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New probe launched into Swiss links with Apartheid regime

This content was published on Nov 2, 2001 The move comes after the ministry refused to make public the results of a smaller internal investigation, which it said found no evidence of collaboration between Swiss secret service and the Apartheid regime’s chemical weapons programme. The new investigation, announced on Friday by the defence minister, Samuel Schmid, will probe allegations that the Swiss secret…

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Suspected terrorist accounts contained $12 million

This content was published on Nov 2, 2001 A spokesman for the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, Hansjürg Wiedmer, said on Friday that the blocked accounts contained $12 million. His comments came after the prosecutor’s office confirmed on Wednesday that the accounts had been blocked, but gave no information about the amounts involved or the account holders. The account names were culled from a list…

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Swiss await extradition request for Croatian war criminal

This content was published on Nov 2, 2001 Croatia confirmed on Friday that it would seek the extradition of Zorana Banic, as soon as it received complete files on her case from a court in Zadar, which tried her in absentia in 1998. Banic was arrested at Zurich airport on Thursday on an international warrant issued by Zagreb. She was sentenced to 20…

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Art fair postponed in wake of terrorist attacks

This content was published on Nov 2, 2001 “Art Basel Miami Beach” is billed as a new sister event to one of Europe’s biggest showcases for contemporary art, which takes place every year in Basel. In a statement, the organisers announced that its debut had been postponed for one year, saying “the associated dangers as well as the difficulties in air travel and…

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Lawyer to sue Swiss banks over Apartheid era role

This content was published on Nov 2, 2001 Ed Fagan, who is acting on behalf of victims of the Apartheid regime, previously represented the Swiss night-guard, Christoph Meili, who saved Holocaust-era archives from being shredded at UBS. Fagan says he hopes to make claims to the tune of tens of billions of dollars on behalf of organisations and individuals who suffered during the…

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Swiss enlist Schumacher to sell the Alps

This content was published on Nov 2, 2001 Photographs of Schumacher against the backdrop of the Aletsch glacier have just been released as part of a campaign to promote the Swiss Alps. The four-times world champion has agreed to become an ambassador for his adoptive home. Switzerland Tourism manager, Eva Brechtbühl, said that Schumacher was keen to lend a positive voice to a…

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St Gallen crash out

This content was published on Nov 1, 2001 Marcel Koller’s team had appeared to have a strong chance of progressing past the second round for the first time in the club’s history after winning last month’s away leg in Freiburg 1-0. Those chances seemed stronger yet after just eight minutes of Thursday’s return match, when St Gallen defender Marc Zellweger headed in from…

Third round joy for Grasshoppers and Servette

This content was published on Nov 1, 2001 The Zurich team suffered an unexpected 4-2 defeat in Thursday’s away leg but still managed to scrape past their Dutch opponents thanks to last month’s 4-1 victory in Zurich. Grasshoppers, who lacked concentration, were overwhelmed by the Dutch team right from the beginning of the match, conceding three goals within the first hour of play.…

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Ninth place for men’s fencing team

This content was published on Nov 1, 2001 The épée team, made up of Marcel Fischer, Basil Hoffmann, Benjamin Steffen and Michel Kauter, were beaten 37-45 in the last 16 by eventual gold medallists Hungary, ending their own medal chances. The team rallied in the subsequent battle for places, though, seeing off Holland (45-32), Sweden (45-44) and Russia (45-36) to secure ninth place…

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Alinghi takes flight

This content was published on Nov 1, 2001 “We are sending about 36 tonnes of material altogether on this flight,” said Grant Simmer, design coordinator for the Swiss team. “Everything should arrive in New Zealand on Monday.” It is in fact the second of the syndicate’s yachts being flown to Auckland. Until recently Team Alinghi have been using the boat purchased from the…

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