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Swiss may have known about secret CIA prisons

This content was published on Jan 8, 2006 The intelligence services are refusing to comment on the affair, revealed at the weekend by the SonntagsBlick newspaper. Swiss parliamentarian Dick Marty, who is investigating the prison claims for the Council of Europe, played down the significance of the leaked document. According to the SonntagsBlick, Swiss military intelligence intercepted a fax received by the Egyptian…

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Alinghi keeps open house in Valencia

This content was published on Jan 8, 2006 Parts of the Swiss base – a showcase of design and high technology – are open to members of the public curious to learn the secrets of yacht racing. Even before the competition itself gets underway in less than two years, the final of the 32nd America’s Cup – which will be held in Valencia…

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Last of the first Eiger conquerors dies

This content was published on Jan 7, 2006 Harrer shot to worldwide fame in 1997 after the film Seven Years in Tibet – based on a memoir he wrote – was released with Brad Pitt in the lead role. His family in the Austrian province of Carinthia did not mention a cause of death, saying only that he died peacefully in hospital. Harrer…

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Ethnic tensions threaten tsunami aid

This content was published on Jan 7, 2006 The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have been fighting for an independent homeland in the north and the east of the country for more than 20 years. There are two checkpoints to pass when entering the mainly Tamil-controlled north of the country from Sinhalese government lands. At the first, the Sri Lankan army searches…

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Ibex is king of the mountain in 2006

This content was published on Jan 6, 2006 This year marks the centenary of the reintroduction of the ibex into Switzerland after it was hunted into extinction at the beginning of the 19th century. “For me the ibex invokes wisdom, courage and tenacity. It has a slow, steady and majestic gait because it lives in difficult terrain all year round,” explained Paul Demierre,…

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Tug of war over Swiss internet address

This content was published on Jan 6, 2006 The state claims to have a legitimate right to three specific URLs – www.schweiz.ch, www.suisse.ch as well as www.svizzera.ch. The federal administration wants to re-direct users of these addresses to its own internet portal, www.ch.ch, which was set up by the federal, cantonal and local authorities. The multi-language site was initially designed as a public…

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Hingis bows out of first comeback tournament

This content was published on Jan 6, 2006 The 25-year-old Swiss was finally stopped in her tracks by Flavia Pennetta at the Australian hardcourt championships in Melbourne. The fourth-seeded Italian beat Hingis 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 at Royal Pines, ending her opponent’s three-match winning streak. Hingis said she had strained a hip-flexor muscle towards the end of the second set. “As a player…

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The army and political career of Ariel Sharon

This content was published on Jan 5, 2006 Ariel Sharon, whose original name was Sheinerman, was born near Tel Aviv in 1928. In the 1940s, he joined the Haganah Jewish underground military organisation, and fought in the Arab-Israeli war in 1948-49 after the creation of Israel. In the 1950s he led a number of retaliatory military operations. In one incident in 1953, 50…

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Michael von der Heide: Kesse Seite (Topsy-Lied)

This content was published on Jan 5, 2006

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Schwyzerörgeliquartett Buure-Buebe.

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