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Gold and silver for Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 16, 2006 Her victory was followed later on Thursday evening by figure skater Stéphane Lambiel’s second place behind the invincible Russian, Evgeni Plushenko. Pedersen-Bieri hurtled headlong down the Cesana track on Thursday in a total time of less than two minutes on Thursday, beating her rivals by over a second. Showing no fear in a headfirst, freezing…

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Head of Swiss delegation kept busy in Turin

This content was published on Feb 16, 2006 On Tuesday the head of the Swiss delegation at the 2006 Winter Games divided his time between the competition sites at Sestriere, Cesana San Sicario and Turin. Augsburger leaves Sestriere at 12.30pm for Cesana San Sicarioto to monitor the progress of two Swiss athletes in the biathlon. Despite his status and the access-all-areas sticker on…

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Mohammed cartoons derail talks on rights body

This content was published on Feb 15, 2006 Fifty-seven Islamic nations have demanded the insertion of three amendments following the controversy over cartoons of Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper. Jan Eliasson, president of the UN General Assembly, has been conducting “intensive” bilateral talks with key UN members in an effort to resolve severe splits on the new rights body, according to his…

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Surprise silver for Swiss in women’s downhill

This content was published on Feb 15, 2006 It’s the first medal for the Swiss women in the downhill since 1988 and the second medal for the national team during these games after Bruno Kernen won bronze in the men’s downhill race. Schild, who skis for Switzerland’s B squad, came in 0.37 seconds behind Austria’s Michaela Dorfmeister and ahead of Anja Pärson of…

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Swiss poultry ordered back indoors

This content was published on Feb 15, 2006 New cases of the deadly virus have been reported in Germany, Italy and Greece in recent days, while Austria and Slovenia have announced suspected cases. Swiss poultry farmers will be subject to this second round of anti bird-flu measures from Monday. The restrictions are not limited in time, the economics ministry said in a statement…

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Court upholds “Angel of Death” life sentence

This content was published on Feb 15, 2006 The 37-year-old man was at the centre of one of the worst cases of serial killing in the country’s recent history. The nurse was convicted of 22 unlawful killings, seven of which the appeal court qualified as murder. The Lucerne cantonal court said on Wednesday that the other 15 cases were premeditated killings. His victims,…

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Cinema-goers turn their backs on Hollywood

This content was published on Feb 15, 2006 But Swiss cinemas appear unfazed by the latest figures and are confident that domestic films will continue to attract more visitors this year. Switzerland’s 330 or so cinemas sold some 15.2 million tickets in 2005, according to provisional data by the association of cinema and film distribution, ProCinema. The figure represents a drop of around…

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Swiss adventurer embarks on polar expedition

This content was published on Feb 13, 2006 The Swiss karate master has set himself the challenge of crossing the North Pole from Siberia to Canada in the middle of winter – on his own and without assistance. His epic journey begins on Wednesday when he departs Zurich for Russia. In all, 2,000 kilometres separate Cape Articheski in Russia and Ward Hunt in…

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Thun’s soccer dream rocked as coach departs

This content was published on Feb 13, 2006 The move comes a day after the town’s residents voted against ambitious plans for a new stadium. Thun made an unexpected entry into Europe’s elite club competition, which catapulted the small town, near the capital Bern, onto the football map. But celebrations of Thun’s achievements were cut short first by the club’s elimination from the…

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Dilemma for Swiss skipper as World Cup looms

This content was published on Feb 13, 2006 Johann Vogel joined Milan from Dutch club PSV Eindhoven in May but says he is frustrated by a lack of first-team opportunities. The Swiss midfielder is currently experiencing one of the most testing periods of his career. After a successful spell with PSV, he caught the eye of Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti when the two…

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