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Kapelle Philipp Mettler: Es lebe die Ländlermusik

This content was published on Feb 11, 2004

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Smashing Tomatoes: Nach Em Räge Schint Sunne

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Bacon at the Beyeler reveals artist’s influences

This content was published on Feb 9, 2004 It places Bacon’s oeuvre for the first time in the context of earlier art, from the Old Masters up to Picasso. The exhibition in Riehen, near Basel, gives a fascinating insight into the broad brush of artists who inspired the Dublin-born artist, including Titian, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Ingres, Degas, and Alberto Giacometti. Filmmakers such as Sergei…

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Swiss get tough on violent offenders

This content was published on Feb 8, 2004 The issue clearly struck a chord with voters concerned for their safety and the safety of their children. They delivered a firm rebuke to parliament and the government, which had rejected the people’s initiative on locking up repeat violent offenders as too harsh. Only one of the government parties – the rightwing Swiss People’s Party…

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Jury hears insurance battle over Twin Towers

This content was published on Feb 8, 2004 The WTC leaseholder says the felling of the twin towers means he can collect twice on his insurance policy. Swiss Re is one of the insurers which disputes the claim. Over the next eight weeks, the jury in a New York district court will have to decide how to interpret the insurance policies for the…

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Switzerland and Britain close ranks on stolen art

This content was published on Feb 6, 2004 Around 150 experts and officials took part in the two-day “Not for Sale” forum, which highlighted efforts being made to tackle the illicit trade. Worldwide, stolen art is the third-largest illegal market behind drugs and arms, according to Interpol and the UN’s cultural body, Unesco. Yet many of the meeting’s participants said the issue had…

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Zep serves up comic relief

This content was published on Feb 6, 2004 swissinfo caught up with Zep after his latest triumph at a comic-book festival in Angoulême, France, where he carried off the top prize. Zep received an award usually handed out to mark a long and fruitful career; however, the 36-year-old only published the first volume of his blockbuster Titeuf series a little over a decade…

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Appointment of Muslim scholar causes unease in US

This content was published on Feb 6, 2004 The Catholic college says the accusations of anti-Semitism levelled in France against the Muslim philosopher are unfounded. Ramadan, who currently teaches in Geneva, will begin his teaching and research duties at the university in South Bend, Indiana, in the new academic year. He denies his appointment has unleashed a wave of protests in the US.…

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UBS offices searched in Parmalat probe

This content was published on Feb 6, 2004 It is the latest in a series of searches carried out at international financial institutions with links to the scandal-hit Italian company. A judicial official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said police had been sent to confiscate documents relating to a Parmalat bond issue in 2003 of over €400 million (SFr628 million). The official would…

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Memories From The East . Rekrutenspiel Herisau-Gossau 207/03. Dir. Hptm Werner Horber.

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Kapelle Philipp Mettler: Es lebe die Ländlermusik

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Smashing Tomatoes: Nach Em Räge Schint Sunne

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Bacon at the Beyeler reveals artist’s influences

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Swiss get tough on violent offenders

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Jury hears insurance battle over Twin Towers

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