrinka, who will now go on to the Montreal Masters. “When I had…

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Switzerland striker Yakin signs for Qatar

This content was published on Jul 12, 2008 Al-Gharafa has reportedly offered a transfer fee of SFr4 million (US$3.9 million) for the 31-year-old captain of the Bern Young Boys team. Yakin shot all three of Switzerland’s goals at the Euro 2008 Championship last month. His three-goal tally made him one of the leading scorers at the competition. Top was David Villa of Spain…

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