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Pavilion receives royal seal of approval

This content was published on Jul 11, 2005 Organisers said Akihito and his wife, Empress Michiko, were impressed by Switzerland’s presence at the global exhibition. The imperial couple are on a three-day tour of Expo 2005, which opened in March on a 173-hectare, purpose-built site in central Japan. Switzerland is one of more than 120 countries vying for the attention of at least…

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Gaudio smashes Wawrinka’s dreams at Gstaad

This content was published on Jul 10, 2005 He defeated Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka, who was competing in the first ATP tour final of his senior career. It was Gaudio’s fourth clay-court title of the season. The second-seeded Argentine took less than two hours to complete his victory over the Swiss newcomer. Wawrinka managed to trouble Gaudio with his powerful serve, firing 13 aces,…

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Survivors return to face ghosts of Srebrenica

This content was published on Jul 9, 2005 Up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys were slaughtered after Bosnian Serb troops overran the small town in eastern Bosnia, which the United Nations had declared a “safe area”. About 50,000 dignitaries and relatives of the dead are expected to gather at the Potocari memorial centre near Srebrenica to commemorate the massacre and bury hundreds…

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Military deal makes Swiss terrorist target

This content was published on Jul 9, 2005 He also warned that the deal, approved by the cabinet last month, would undermine Swiss neutrality. Stahel said the sale of 180 armoured vehicles to the United Arab Emirates, which in turn will present them to Iraq, was a mistake. “We have to remain neutral in the Iraqi conflict,” Stahel said in an interview with…

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s’ Bescht us dr Volksmusik. Vol. 3.

This content was published on Jul 8, 2005

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New Orleans Hot Shots: In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree

This content was published on Jul 8, 2005

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Hanneli-Musig: Alpenträume. Folk Music from Central Switzerland. Alti Musig us de Zentralschwiiz.

This content was published on Jul 8, 2005

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Front pages reveal extent of London’s horror

This content was published on Jul 8, 2005 Amid extensive coverage of the horror and carnage on London’s streets and underground, commentators agree that “combating poverty… is the correct response to this provocation”. “9/11 in London” was the headline across the German-language Blick, which rushed out a special edition for commuters on Thursday evening. Other papers spoke of “blind terror” that was now…

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Pin numbers get prickly reception

This content was published on Jul 8, 2005 The country’s data protection commissioner and several political parties have expressed concerns about possible violations of privacy rights. “There is a real risk that all the data on any specific individual could be accessed through a universal Pin number,” said Hanspeter Thür, head of the Federal Data Protection Commission. He added that trying to justify…

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Pavilion receives royal seal of approval

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Gaudio smashes Wawrinka’s dreams at Gstaad

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Survivors return to face ghosts of Srebrenica

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Military deal makes Swiss terrorist target

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s’ Bescht us dr Volksmusik. Vol. 3.

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New Orleans Hot Shots: In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree

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Hanneli-Musig: Alpenträume. Folk Music from Central Switzerland. Alti Musig us de Zentralschwiiz.

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Front pages reveal extent of London’s horror

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Pin numbers get prickly reception

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