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Swiss skiers take double honours

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 Albrecht won the giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colorado on Sunday – his second victory in four days after the Super Combi race on Thursday. After the opening leg in which he finished only 11th, Albrecht delivered a stunning second run on the Birds of Prey course to record a total time of two minutes,…

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Swiss v Turkey, Portugal and Czech Republic

This content was published on Dec 2, 2007 Sunday’s draw in Lucerne for the Euro 2008 finals, which take place in Switzerland and Austria from June 7-29, threw together some other mouth-watering ties. Austria, the other co-host and making its debut, is in Group B with three-time champion Germany, Poland and Croatia – a group which could pose security problems for organisers. World…

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Tension over Kurds on Turkey-Iraq border

This content was published on Dec 1, 2007 The Kurds are a non-Arab, mainly Sunni Muslim people, speaking a language related to Persian and living in a mountainous area straddling the borders of Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. … » Asia Turkey For most of their history they have been subjugated. In modern times Iran, Iraq and Turkey have resisted an independent…

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Cuche glides to third in Beaver Creek downhill

This content was published on Dec 1, 2007 The race was won by Austria’s Michael Walchhofer who clocked 1min 13.74sec, edging American Nyman into second at 0.05sec. Cuche, who was fastest in both training and the downhill portion of Thursday’s super-combi, was 0.10 off the winning pace. He made two mistakes in quick succession early, largely because he came into the upper section…

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A concerted effort needed to tackle Aids

This content was published on Dec 1, 2007 The problem is not new, and every year December 1 is marked as World Aids Day. But in Africa infection rates rarely improve. One of the organisations trying to rein in the disease is the Afro-European Medical and Research Network (AEMRN), an international non-governmental organisation with its headquarters in Bern. Its president, Charles Senessie, a…

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Red Cross urges better Palestinian access

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 Delegates at the 30th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva also backed an ambitious aid agenda for the next four years, agreeing to tackle burning issues from climate change to migration. Some 1,500 Red Cross and government officials, wrapping up the weeklong conference agreed to closely monitor the deal between…

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Cow healers

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 The operating room is not where you expect to see Swiss cow, but the Clinic for Ruminants in Bern is where swissinfo paid a visit to a few sick specimens. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

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Happy New Year

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 Send us your best photos as well.

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Advert aims to deter African immigrants

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 The hard-hitting advert, which has been aired on prime-time television in Cameroon and Nigeria, depicts the life of freshly arrived migrants in Europe as one fraught with problems and dangers. In the film an African migrant phones his father from somewhere in Europe in the pouring rain and assures him that all is well while…

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