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US court freezes Sulzer Medica claims

This content was published on Nov 30, 2001 The court in Cincinnati, Ohio, ruled that the freeze against the medical technology company resulting from faulty hip and knee implants, would remain in force till February 1. If an agreement between the claimants and Sulzer Medica has not been reached by then, it will be lifted. However, the company’s star lawyer, Richard Scruggs, said…

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Former Beatle George Harrison is dead

This content was published on Nov 30, 2001 The 58-year-old guitarist, who bought a multi-million franc villa on Lake Lugano in canton Ticino in August, had been treated for a brain tumour in the San Giovanni clinic in Bellinzona. In 1998, after it was first revealed that he had been treated for throat cancer, Harrison said: “It reminds you that anything can happen.”…

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Reincarnation of a Buddha

This content was published on Nov 30, 2001 However, the campaign launched by Paul Bucherer, founder of the Afghanistan museum in Bubendorf near Basel, and Bernhard Weber, the founder of the Internet start-up New7Wonders.org, could be in jeopardy. Christian Manhart, an Asia heritage expert at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), said an international agreement – the Venice charter –…

Bergier Commission to change Swiss history

This content was published on Nov 30, 2001 Until the mid 1990s the popular perception of Switzerland during the war was of the plucky little country guarding its borders fearlessly against the aggressor. It was also seen as the home of the Red Cross and the destination that refugees from occupied countries, and pilots whose planes had been shot down, were most keen…

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Risi and Betschart win 100-km-Américaine

This content was published on Nov 29, 2001 After having won the 50-km-Américaine on Monday, Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart once again pedalled to the top and won the 100-km race on Thursday. The winning team took the lead after the first half of the race, closely followed by the Australian/Belgium team of Scott McGrory and Matthew Gilmore. Silvio Martinello and Andreas Kappes,…

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Rey-Bellet finishes third in Lake Louise

This content was published on Nov 29, 2001 The 29-year-old covered the 2,741-metre Men’s Olympic downhill course in 1″37’26, finishing 51 hundredth of a second behind the winner. Isolde Kostner of Italy won Thursday’s race and glided down the Lake Louise run in an unofficial time of 1″36’75. She finished ahead of downhill world champion Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria, who came second. This…

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Switzerland set to send observers to Afghanistan

This content was published on Nov 29, 2001 The Swiss foreign ministry is currently assessing its pool of 600 civil experts to find out how many observers are prepared to go to war-torn Afghanistan to monitor the process of the country’s reconstruction. Foreign ministry spokeswoman, Muriel Berset-Kohen, told swissinfo that Switzerland is prepared to send such observers to Afghanistan at any time. “We…

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Sulzer Medica faces crucial court decision

This content was published on Nov 29, 2001 The court of appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, is to decide whether to lift the suspension on the launch of individual liability lawsuits against the company. In a nightmare scenario, Sulzer Medica faces hundreds of lawsuits over faulty hip and knee implants in the US. Nearly two thousand patients have had to undergo revision surgery because…

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Jewish groups welcome latest Bergier reports

This content was published on Nov 29, 2001 “We cannot rejoice at the findings,” says Alfred Donath, head of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities. “But we’re satisfied that, despite the pressure on the Bergier commission, they’ve done their work honestly, and they haven’t been afraid to tell the truth.” While the exercise has been broadly welcomed, voices on the right of the…

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Anti-Semitism shaped Swiss refugee policy

This content was published on Nov 29, 2001 The report, one of ten released in Bern on Thursday by the Independent Commission of Experts (ICE), found that Switzerland’s policy of turning away Jews fleeing Nazi persecution was largely based on hostility. “Anti-Semitism appears as an important reason for either not perceiving the persecution of Jews, or not drawing the necessary consequences in favour…

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