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Key role for Swiss in Olympics doping checks

This content was published on Feb 20, 2006 The tests form part of the more than 1,000 checks for banned substances being carried out during the Games. While urine samples are being analysed by Italian experts, scientists at the Lausanne-based doping analysis laboratory are responsible for blood testing on athletes. In total 50 analysts will work night and day on the samples. The…

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How to sell skiing the American way

This content was published on Feb 20, 2006 Tourism experts tell swissinfo that ski resorts in the Alps will have to introduce radical reforms if they are to remain competitive, and the American industry could serve as a model. The recent International Tourism Symposium held in Zermatt started with a sobering statistic: there are more charter flights out of London taking British skiers…

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Swiss win bronze in two-man bob

This content was published on Feb 19, 2006 The German team of Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske won the race, with Canada’s Pierre Lueders and Lascelles Brown coming second in the competition on Sunday. Lange and brakeman Kuske battled heavy snow to finish with a four-run time of three minutes 43.38 seconds to take gold. The Canadian team was 0.21 seconds behind and…

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Winter sport accidents reach record high

This content was published on Feb 19, 2006 It blames the increase on more people being on the slopes and ski conditions that allow people to go faster. Smog could also be a factor. Confirming reports in the Sunday media, Rega said on Sunday that it had carried out 705 rescues in the first six weeks of the year, compared with just 528…

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Campaign targets child sex abuse

This content was published on Feb 19, 2006 Entitled “My body belongs to me”, the project consists of a special interactive exhibition which will – for the first time – visit schools in the country. The campaign is being launched by the Swiss Child Protection Association, which is hoping to take the exhibition to 1,000 classes by 2007. “If we want children to…

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Bronze for Hoffmann in the Super G

This content was published on Feb 18, 2006 The race was won by the Norwegian Kjetil Andre Aamodt, who defended his title to win his eighth Olympic medal on Saturday. Second was the Austrian Hermann Maier. Aamodt won the race – which was restarted due to bad weather conditions – in 1:30.65, with Maier 0.13 seconds behind. Hoffmann’s time was 1:30.98. “I am…

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Breakthrough eludes Darfur peace negotiators

This content was published on Feb 18, 2006 Julian Hottinger, who is taking part in African Union-sponsored talks in Abuja, Nigeria, says a hoped-for agreement by the end of this month is now unlikely. On Thursday the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, signalled he would be willing to send peacekeepers to the region to relieve the African Union force, which has been struggling…

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Birds test negative for deadly virus

This content was published on Feb 17, 2006 But the Federal Veterinary Office said on Friday it was important to remain vigilant as wild birds carrying the virus might still be found in Switzerland. “All the analyses done on dead birds in Switzerland are negative: the animals did not die of bird flu,” the office said in a statement. “No form of bird…

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Policemen acquitted over G8 bridge incident

This content was published on Feb 17, 2006 The lawyer for the two demonstrators involved is considering an appeal saying the verdict is a legal scandal. Judges on Friday said the defendants could not be blamed for causing bodily harm through negligence to a British demonstrator after policemen intervened to end the blockage of a motorway bridge near the city of Lausanne. The…

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Snowboarder garners lucky gold

This content was published on Feb 17, 2006 The American Lindsey Jacobellis had opened a substantial lead, but fell just metres from the finish. An Olympic celebration turned into a mountain-sized embarrassment for Jacobellis. Coasting to what should have been an easy victory, the American made a hotdog grab of her board on the second-to-last jump. It caused her to fall and while…

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