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Switzerland tightens the noose on terrorists

This content was published on Jun 27, 2002 It pledged on Thursday to ratify two United Nations conventions on combating international terrorism as well as to adopt new provisions into Swiss law. “The importance of international cooperation in the prevention and combating of terrorism has grown beyond measure since the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11,” justice minister, Ruth Metzler,…

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Blatter rules out video replays in 2006

This content was published on Jun 27, 2002 The head of football’s world governing body told the Associated Press he would more readily accept human error in referee decisions than a drive towards scientific accuracy. “If our game is becoming scientific then we will take away its emotion and nobody would have any discussion any longer if it was offside, not offside; if…

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Lost Balthus painting found in Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 27, 2002 The Musée Jenisch in the lakeside town of Vevey said that the 1930s painting, “Joueuse de Diabolo”, had reappeared. “A major work by Balthus, given up for lost, has reappeared. Such a discovery is an event,” the museum said in a statement. The artwork depicts a girl in a dance-like pose playing a game. Balthus…

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Top athletes compete in Lucerne

This content was published on Jun 26, 2002 After the rival Grand Prix event in Nice, which was originally scheduled for Tuesday, was cancelled, this year’s event has gained some unexpected and unintentional support. However, reigning women’s 100-metres champion, Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, did not need such last-minute change of plans as she has been attending the Lucerne event since 1994. The Ukranian’s performance was…

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Zülle prepares for last day challenge

This content was published on Jun 26, 2002 Zülle appeared to have defended his 11-second lead over Dufaux in the race’s overall standings following Wednesday’s 235km slog from Vevey to Lyss – the longest individual stretch on this year’s Tour. But after the day’s racing, Tour organisers announced that Dufaux had in fact managed to whittle Zülle’s lead down to just three seconds.…

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Bastl triumphs over Sampras

This content was published on Jun 26, 2002 In a marathon match, Bastl defeated the seven-times Wimbledon singles champion 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4 to give Sampras his second Swiss surprise in as many years. Twelve months ago the American lost a thrilling fourth round encounter to Swiss number one Roger Federer – but Wednesday’s defeat was clearly in a different league for…

Swiss government shrugs off Apartheid lawsuit

This content was published on Jun 26, 2002 The lawsuit was filed in New York last week against Switzerland’s two biggest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, along with the American bank, Citicorp. It seeks class-action compensation from the banks, which are accused of propping up the Apartheid government by continuing to lend it money after 1985, when international sanctions were imposed on South…

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A human presence where inhumanity rules

This content was published on Jun 26, 2002 Wednesday is International Day Against Torture, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been shedding light on what its workers in the field do to uncover the murky practices that take place in prisons, camps, police stations – anywhere, in fact, where people are held in detention. Every day, an ICRC delegate…

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Giacometti collection seen in new light

This content was published on Jun 26, 2002 Seven rooms, described by the Kunsthaus as “a self-contained home”, have been converted from former administrative office space, to provide lighting conditions similar to the Paris studio where the Swiss artist did much of his finest work. Since the opening of an extension to the early 20th century building in 1976, the collection has played…

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Federer falls at first fence

This content was published on Jun 25, 2002 Playing on centre court, the Swiss seventh seed was expected to make light work of Ancic, a relatively unknown 18-year-old who is currently ranked 154th in the world. Instead though it was the Croat who brushed aside Federer, dismissing the 20-year-old from Basel 6-3, 7-6, 6-3. No-one was more surprised than Federer himself, it seemed.…

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