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Winless Servette Geneva sack coach

This content was published on Aug 16, 2004 The Geneva club, which brought in 17 new players for the start of the season, are currently bottom of the table with a points tally of minus two. Docked three points for financial irregularities, the club have yet to win a game and trail leaders Thun by 14 points. “The president, Marc Roger, and the…

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Vanishing into thin air

This content was published on Aug 16, 2004 The most publicised case is that of Bruno Manser, a civil rights activist working with an indigenous group of Malays. There has been no news of him for four years. Another is François Mayer, the Swiss delegate of the Red Cross in Pretoria. He disappeared in December 2001, and all efforts to trace him have…

Schwyzerörgeli – Trio Markus Flückiger & Edgar Ott: Oergeli – Fieber im Ybrig

This content was published on Aug 16, 2004

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Rain fails to dampen Bignardi’s enthusiasm

This content was published on Aug 15, 2004 swissinfo spoke to artistic director, Irene Bignardi, about her views on the winning film and on whether the festival had been a success – despite the rain. “Private” tells the story of a Palestinian English-literature professor, Mohammad, and his family, whose house is taken over by Israeli soldiers. Based on a true story, the film…

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Italian film scoops top prize at Locarno

This content was published on Aug 14, 2004 The film takes a look at the life of a Palestinian family whose house is occupied by the Israeli military. Costanzo’s film – which had got the unanimous vote of the jury – was honoured at a prize ceremony in the Piazza Grande, the traditional heart of the festival. The event marks the climax of…

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Swiss find security in Darfur unsatisfactory

This content was published on Aug 14, 2004 After a visit to refugee camps close to the Chad border and meeting with government ministers, the delegation feels there is still much to be done. “There is still a humanitarian situation the world cannot accept,” commented Hansjürg Ambühl, head of the Africa division at the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit. “There is a responsibility of…

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Documentary films put politics on the agenda

This content was published on Aug 14, 2004 Experts say the rise of the political documentary is a sign that the public wants to be both informed and entertained. Political documentaries are currently riding high at the cinema following the phenomenal success of Moore’s latest work “Fahrenheit 9/11”, which fiercely criticises the US decision to invade Iraq. Apart from winning the Cannes Film…

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Chaos fears loom over spelling row

This content was published on Aug 13, 2004 In an interview with swissinfo, Hans Ulrich Stöckling, the head of the country’s educational authorities, expressed concern that a split over the changes could lead to confusion in schools. Two influential publishing houses in neighbouring Germany said earlier this month that they would abandon the new writing style introduced six years ago. In Switzerland conservative…

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Swiss flag causes a flap in London

This content was published on Aug 13, 2004 Westminster City Council told Armin Lötscher he did not have planning permission to hang the offending article off the side of the building. Lötscher opened the St Moritz Restaurant in the British capital’s fashionable Soho district in 1974. “I cannot remember exactly when I put up the Swiss flag outside,” he told swissinfo. “But it…

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Yvostellka: Kol do di

This content was published on Aug 13, 2004

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