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Plant offers cure for weak bones

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 Herbonis, based near Basel, already has approval in Switzerland to develop a product for boosting bone growth in animals. After cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis is the second most prevalent medical problem in the world. But Herbonis believes it may have found a solution in the plant solanum glaucophyllum or waxyleaf nightshade. “It has very favourable properties,…

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Bern resolves squabble over Klee masterpieces

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 After months of wrangling, Bern’s art museum or Kunstmuseum has agreed to lend 40 Klee works to the Paul Klee centre, which is due to open next year. The collection – including 20 masterpieces – will remain in the possession of the Kunstmuseum, which retains the right to borrow back its property. The paintings have…

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Les liens musicaux. Musik baut Brücken. Music builds bridges.

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004

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Nathalie: Intensiv

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004

Bucher struggles to find Olympic form

This content was published on Aug 2, 2004 But in an interview with the “NZZ am Sonntag”, the former world champion says he hopes to prove he is still capable of going for gold at the Athens Olympics. In 2001 Bucher became the first Swiss runner to win a gold medal at a world championship event, storming to victory with a trademark surge…

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So örgeled’s im Ybrig. Obersihltaler Ländlerfründe. Schwyzerörgeli-Duo Arthur & Edgar Ott.

This content was published on Aug 2, 2004

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Lockstoff: Lueg mi nomol a

This content was published on Aug 2, 2004

Parliament Square gets SFr8 million facelift

This content was published on Jul 30, 2004 Previously used as a car park, it has been given an SFr8 million ($6.3 million) facelift featuring granite slabs and water jets. Sunday’s opening ceremony in the capital, Bern, marked the end of a 30-year debate over what to do with the public space. The authorities chose National Day, August 1, as the occasion to…

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Russian takes grand master title in Biel

This content was published on Jul 30, 2004 He claimed his second victory in as many years – a first in the history of the event – by outclassing hundreds of other professional and amateur players. The 37th edition of the festival in the lakeside town in canton Bern wrapped up on Friday after two weeks of tournaments which attracted some of the…

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Via Alpina brings sustainable tourism to the Alps

This content was published on Jul 30, 2004 The Swiss section of the project, which aims to contribute to the development of sustainable tourism in the Alps, opened on August 1. The Via Alpina initiative was launched five years ago by France’s “La Grande Traversée des Alpes” association, a body set up to promote hiking in the French Alps. It is supported by…

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