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Early success for Gagliardi

This content was published on Oct 9, 2001 Having suffered ten first round exits from her 15 previous tournaments this year, Gagliardi (WTA 85) made no such mistake on Tuesday, easily disposing of Nola (WTA 108) 6-2, 6-3. The 25-year-old Genevan showed her first signs of improvement last week, when she reached the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Tokyo. To emulate that…

Zürich lawyer unleashes canine party

This content was published on Oct 9, 2001 “This is a campaign against the authorities, who are good talkers but don’t do anything,” said Albertini. The party was founded over the weekend by 120 members from Switzerland and abroad. It also includes 30 supporters whose funds will finance the party’s election campaign in Zürich’s municipal elections next spring. Albertini said that the Swiss…

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US launches fresh strikes against Afghanistan

This content was published on Oct 9, 2001 US planes dropped bombs on the Afghan capital, Kabul. Two of the bombs were believed to have landed on the airport, and two on a hill in the city where the main television antennae stands, said an eyewitness. The Afghan Islamic Press also reported that the northern cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz were also struck.…

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Swiss riders look for success in time trials

This content was published on Oct 8, 2001 The Swiss team has been hit by a series of big name withdrawals, with both former world champion Oscar Camenzind and the experienced Laurent Dufaux pulling out of the squad last week. Three other high-profile Swiss riders – former world number one Alex Zülle, Markus Zberg and Sven Montgomery – were also ruled out: Zülle…

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Swiss ambassador warns of threat to Pakistan

This content was published on Oct 8, 2001 “I think the [Pakistani] government is secure and has the situation in hand – but you never know, ” Dunant told swissinfo. “Musharraf has spoken of around 10 to 15 per cent of people who might be very sensitive to the arguments of [Islamic] extremists in Pakistan – that’s 15 to 20 million people –…

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Commercial television struggles to attract Swiss viewers

This content was published on Oct 8, 2001 The publicly funded Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), which owns swissinfo, has dominated the market since its first television transmission in Switzerland on July 20, 1953. Despite repeated attempts by private companies to challenge the SBC’s monopoly of the airwaves, commercial operators have consistently failed to attract significant numbers of Swiss television viewers. One of the…

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World leaders back military strikes

This content was published on Oct 8, 2001 The European Union, China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Pakistan, India and a number of other countries all endorsed the missile attacks and air raids on the Afghan capital, Kabul, and other targets. France, Canada, Australia, Italy and Germany have all agreed to President George W Bush’s request to contribute forces. Others have granted air transit…

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Russia inflicts severe defeat on Swiss football team

This content was published on Oct 8, 2001 Injury-hit Switzerland finished fourth in the European group one qualifier, after remaining powerless against the Russian team. The Russians began their goal spree after the Danish referee, Knud Fisker, called a controversial penalty against the Swiss 15 minutes into the match. Fisker judged that Alexandre Comisetti had fouled Rolan Gusev inside the box as the…

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Missiles strike Afghanistan as US launches war on terrorism

This content was published on Oct 8, 2001 US defence officials said the attacks had been carried out with cruise missiles, bombers and strike aircraft. President George W Bush said the operation, dubbed “Enduring Freedom” was intended to “disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base… and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime”. US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld…

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Bush’s speech

This content was published on Oct 7, 2001 These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime. We are joined in this operation by our staunch friend, Great Britain. Other close friends, including Canada, Australia, Germany and France, have pledged forces as the operation…

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