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Church admits “complicity” in sex abuse case

This content was published on Jan 21, 2008 On Monday the Swiss Bishops Conference announced it would review its directives for handling suspected cases of paedophile crimes by priests. It comes after a high-ranking church official described as “complicit” the Church’s failure to denounce the priest to civil authorities when it became aware as early as 1989 that he was a paedophile. In…

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Lights, camera, action in Solothurn

This content was published on Jan 21, 2008 In his welcoming speech, festival director Ivo Kummer called for domestic films to be given more money, at a time of increasing tension over which direction Swiss cinema should go. The event, which runs until Sunday, includes 300 films, of which 114 are Swiss premieres. Documentaries have been given particular weight this year. Around 44,000…

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Study sees distrust between Muslims and West

This content was published on Jan 21, 2008 The study said most people in Muslim and non-Muslim countries feel a lack of respect from the other, and that on both sides media coverage is more negative than positive. In the West, political and militant Islam was often highlighted, while in Muslim majority countries, the West received only around six per cent favourable coverage.…

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Asylum seekers rescued from mountainside

This content was published on Jan 21, 2008 The asylum seekers, including four children, had got lost near Monte Lema in the Italian-speaking southern canton of Ticino. Some suffered severe frostbite. According to the Ticino police, the family was saved by the fact they were carrying a walkie-talkie. Their appeals for help in English were picked up by an Italian amateur radio enthusiast,…

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The great sausage test

This content was published on Jan 21, 2008 While Germany was happy to replace banned Brazilian skins with an alternative, the more exacting standards of the Swiss cervelat have defied all attempts to find a suitable skin replacement. The cervelat was facing extinction from the national menu following an import ban on Brazilian cow intestines used to wrap the iconic sausage. Switzerland was…

Asylum family almost freezes in mountains

This content was published on Jan 21, 2008 The family of asylum seekers, which included four children, had got lost near Monte Lema in the Italian-speaking southern canton of Ticino, while illegally trying to cross into Switzerland. According to the Ticino police, the family was saved by the fact they were carrying a walkie-talkie. Their appeals for help in English were picked up…

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Galliker takes silver in Italian bob event

This content was published on Jan 20, 2008 Galliker achieved the best result of his career on Sunday behind Janis Minins of Latvia and ahead of Germany’s André Lange. The Swiss was first down the 2006 Olympic track when the race started and the fast, colder ice offered a clear advantage, with Galliker just one hundredth of a second off the track record…

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The theatrical life of a nomad

This content was published on Jan 20, 2008 The Italian-speaker, a former winner of the public choice Swiss Award for theatre, has worked with the prestigious Cirque de Soleil and choreographed the closing ceremony of the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006. He is also the founder of the Lugano Sunil Theatre. swissinfo: Director, author, choreographer, clown – you are a very talented person.…

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Cuche crowns his career in Kitzbühel classic

This content was published on Jan 19, 2008 Bode Miller of the United States and Austria’s Mario Scheiber were joint second, 0.27 of a second behind. The 33-year-old Cuche raced down the 3,212-metre course in one minute, 52.75 seconds for his fourth World Cup downhill success. Cuche’s win comes six days after his second place in the other Alpine classic downhill – the…

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Federer suffers big scare at Australian Open

This content was published on Jan 19, 2008 Federer, who had breezed through earlier rounds, scrambled to defeat world number 49 Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-7, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 and 10-8. The thriller match lasted four hours and 27 minutes. The Swiss lost the first set, having served for it at 5-3, but hit back to level, only to lose the third after holding…

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