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Clash of Titans

This content was published on Aug 16, 2006 Gladiators have been proving that they can still pull the crowds in Switzerland, 2000 years after their heyday. At a spectacle in the Roman amphitheatre in Martigny, the audience got ready with their thumbs to seal the fate of the competitors. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch)

Wurzel 5: Teamgeist

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Phonak boss not bitter with Landis

This content was published on Aug 15, 2006 Rihs announced on Tuesday the team would disband at the end of the year after sponsors bailed out following revelations that Tour de France winner Floyd Landis had failed a drug tests. Landis was the latest in a string of Phonak riders to be sacked, but Rihs still insists that the team’s doping controls are…

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Berthold Brecht

This content was published on Aug 15, 2006

J. S. Bach: Suites Nos. 1 – 4 BWV 1066 – 1069. I Barocchisti. Diego Fasolis, cond.

This content was published on Aug 15, 2006

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Landis case prompts Phonak to dump cycling

This content was published on Aug 15, 2006 The announcement comes ten days after Phonak sacked team leader Landis, who failed a drug test during the Tour that revealed abnormally high levels of testosterone. Rihs said that the deciding factor in the decision to disband was the doping case against Landis. The American rider has denied any wrongdoing, but he could be stripped…

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Ceasefire raises ICRC’s hopes over aid

This content was published on Aug 14, 2006 Jakob Kellenberger was speaking just hours after a United Nations truce to end the fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah came into force. “My strong hope is that developments since this [Monday] morning will make it easier for us to reach all the civilians in need of assistance,” Kellenberger said in a statement released…

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Swiss urge peace talks in Sri Lanka conflict

This content was published on Aug 14, 2006 On Monday it called on the parties to the conflict to halt the fighting immediately and go back to the negotiating table. The ministry said it was willing to assist in peace talks. The foreign ministry’s comments come after a day of heightened violence in Sri Lanka. Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels have accused government forces…

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MS breakthrough

This content was published on Aug 14, 2006

On a wing and a prayer over Lake Geneva

This content was published on Aug 14, 2006 The competition is being organised a decade after pilots began seriously pushing the limits of their fragile craft and competing with each other over Lake Geneva. “In the beginning, being spectacular was good enough,” says paraglider Dominique Steffen. “It didn’t matter whether you had planned a manoeuvre or not.” Steffen was one the first Swiss…

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