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Old timers race over mountain pass

This content was published on Sep 6, 2002 The Klausen Race was considered the best known and most difficult mountain race of its time. It’s the third time the vintage cars will rev their engines, reviving the race which was held annually from 1922 to 1934. The Grand Prix cars of the day reached speeds of up to 200 km per hour on…

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More golfers join the club in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 5, 2002 Generally regarded as a gentleman’s game played at flash resorts with classy clubhouses, more and more people are taking up the sport. Some 50,000 golf fans will line the Crans Montana greens this weekend to catch a glimpse of world number three Ernie Els and a host of other top stars. They will also get…

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Golfers slam Crans Montana course

This content was published on Sep 5, 2002 As the world’s golfing elite teed off on Thursday, South Africa’s Ernie Els joined his compatriot Retief Goosen in criticising the greens, saying they are “really not up to Tour standard”. His comments came after Goosen – who is ranked fourth in the world, one spot behind Els – said the greens lacked variety and…

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Finland and Austria show the neutral way

This content was published on Sep 5, 2002 But two UN members, Finland and Austria, are held up as examples of countries that can be part of the UN without taking sides. Opponents of UN membership in Switzerland feared the country’s cherished neutrality would be compromised by joining the world body. Yet Finland and Austria joined the UN in the mid-1950s, and both…

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Swiss already filling UN posts

This content was published on Sep 5, 2002 The most prominent Swiss working for the UN is Carla del Ponte, since 1999 the chief prosecutor of the UN War Crimes Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Swiss foreign policy attaches great importance to the promotion of peace, humanitarian values and the rule of law, and many Swiss lawyers, aid workers and others…

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The key organs of the United Nations

This content was published on Sep 5, 2002 The United Nations Charter has six main organs, but “the United Nations” system, as it is known, is in reality much larger. in all, the organisation comprises 15 specialised institutions and a number of funds, programmes, institutes and other subsidiary bodies. The General Assembly The UN’s main forum is in New York, where all the…

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Getting to the Faulhorn

This content was published on Sep 5, 2002 The mules have long since disappeared but part of the journey can be done with a cable car or cog railway. The steep hike up from Grindelwald can take anywhere from three to five hours depending on the pace. This was the main route in the old days taken by the mules which were either…

Switzerland and US sign anti-terror accord

This content was published on Sep 5, 2002 The Swiss federal prosecutor, Valentin Roschacher, and his American counterpart, John Ashcroft, agreed to “enhance cooperation between the countries’ police and penal authorities”. The brainchild of Roschacher, the “Operative Working Arrangement” also foresees a more open exchange of information between the two states. Bern and Washington said the aim was to improve technical and organisational…

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Swiss architects win race to Beijing

This content was published on Sep 4, 2002 The contract is a coup for the company, which beat off stiff competition from American rivals, Sasaki. The two companies had won the first round of a competition for the construction of the Beijing Wukesong Cultural and Sports Center, one of two new huge sports developments to be built for the games. The Swiss firm…

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Swiss feel safe at home, worried about world

This content was published on Sep 3, 2002 However, a survey – published on Tuesday by Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology – shows that they remain worried about conflict in the rest of the world. The study, which involved some 1,200 Swiss, shows that public sentiment remains largely positive. Nine out of ten Swiss say they feel safe and secure in their homeland,…

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