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Swiss patient sets up hospital project in Kenya

This content was published on May 5, 2002 Stephan Holderegger, who has spent a lifetime battling cystic fibrosis, says the new hospital will provide medical care free of charge to the poorest patients, with others paying only a minimal admission charge. The Rhine Valley hospital, named after Holderegger’s birthplace in Switzerland, will be built in the Kasambara-Gilgil region, some 150km north-west of Nairobi,…

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Youth crime on the rise

This content was published on May 5, 2002 According to the latest federal figures, 11,000 convictions were handed out to teenagers and children in 2000. Almost half were for drug use, while a third were for theft. In canton Fribourg, where the authorities say the situation is no different from other parts of the country, youths between the ages of seven and 18…

Servette grab final UEFA Cup spot

This content was published on May 4, 2002 Despite missing 11 players through injury or suspension, the Geneva club turned on the style to guarantee a fourth place finish in the Swiss championship. After conceding a goal in the 9th minute, scored by Lugano’s Joël Magnin, Servette produced a stunning spell of football. Johann Lonfat equalised in the 30th minute with a superb…

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Zülle claims horror stage

This content was published on May 4, 2002 Zülle managed to sprint past five other riders in the last metres of the mountain stage, which started over two hours earlier in the town of Sierre. Frenchman David Moncoutie came second, ahead of Spain’s Santiago Perez. Speaking shortly after the race, the 33-year-old Zülle said he was delighted with the win, inspite of the…

Night skate to draw thousands

This content was published on May 4, 2002 The “Monday Night Skate” began spontaneously in Zurich in the early 1990s, and has become so popular that more than 15,000 skaters took part in the Zurich event last year. It was so popular in fact that the organisers decided to extend the event over several months and to other cities. This year for the…

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Peace village throws light on Middle East conflict

This content was published on May 4, 2002 One of the first Jewish settlers in the village – founded in 1972 and today known as Neve Shalom (“Village of Peace”) in Hebrew and Wahat al-Salam in Arabic – was Swiss-born Evi Guggenheim. “In the beginning the physical conditions were very hard,” Guggenheim told swissinfo. “We didn’t have a road, we didn’t have electricity,…

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Hingis misses Hamburg final

This content was published on May 4, 2002 The American defending champion frustrated Hingis’s ambitions of a strong build up to the French Open in a cold and wet 72-minute semi-final. Williams, playing with speed and power, showed no signs of a leg strain from a few days earlier. Hingis was hoping to use the clay-court event as a springboard to Roland Garros…

FIFA general-secretary demands corruption investigation

This content was published on May 4, 2002 The number two international soccer official said on Friday in Zurich it was time to clean the FIFA house. Zen-Ruffinen and his Swiss boss, FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, were speaking to the media after a 10-hour meeting of the organisation’s Executive Committee. The meeting pitted Blatter against opponents like UEFA president Lennart Johansson, and FIFA’s…

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Swiss bow out with harsh defeat

This content was published on May 3, 2002 Needing at least a draw on the day to maintain any realistic chance of a place in the tournament’s quarter-finals, the Swiss were somewhat unfortunate to lose Friday’s match 3-2 having made an amazing start to the crunch encounter. After holding their illustrious opponents to a goal-less first period, Ralph Krueger’s men took a shock…

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Money laundering cases rocket in wake of September 11

This content was published on May 3, 2002 The Swiss authorities said they had been notified of 417 cases of suspected money laundering last year, an increase of 34 per cent on the previous year. In total the reported cases last year involved just over SFr2.7 billion ($1.7 billion). This is four times more than in the year 2000. Releasing the latest figures…

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