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Swiss skiing marks its centenary

This content was published on Oct 25, 2003 Coinciding with the anniversary is this season’s Ski World Cup, which got underway on the Sölden glacier in Austria on Saturday. The Swiss ski teams were out in force when the skiing season officially opened this weekend on the Austrian slopes. However, they did not manage a podium finish. Marlies Oester was the best-placed Swiss…

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Quattrone judge declares mistrial

This content was published on Oct 24, 2003 US District Judge Richard Owen said jurors had failed to agree on any of the charges against the former financial wizard. The “consensus is that we will not be able to reach a unanimous vote on any of the three counts [two counts of obstruction and one count of witness tampering],” the jurors said in…

Culture

Zurich shows there’s more to O’Keeffe than flowers

This content was published on Oct 24, 2003 Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the great figures in 20th century art – yet her paintings are a rarity in Europe’s public and private collections. As a result nearly all of the 74 works on show are on loan from American museums and collectors. But the European public has until now predominantly associated O’Keeffe with…

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Swiss obsessed with MBAs

This content was published on Oct 24, 2003 Some 75 educational institutions, including six Swiss, attended the World MBA Tour in Zurich this week. The MBA Tour sets up shop every year in 40 cities around the world, creating a meeting place for prospective students and schools. Demand for MBAs has shot up recently in Switzerland. “There are a lot of potential students…

Zug gunman was “cold-blooded” killer

This content was published on Oct 23, 2003 Friedrich Leibacher also operated alone and died after turning a gun on himself, according to the final report into the bloodbath. The publication of the findings by the canton Zug authorities comes a month after the second anniversary of the tragedy, which occurred on September 27, 2001. Leibacher entered the parliament building wearing a police…

Culture

Marco Gottardi: Something Special

This content was published on Oct 23, 2003

Culture

Le Jardin de Plaisance. Songs from Late Fifteenth-Century French Manuscripts. La Morra. Dir. M. Gondko / C. Marti.

This content was published on Oct 23, 2003

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Charity gets tough with child traffickers

This content was published on Oct 22, 2003 The moves form part of an aggressive campaign launched by the charity exactly two years ago to bring the trade in children to international attention. “More than a million children worldwide are trafficked each year,” declared Peter Brey, secretary-general of Terre des hommes. The illegal trade involves minors – children under the age of 18…

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NZZ Gallery – Biel

This content was published on Oct 22, 2003

NZZ – Expo 64

This content was published on Oct 22, 2003

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