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Animal mutilations spark police manhunt

This content was published on Jul 28, 2005 Farmers are calling on the public for help in tracking down whoever is responsible for 30 incidents of animal mutilation over the past few weeks. In the most recent case reported by police, a bull belonging to a farmer in canton Solothurn bled to death after its genitals were slashed in a knife attack. The…

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Swiss-Turkish relations hit new low

This content was published on Jul 27, 2005 Meanwhile, the Swiss ambassador in Ankara has had to defend himself against a barrage of criticism concerning the Swiss investigation of a Turkish politician. “Turkey has to stop reacting so sensitively to such events,” Jutzet, the president of the House of Representatives’ foreign-policy commission, told the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper on Wednesday. “It would do better to…

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Cinema prices continue to rise

This content was published on Jul 27, 2005 Wednesday’s news comes a week after the country’s price watchdog said he would be launching an investigation into why they were so high. The Statistics Office said in its Glimpse of the Swiss cinema 2005 report that tickets now cost an average of SFr 14.37 ($11.03) compared with SFr13.16 a decade ago. It said ticket…

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Rigamonti takes silver at world championships

This content was published on Jul 27, 2005 The 24-year-old from the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino also set a Swiss record in a time of 16:04.34. The race was won by 17-year-old Kate Ziegler of the United States, who was four seconds faster than the Swiss. Rigamonti’s time beats the national record that she set at the world championships in Fukuoka, Japan, in…

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Beauty contest to revamp African image

This content was published on Jul 26, 2005 Organisers hope the inaugural event in Bern will help promote a “positive image” of Africa and Africans living in the country. The contest, billed as the “first-ever beauty pageant for people of African descent in Switzerland”, attracted hundreds of contestants. The final 16 – who come from countries across the African continent – were chosen…

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Big break for “bone factory”

This content was published on Jul 26, 2005 In experiments on rabbits, new bone was grown next to old bone, a method which could prevent rejection after transplants. The findings of the two universities are due to be published next week by the scientific magazine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “We have shown that we can grow predictable volumes of bone…

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Aids deaths and HIV cases decline

This content was published on Jul 25, 2005 Most of the victims were men, according to preliminary figures from the Federal Health Office. The number of deaths from Aids in Switzerland decreased from 22 during the first six months of 2004 to 17 during the same period this year. The Health Office said all but one of the victims were men. Amalio Telenti,…

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Tourism experts play down Luxor effect

This content was published on Jul 25, 2005 Tourist numbers fell by two-thirds and took years to recover after the 1997 Luxor massacre in which Islamic militants killed 58 foreigners, including 36 Swiss. On Monday travel companies reported a rash of cancellations in the wake of this weekend’s attacks in the Red Sea resort, which left at least 88 people dead and more…

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Swiss shun Sharm el-Sheikh

This content was published on Jul 25, 2005 The main travel operators are offering their customers alternative offers free of charge. Switzerland’s leading tour operator, Kuoni, said 130 customers had cancelled Monday’s flight to the Egyptian seaside resort or booked for other destinations. Kuoni said about one in three clients had cancelled their holidays in Sharm el-Sheikh. “But many tourists did not change…

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