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Swiss motorcycling success

This content was published on Jun 28, 2008 It was Lüthi’s best ever result in the 250 cc category. Lüthi led the race for most of the first half, but was overtaken by Alvaro Bautista of Spain. Although Lüthi subsequently regained the lead, towards the end Bautista managed to overtake again and finished 4.6 seconds ahead. No Swiss has won a race this…

Firms work on producing tomorrow’s engineers

This content was published on Jun 28, 2008 Siemens have started sending educational packs to Swiss kindergartens while technology concern ABB have introduced courses at their company crèches. There are 3,000 unfilled jobs in the sector. The Swiss branch of manufacturing giant Siemens has recently followed the example of its German mother company by distributing “discovery boxes” full of scientific experiments for four…

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Shortcomings revealed by army accident report

This content was published on Jun 27, 2008 These were among the findings of the investigation carried out by the military justice authorities into the accident on the River Kander in the Bernese Oberland, which were released on Friday. It was announced on the same day that the search for the body of the soldier who is still missing is being called off.…

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Federer and Wawrinka move into fourth round

This content was published on Jun 27, 2008 Switzerland’s only other remaining player in the tournament, Stanislas Wawrinka, also moves into the next round, after a thigh injury forced his opponent, Mischa Zverev of Germany, to abandon the game. Federer’s next opponent will be Leyton Hewitt, seeded 20, the last man to win Wimbledon before Federer started his run of five consecutive titles.…

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Government concerned over Zimbabwe violence

This content was published on Jun 27, 2008 A statement said “massive intimidation and open acts of violence against members of the electorate and opposition supporters are preventing free and fair elections”. The opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has withdrawn his candidature from the second round of the presidential elections currently underway in the southern African nation because of the incidents. The foreign ministry…

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Traditional spectacle to draw yodelling crowds

This content was published on Jun 27, 2008 A record number of Swiss expatriates are expected to take part in this weekend’s federal yodelling festival – an event which takes place every three years. It is a common misunderstanding outside Switzerland that every Swiss is an expert yodeller, but only a very few can yodel. It’s an art form and not easy to…

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Sparkling Spain beat disappointing Russia 3-0

This content was published on Jun 26, 2008 Xavi Hernandez, Dani Güiza and David Silva scored a goal each to give the Spaniards a shot at their second European title when they play Germany on Sunday in Vienna. Spain, who won the 1964 European tournament, ended their run of five quarterfinal defeats by beating Italy in a penalty shootout on Sunday, but they…

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Bacsinszky scares fifth seed at Wimbledon

This content was published on Jun 26, 2008 The 19-year-old from Lausanne, who is ranked number 69 in the world, was leading 3-0 in the final set but choked and lost the final six games. Bacsinszky has never reached the third round of a grand slam event and beating Dementieva would have been the biggest win of her career. With Bacsinszky’s departure, there…

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Bye bye Basel!

This content was published on Jun 26, 2008 The semifinal between Germany and Turkey in the St Jacob’s Park stadium in Basel on June 25 was the last Euro 2008 match to be played in Switzerland. Germany won in a 3-2 thriller. (Pictures: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo)

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