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Switzerland crush Japan

This content was published on Apr 30, 2002 Monday night’s win in Goteborg, Sweden, secured Switzerland’s place in the World Championships intermediate round, avoiding the threat of relegation. Opening drama It was not all plain sailing for head coach Ralph Krueger and his young team as they battled against their relatively inexperienced Japanese foes. Japan’s Masatuhi Ito scored the first goal of the…

Stephan Wittwer: Streams

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Equestrian ballet tells story of Russia’s past

This content was published on Apr 30, 2002 The “Plaisirs Russes”, which runs until Sunday at Bern’s annual Bea Expo, tells the story of Russian history from the early barbarian invasions through the reign of Catherine the Great (1729 – 96) to the expulsion of Napoleon. Horses take centre stage, prancing around the arena in a carefully choreographed “ballet” to music by the…

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Groups demand halt to Swiss-Israeli military cooperation

This content was published on Apr 29, 2002 The Swiss coalition accused the Israeli military of committing “substantial offences” against human rights and international humanitarian law, and called on Switzerland’s cabinet to impose an immediate ban. The trade was last year worth SFr80 million ($49.34 million). This year, the industry expects to sell SFr100 million in ammunition, SFr45 million in artillery and up…

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Bowie joins stellar line-up at Montreux

This content was published on Apr 29, 2002 For many years, festival director Claude Nobs has been hoping that the two singers would join the roll call of world artistes at Montreux. Announcing the programme, he said he had finally succeeded in getting them to join a bill which for two weeks in July will also include Marianne Faithful – for the first…

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UN team awaits word from Israelis on Jenin mission

This content was published on Apr 29, 2002 The Israeli cabinet had issued a statement on Sunday that conditions had not yet been created to make it “possible to accept the fact-finding committee” into the Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin. The 15-member Security Council had been on standby in case the mission collapsed, after Annan approved an earlier delay. Meanwhile, Swiss team member…

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Discovering the mysteries of Yverdon

This content was published on Apr 29, 2002 The artificial cloud, created by shooting tiny drops of lake water through thousands of jets, will be the centrepiece of the Yverdon-les-Bains exhibition site, which has chosen “Me and the Universe” as its main theme. One could say the people of Yverdon-les-Bains have been trying to figure out the mysteries of the cosmos for thousands…

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Swiss disappoint in hockey

This content was published on Apr 28, 2002 The Swiss side had numerous chances of scoring in Sweden, but failed at every turn to take advantage of them. The team also failed to make the most of having a higher number of players than their German opponents for a crucial seventeen minutes of the game. The Swiss coach, Ralph Krueger, was clearly frustrated…

Grasshoppers narrow the gap on Lugano

This content was published on Apr 28, 2002 After a goalless first half, the visitors took the lead in the 63rd minute through forward, Joël Magnin. But just 10 minutes later Grasshoppers’ Uruguayan midfielder, Richard Nunez levelled the scores. And to the delight of the home fans, Ricardo Cabanas scored in the dying moments of the game to give Grasshoppers the win. In…

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Swiss miss out on Fed Cup win

This content was published on Apr 28, 2002 The tie was decided in the doubles match, after both players managed a remarkable comeback in the singles. After a poor start on Saturday, when both players lost their matches, it was Schnyder (WTA 17), who took to the court first on Sunday in the reverse singles. She was coming off the back of some…

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