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Djokovic upsets Federer to win in Montreal

This content was published on Aug 13, 2007 Djokovic won 7-6, 2-6, 7-6 in what was a tense and exciting match, putting paid – for now – to Federer’s dream of achieving 50 career tournament victories. Federer had been the overwhelming favourite to win his third Masters crown in Canada in as many appearances. The five-time Wimbledon champion instead suffered an onslaught in…

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Swiss mountain bikers strike gold

This content was published on Aug 12, 2007 Although the “Walloon Capital of Water” is located in a country that barely has any hills let alone mountains, the world-class field had to negotiate the valley of the Vesdre and the Hoëgne rivers as part of the 105km course. Verviers played host to the marathon on Sunday after previous world championships in Lugano in…

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Treading the boards in the Alps

This content was published on Aug 12, 2007 Netzer founded the first professional Romansh-language theatre in Switzerland, giving the country’s fourth and little-spoken language a greater artistic platform. The theatre director studied theology and theatre sciences in Munich, Germany, before returning to his native village Savognin in Graubünden, eastern Switzerland. He set up the Romansh Origen theatre association and a Romansh theatre was…

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Golden Leopard heads to Japan

This content was published on Aug 11, 2007 The prize chosen by the Locarno public – who last year backed a future Oscar winner – went to Frank Oz’s black comedy, Death at a Funeral. The jury of the international competition, headed by Swiss actress Irène Jacob, awarded the prestigious Golden Leopard to Ai No Yokan – a gripping account of unsaid love,…

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Zurich vibrates to techno beat

This content was published on Aug 11, 2007 But organisers warned that without financial support, this parade could be the last one. After German trance and techno legend Sven Väth kicked off proceedings at last year’s parade, which attracted 800,000 people, the honour of leading the 1pm “warm-up” – in dry but cool temperatures of 15 degrees – fell this year to Egyptian…

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Im Pagiger Stübli. 15 Jahre Jodlerin Esther Portmann.

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Performance artists turn statistics into rice

This content was published on Aug 10, 2007 Birmingham-based Stan’s Cafe brings statistics alive by using grains of rice – piles of which have been drawing crowds in Fribourg this summer. Dressed in brown dustcoats and ties, the five performers appear to have stepped out of a British hardware shop from the 1950s. “It makes us look like workers and creates a formal…

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Waitress serves up slice of life in Locarno

This content was published on Aug 10, 2007 But for its producer, coming to Locarno is bittersweet: the director was killed last year before being able to enjoy her work’s success. The film cooked up a storm on Wednesday evening, opening on Locarno’s Piazza Grande in the middle of torrential rain – the alternative rain venues were packed. “Waitress” drew cheers and applause,…

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Buskers Bern

This content was published on Aug 10, 2007 Over three days the Swiss capital is the stage for international street musicians and performers. At the Buskers Bern festival visitors can experience a big variety of acts ranging from Swiss folklore to Gipsy Jazz, from traditional Taiwanese music to an English fakir show. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

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