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Switzerland renews calls for Israeli withdrawal

This content was published on Apr 3, 2002 The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday told Antebi it disagreed with Israeli military operations in the West Bank following last weekend’s Palestinian suicide bombings. The ministry called on Israel to “grant the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, freedom of movement so that he can reduce the escalating violence in which Israeli and Palestinian civilians are the principal…

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Jewish leaders urge vigilance as tensions rise

This content was published on Apr 3, 2002 Some Jewish groups in Switzerland have contacted cantonal police to request increased police presence. But reassurance rather than panic is the message being sent out by Jewish leaders such as the president of the Jewish communities in Switzerland, Alfred Donath, following increased violence in the Middle East and Easter weekend attacks on synagogues and other…

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South Africa grants assistance in Swiss probe

This content was published on Apr 2, 2002 The Federal Prosecutor’s Office said the Swiss team had been granted access to documents related to criminal proceedings in South Africa against Wouter Basson, the former director of South Africa’s covert chemical weapons programme. Two Swiss experts from the Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Police have just returned from a week in South Africa, where…

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West Bank fighting disrupts Swiss aid

This content was published on Apr 2, 2002 Many aid workers in the West Bank are holed up unable to leave their homes to continue with projects assisting Palestinians under siege by Israeli troops and tanks, according to Rosmarie Schelling, head of the Swiss Development Agency’s offices in Gaza and the West Bank. From the agency’s headquarters in East Jerusalem, Schelling told swissinfo…

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Cuche wins national title

This content was published on Apr 2, 2002 A former Swiss champion in both the downhill and super-G disciplines, Cuche had never even managed a top ten finish in the national giant slalom competition prior to Tuesday’s success. With reigning Swiss world giant slalom champion Michael von Grünigen recovering from a shoulder operation, Cuche began the race in Visperterminen as the hot favourite…

Rigamonti leads Moscow mission

This content was published on Apr 2, 2002 The 21-year-old student is one of 19 Swiss swimmers set to compete in the Russian capital. Following a convincing warm-up at the North American University Championships, where she won two races, Rigamonti appears to be in good shape for a Moscow medal. “Anything other than a medal would be disappointing for Rigamonti herself,” agreed Swiss…

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Bush must mediate in Mideast, Swiss press says

This content was published on Apr 2, 2002 A number of editorials implied that US policy appeared to support Israel, rather than taking an impartial approach. The editorials also said the Bush administration should show leadership by helping to find a solution to the current impasse. “The fortress that Jews and Arabs have built between themselves in their own minds over a hundred…

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Swiss show support for Palestinians

This content was published on Apr 2, 2002 Despite a United Nation’s resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from Palestinian cities, the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, has effectively declared war on what he called Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s “terrorist infrastructure”. Arafat is still confined to his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, which are under siege by the Israeli army.…

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Art of the loner in Lausanne

This content was published on Apr 2, 2002 Paradoxically, because all the featured artists share an aversion to being in large groups of people, yet they have chosen to depict crowd scenes in their drawings and paintings. These loners also have at least two other things in common: they are self-taught and they are marginal characters, either patients in psychiatric clinics, prisoners, or…

Federer nears target

This content was published on Apr 2, 2002 The Nasdaq 100 Open tournament in Miami represented a decisive step forward for the twenty-year old, despite losing against the American, Andre Agassi, in the finals on Sunday. Federer is now seeded 11th in the world, having moved up three places since the start of the tournament. The young Swiss has also leaped up three…

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