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Swiss support UN resolution

This content was published on Mar 30, 2002 The resolution urged Israelis and Palestinians to move immediately towards securing a “meaningful ceasefire” and appealed for “the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Palestinian cities, including Ramallah”. It also cited “grave concern” about the recent wave of suicide bombings in Israel and Friday’s assault on the headquarters of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, in the…

New South Africa probe launched

This content was published on Mar 30, 2002 It is the first time Swiss investigators have gone to South Africa since allegations of criminal activities between the two countries’ intelligence services surfaced in 1999. Hansjürg Wiedmer, a spokesman for the Federal Prosecutor’s department, confirmed a report in the “Tages-Anzeiger” newspaper, stating that two investigators had been in South Africa for a week to…

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Federer downs Hewitt

This content was published on Mar 30, 2002 Federer, who is seeded 12th at the prestigious Miami tournament, had surprisingly little difficulty in Friday’s semi-final encounter, seeing off the Australian in straight sets (6-3, 6-4). The Swiss, who has yet to lose his serve or a set in the tournament, hit 29 winners during the match. He also mixed his game up, attacking…

Swiss vacate church pews

This content was published on Mar 29, 2002 Twelve per cent of Swiss declared in the 2000 federal census that they were not members of any religion. A decade ago, the figure stood at only 7.4 per cent. The Protestant Church in Switzerland has registered a significant fall in the number of regular Sunday worshippers. In 1950, 56.3 per cent of the Swiss…

Swiss warn Israel not to harm Arafat

This content was published on Mar 29, 2002 The government also called for an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from the West Bank city of Ramallah, where Arafat’s compound is situated. Arafat’s headquarters, which lie just 700 metres away from the Swiss liaison office to the Palestinian Authority, came under heavy fire after Israeli forces broke into the compound shortly after dawn. Muriel…

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Zurich Lions through to finals

This content was published on Mar 29, 2002 It continues a three-year jinx for Lugano against the Lions. They were also beaten in the last two finals by the Zurich side. A dramatic match at the Resega stadium in Lugano saw the home side take the lead after only three minutes when Régis Fuchs slipped the puck between the legs of Ari Sulander…

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Federer cruises through in Miami

This content was published on Mar 29, 2002 The 20-year-old Basel player, who is seeded 12th, needed only 54 minutes to dispatch the Romanian. Federer grabbed the first ten points of the match to race away to a 3-0 lead after only five minutes. The Swiss struck 27 winners and made just ten unforced errors in what was close to a perfect performance.…

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Police raid Swiss firms of Bin Laden’s brother

This content was published on Mar 29, 2002 Binladin’s Geneva lawyer, Pierre de Preux, was quoted as saying that the federal authorities had been given all the documents they requested during the raids. Police swooped on nine firms linked to Binladin on Wednesday, including the Geneva-based Saudi Investment Company, which he liquidated in 1998. They also searched four homes, but it was not…

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No pepper spray for Swiss soldiers

This content was published on Mar 28, 2002 The announcement quashes media speculation that the ministry was planning to introduce the spray as part of standard-issue equipment to Swiss soldiers. But Schmid made it clear on Thursday that the cost of equipping the Swiss army with canisters of the spray was simply too high. “The distribution [of the spray] would have made a…

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Nanterre shooting rekindles memory of Zug massacre

This content was published on Mar 28, 2002 On Thursday, local parliamentarians in Zug held a minute’s silence in memory of the victims, who were shot dead on Wednesday by a lone gunman as a council meeting in the French town of Nanterre was drawing to a close. The attacker later committed suicide while being held in custody by French police. “We know…

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