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Football and pride through the eyes of Gökhan Inler

This content was published on May 9, 2008 Inler had a lot of personal success last season, winning a first team spot at his adopted hometown of Udine, in northeast Italy. He hopes that 2008 will also be a memorable year for the Swiss national team. A few weeks before the start of the Euro 2008 contest, swissinfo spoke with Gökhan Inler about…

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Simelibärg. Mélodies & danses anciennes de Suisse allemande. Alpbarock. Yves Rechsteiner.

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Köbi Kuhn’s final stand

This content was published on May 9, 2008 swissinfo and Teletext went to see him to find out how he was approaching this last test. swissinfo/Teletext: How do you feel now that the opening match of Euro 2008 is only a few weeks away? Köbi Kuhn: The pressure is on, but it has nothing to do with the fact that it will be…

5-0 romp a reality Czech for hockey squad

This content was published on May 9, 2008 The team, which includes three players from the National Hockey League, were unable to keep up with their more aggressive opponents. “My guys don’t have NHL offensive skills, but they do have NHL defensive skills,” coach Ralph Krueger had said earlier in the tournament. That was enough to keep Thursday’s game in Quebec City competitive…

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William Tell headed back to the big screen

This content was published on May 8, 2008 “The Adventures of William Tell” will be shot in part in central Switzerland where his exploits were supposed to have taken place. The film’s budget is estimated to be around SFr60 million ($57 million) and it should be released in 2010. Lucerne’s mayor Urs Studer said the movie would provide a big boost for the…

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Giacometti “Portrait” sets new record

This content was published on May 8, 2008 The oil on canvas, Portrait of Caroline, sold for $14.6 million (SFr15.41 million) at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday. The painting is one in a series depicting Giacometti’s lover and muse during the 1960s. The previous record for a Giacometti painting was the 1964 work Annette au manteau, which went for $12.6 million in…

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Josef Garovi. Kompositionen 1951-1985.

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Genomics and biology join forces to fight HIV

This content was published on May 8, 2008 Combining the fields of genetics and biology, researchers from Lausanne and Geneva have pioneered a technique identifying the gene variants that offer resistance against the virus and are passed from generation to generation. The results, published in PloS Biology, follow the discovery last year of three genes in the DNA of HIV-infected patients that offer…

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“Trendy” Giacometti sculpture sale breaks record

This content was published on May 7, 2008 Grande femme debout II (Tall woman standing II) sold for $27.5 million (SFr29 million) at the Impressionist and Modern Art sale at Christie’s on Tuesday, well above its $18 million estimate. Previously another of his works, L’homme qui chavire, became the most costly Swiss work of art when it went for $18.5 million in 2007.…

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Swiss ice hockey squad wrestle down Sweden

This content was published on May 7, 2008 The Swiss team take top spot in their group and stand a good chance of qualifying for the quarter-final. Goals by Paterlini, Ambühl, Monnet and Forster secured Switzerland’s first victory over Sweden in 15 years in Quebec, Canada, on Wednesday. The Swiss squad with coach Ralph Krueger have a perfect record at the championship following…

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Simelibärg. Mélodies & danses anciennes de Suisse allemande. Alpbarock. Yves Rechsteiner.

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Köbi Kuhn’s final stand

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William Tell headed back to the big screen

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