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Revellers can drink to Street Parade’s success

This content was published on Aug 4, 2004 But organisers have been criticised for allowing alcohol to be sold for the first time in the event’s 13-year history. Makeshift bars along the parade route have been given permission to sell beer to participants and spectators. The Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Addiction has criticised the move, and is also…

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Anti-doping chief backs tough line on drug cheats

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 In an interview with swissinfo, Oliver Hintz, head of the association’s anti-doping commission, says the fight against drugs must continue. The run-up to the Olympic Games in Athens, which get underway in a week’s time, has been marred by doping allegations. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) is investigating a number of high-profile athletes in…

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Real life intrudes at Locarno

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 The opening night featured French film “Les fautes d’orthographe”, a world premiere revisiting teenage angst in the 1970s, and an American film classic, “Sweet smell of success”. “The strong point of Locarno is its substance,” said festival director Marco Solari, adding that a balanced budget and healthy sponsoring means the festival can look forward with…

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No horsing around for Olympian Markus Fuchs

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 The rider from canton St Gallen and his 15-year-old stallion, Tinka’s Boy, are leading a talented Swiss show-jumping team. The 48-year-old Fuchs is the most senior – and the most experienced – member of the team chosen to ride for Switzerland at the Olympics. He has taken part in every Games since Seoul in 1988.…

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Swiss mount altitude sickness study in Himalayas

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 The team of scientists will accompany a group of volunteers to the isolated Kunlun Shan range near the border between China and Tajikistan. The main goal of the expedition, which will take place next year, is to improve understanding of how the body fights against high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), a condition that can occur…

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Tourists queue for culture in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 Basel has led the way, weathering the tourism crisis of recent years by marketing itself as a city of culture. The city on the Rhine has a long tradition of industry and trade. But it has discovered that art makes money too, and pulls in visitors. In the space of ten years Basel has acquired…

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Getting to grips with mountain iron

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 swissinfo followed the metal rungs and cables to the top of a Via Ferrata in canton Valais to report on the mountain routes, which are disliked by environmentalists. We made our way to the wild Baltschieder Valley, following an ancient water channel hewn out of the rock. After about an hour, mountain guide Hans-Christian Leiggener…

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Author gives political thrillers a Swiss dimension

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 Kohli, who divides his time between Zurich and New York, told swissinfo the Swiss should wake up to the threat of terrorism. He said his compatriots were more afraid of European Union bureaucracy than al-Qaeda. In his novels, Kohli shatters the traditional image of Switzerland as a safe place, instead presenting it as a fear-ridden…

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Learning to love – and to live with – flies

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 Because whether the subject is vermin or disease-carrying insects, exhibitions like this one are guaranteed to attract swarms of visitors. From malaria-spreading mosquitoes to the tsetse fly which causes river blindness, flying insects have the power to fascinate, irritate and do serious harm. But as Neuchâtel’s natural history museum makes clear – we couldn’t live…

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