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Rainy day for Sauber

This content was published on Apr 14, 2002 Brazil’s Felipe Massa took eighth place, while Germany’s Nick Heidfeld finished tenth. Heidfeld dropped down one place after making three pit stops and receiving a penalty. Sunday’s race was largely dominated by the quadruple world champion, Michael Schumacher, who took his 56th career victory at Imola. Brasil’s Rubens Barrichello finished second and Schumacher’s brother Ralph,…

Swiss deportation measures to be changed

This content was published on Apr 14, 2002 Switzerland is also moving to train special police units charged with deporting people who refuse to go peacefully – up to 100 per year. In 2001, of the 8,551 repatriations, 99 involved forced deportations. Potential deportees are also to be educated about the consequences of refusing to go peacefully. The measures were approved at a…

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Mountain deaths increase in Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 14, 2002 Good snow and weather conditions in the mountains in 2001 had enticed more mountaineers, walker and climbers to the Alps, Hanns Janni of the Swiss Alpine Club told swissinfo. Because of the higher numbers there had been more accidents, in line with the law of averages. But, according to the alpine club, weather, experience and…

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Finland crush Swiss in Zurich

This content was published on Apr 13, 2002 The Swiss team went into the game with high spirits but failed to build on Friday’s 2-1 win against the Finnish side in Geneva. In front of a 4,300 strong home crowd the Swiss national side got off to a poor start and the Finns took full advantage and wiped the floor with them in…

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Lugano hot on Basel’s heels

This content was published on Apr 13, 2002 In front of a 2,500-strong home crowd, Rossi scored the only goal of the match in the 24th minute, but team mate Magnin narrowly missed a second Lugano goal, when his header was deflected off the post in the 58th minute. St Gallen missed their only goal chance when Jairo’s free kick missed the back…

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Polar adventurer comes in from the cold

This content was published on Apr 13, 2002 The South-African born adventurer finally arrived in Switzerland on Friday evening after days of delay. He was immediately transferred to a specialist hospital in Chamonix, France, where medics hope to save his severely frostbitten thumbs. Horn’s press spokesman said that it had taken three days to get the 35-year-old adventurer home. Horn decided to abandon…

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Gagliardi out in third round

This content was published on Apr 13, 2002 Dokic beat the 25 year-old Geneva player in straight sets 3-6, 4-6 in just over 70 minutes of play. It is the third match Gagliardi has lost against Dokic in as many encounters. Gagliardi made it to Saturday’s third round after winning her match against the United States’ Meilen Tu on Friday, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.…

Swiss women slide out of curling World Championships

This content was published on Apr 12, 2002 In their tie-break game, the Swiss were fighting for the last place in the Bismarck semi-finals. The two teams proved good sparing partners with extra time needed before the deadlock could be broken. Canada will now go on to face Scotland in the semi-finals with Sweden going head-to-head with Norway. It was a disappointing finish…

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Deiss and Annan insist on human rights in Middle East

This content was published on Apr 12, 2002 Deiss met the Nobel Peace Prize winner in Geneva, after Annan’s speech to the annual session of the UN Human Rights Commission. In his address Annan focused on the need to respect international human rights laws, a position the Swiss cabinet approved in a diplomatic initiative earlier this week. The Swiss initiative seeks to make…

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Government supports legalised abortion

This content was published on Apr 12, 2002 The justice minister, Ruth Metzler, said on Friday the 1942 abortion law needed to be changed to decriminalise the procedure. Although abortion is illegal in the country, currently, some 13,000 pregnancies are legally terminated each year, using loopholes in Swiss legislation. “With our current legal system it’s not the woman herself who can decide whether…

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