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Alinghi throws down the gauntlet in Auckland

This content was published on Sep 29, 2002 Biotechnology billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli has spent big and hired the best to give his team a fighting chance of winning the Auld Mug. When Bertarelli decided to pursue sailing’s greatest prize, he wasn’t prepared to do things by halves. His Alinghi challenge is staffed with some of the yachting world’s best minds. The boss of…

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Giacometti’s work sells well in Paris

This content was published on Sep 29, 2002 The “judiciary” sale had nearly been cancelled after a court ruled that auctioneers Christie’s could not conduct the auction. The sale was organised to help pay off debts owed by the Giacometti estate. It was orginally planned to sell 36 lots, but the auctioneer stopped the sale after just 24 by the estate’s executor, when…

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Government sets its sights on gun law

This content was published on Sep 28, 2002 It has opened consultations on a series of measures to tighten control over gun sales and ownership. But critics say that the revisions do not go far enough and fail to address the fundamental problem of widespread private ownership of guns. The measures, which are in the consultation process until the end of the year,…

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Giacometti auction to go ahead

This content was published on Sep 27, 2002 The sale was nearly cancelled after a court ruled that auctioneers, Christie’s, could not conduct the auction. Christie’s had planned the auction which includes a bronze bust of Giacometti’s brother Diego with a price tag of nearly SFr500,000. But on Wednesday a court was asked by a group of Paris auctioneers to stop the auction.…

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Salinas files to be transferred to Mexico

This content was published on Sep 27, 2002 The federal court threw out an appeal by Salinas and his wife Paulina Castanon against the transfer of the documents. It said it could not hear the couple’s appeal because they are not resident in Switzerland. The court’s ruling paves the way for almost 300 files to be sent to Mexico where Salinas is serving…

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Zug remembers massacre victims

This content was published on Sep 27, 2002 Organisers of the weekend’s events said they had chosen to remember the victims in a subdued manner. Three members of the cantonal government and 11 other lawmakers were killed on September 27, 2001, when a lone gunman entered the parliament and opened fire on the assembled politicians. The gunman, who also took his own life,…

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Visiting Elm

This content was published on Sep 26, 2002 It also boasts an unusual natural phenomenon: twice a year, the sun shines through a hole in a mountain top directly onto Elm’s church. Walking through Elm, it is easy to get the impression that history seeps through the darkened wood of the old houses, crowded together in the centre of the village. Many of…

Security worries persist as Zug marks anniversary of massacre

This content was published on Sep 26, 2002 A key problem has been balancing tighter security with civil rights. On September 27, 2001 a lone gunman walked into the parliament in canton Zug and opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon. He killed 14 people – three members of the cantonal government and 11 lawmakers – before turning the gun on himself. Inevitably, security…

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Court ruling bodes well for Swiss Re

This content was published on Sep 26, 2002 A New York judge ruled that the leaseholder of the World Trade Center was not entitled to collect twice from the attacks, even though two planes hit the towers. US district court judge, John S Martin, said the wording in the contracts with the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., the Royal Indemnity Co. and the St…

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Court paves way for Holocaust-era insurance claims

This content was published on Sep 26, 2002 The ruling means that the case can now go ahead in the US. Zurich Life and Assicurazioni Generali had challenged 12 class-action suits filed in Manhattan’s federal court. The two insurance companies claimed the US was not the right place to decide the case, saying that a European court or an international commission should settle…

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