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Prizes awarded at human rights festival

This content was published on Mar 16, 2008 The organisers said there had been more than 16,000 visitors this year at the ten-day festival, which had 20 works in competition. In Prison my Whole Life by Marc Evans und Suffering and Smiling by Dan Ollman were the titles of the winning films. The Nigerian-set Suffering and Smiling, also received the junior jury award.…

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Cuche hailed as “engine” of Swiss ski team

This content was published on Mar 16, 2008 It was a different story for the women – top skiers Nadia Styger and Martina Schild were not always on consistent form, but Fabienne Suter and Lara Gut did better than expected. Cuche was third in the overall men’s World Cup rankings. He might have added the Super G title to his trophies, but lost…

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First time for Albrecht on slalom podium

This content was published on Mar 15, 2008 He came in 0.32 seconds behind the winner, Reinfried Herbst of Austria, on Saturday. Albrecht’s podium place comes in a discipline which has caused him problems this winter. After the first run, he was placed 10th but gained eight places with a speedy second round. It is the 24-year-old’s sixth top-three finish of his career.…

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Cabinet agrees development aid funds

This content was published on Mar 14, 2008 The package is SFr300 million up on the previous four-year budget, but the foreign ministry’s development agency faces calls to reduce the number of countries benefiting from Swiss aid. Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said further details would be announced in the next few days. A week ago, the cabinet agreed to allocate SFr800 million to…

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Euro 2008 co-hosts put rivalries aside

This content was published on Mar 14, 2008 Relations between the two countries have improved since Tell was forced by an Austrian oppressor to shoot an apple from his son’s head. So much so, that they will co-host the European championships this June. Sharing major football tournaments between nations is now in vogue following the successful staging of Euro 2000 by Belgium and…

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When Irish history met Swiss hospitality

This content was published on Mar 14, 2008 On March 17 the Irish celebrate their national day, and this year Switzerland has a significant place in the celebrations which are linked with the 400th anniversary of the “Flight of the Earls”. Tadhg Ó Cianáin, the scribe who was accompanying the Gaelic princes, said of the Swiss people that they were “the most just,…

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Johan Djourou

This content was published on Mar 14, 2008 Born in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast 21 years ago, Djourou grew up in Geneva. His football career has now brought him to London. It is a grey Tuesday morning in February, not unusual for London. In the city centre, young women take advantage of the mild temperatures to wear miniskirts and open-toed shoes. But…

Gelson Fernandes

This content was published on Mar 14, 2008 Born 21 years ago in Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa, Fernandes arrived in Switzerland aged five and spent his entire football career at Sion before moving to England six months ago. It’s early evening in Manchester, and the Swiss player has just finished his evening meal with his teammates. Tomorrow they face…

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