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Wicky becomes a Hamburger

This content was published on Dec 6, 2001 The move appears to be a good one for the 24-year-old defensive midfielder, following the failure of his previous club, Atletico Madrid, to win promotion to the Spanish Primera Liga. Wicky’s contract with Hamburg includes an option to extend his stay in north Germany for an additional three years. The transfer marks a return to…

Canyoning flood impossible to predict, experts say

This content was published on Dec 6, 2001 Heavy thunderstorms and flooding are a regular occurrence in the Saxet Brook, taking place every few years, according to the first two witnesses to take the stand on Thursday in the trial in Interlaken. Called to the stand by the defence, experts said the guides or managers of the extreme sport company, Adventure World, could…

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Comeback for Barberis

This content was published on Dec 5, 2001 Barberis was brought in to help Lausanne regain top division status in this spring’s relegation-promotion round. The Romanian national Nunweiler was dismissed after a disappointing qualifying round in which the canton Vaud club never looked like reaching next year’s championship round. “We had to change something about the player’s mentality in order to get through…

Von Siebenthal to miss Olympic trials

This content was published on Dec 5, 2001 The 24-year-old rider, who is seen as one of Switzerland’s best medal hopes in Salt Lake City, damaged her shoulder during a fall in Ischgl last weekend, and is expected to be out of competition until at least January. Although that rules von Siebenthal out for both the qualifying events in Laax and Grindelwald, she…

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The Escalade: of muskets, soup and chocolate

This content was published on Dec 5, 2001 The Escalade is Geneva’s national holiday, its Bastille Day and July 4th. It commemorates the day 399 years ago when this fiercely independent Protestant state repelled the invasion force of the Catholic Duke of Savoy. Geneva may be the humanitarian capital of the world, but during the Escalade, the citizens of this city of peace…

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Olympic trials make boarders cross

This content was published on Dec 5, 2001 As a nation, the Swiss riders have already earned themselves 12 places at the biggest global event in winter sport. Now, though, the individual team members must battle it out against each other in a qualifying system that has angered some of the more experienced athletes. The riders, including Nagano medallists Gian Simmen and Ueli…

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EU slaps new fine on Roche for price fixing

This content was published on Dec 5, 2001 The Commission said Roche participated in a “price-fixing and market-sharing cartel in citric acid”, an additive used in soft drinks and food. The Basel-based food company Jungbunzlauer (JBL) was also fined €18 million (SFr26 million) by the Commission for its role in the citric acid cartel. JBL is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of…

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Switzerland laments Israel’s “missed opportunity”

This content was published on Dec 5, 2001 The conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva convention confirmed that the convention – which seeks to protect civilians in wartime or during military occupation – was applicable in occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem. The 114 countries present demanded that Israel “immediately refrain from committing grave breaches” of the convention. But it…

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Police admit mistake over bomb hoax

This content was published on Dec 5, 2001 In the early hours of November 2, three police officers awakened the Frenchman in his room at the five-star hotel Drei Könige in Basel and confiscated his passport. Basel police spokesman, Klaus Mannhart, said the raid was the result of a misunderstanding over a bomb threat in Switzerland six years ago. “We apologise for making…

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“We acted correctly” say canyoning guides

This content was published on Dec 5, 2001 The two guides, Simon Wiget and Stefan Abegglen, were responsible for one of the four groups which took part in the fateful canyoning trip on July 27,1999. Eight of the 11 tourists in their group lost their lives in a wall of water. Wiget rejected statements by a survivor who said he and Abegglen had…

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