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Heidfeld earns Sauber point

This content was published on Sep 30, 2001 The Finn’s victory was only his second of the season and comes just two weeks after the former world champion announced his decision to take a year’s break from the sport. Germany’s Michael Schumacher, who has already made sure of this season’s world championship title, drove his Ferrari across the American finish line in second…

Swiss perform well in Antwerp

This content was published on Sep 30, 2001 On Saturday, the veteran Bruno Risi took the gold medal in the 40-kilometre points race. His two compatriots, Alexander Aeschbach and Franco Marvulli, came out fourth in the 60-kilometre Madison on Sunday. The pair, who had hoped to come out in the top six, proved to be the best sprinters. They obtained the most points…

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Young Boys top football league table

This content was published on Sep 29, 2001 The match was exciting from the opening whistle with Bern’s Joël Descloux and Johan Berisha each scoring a goal in the first 12 minutes. In the second half, the Young Boys continued to dominate the game adding four more goals under their own steam. Lausanne, currently second bottom in the league, contributed to the defeat…

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Abba singer auctions personal objects

This content was published on Sep 29, 2001 Lyngstad, better known as Frida, sold 200 of her personal valuables following her decision to move house and leave her current home in Misery where she has lived for many years. Saturday’s event attracted a few thousand people, however, the singer herself could not attend the auction due to illness. The items for sale included…

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Risi takes gold in Antwerp

This content was published on Sep 29, 2001 Risi dominated the race from start to finish. He easily beat Juan Esteban Curuchet of Argentina and Austria’s Franz Stocher. “Everything went well for me today,” Risi said. “This world title is the nicest gift I could hope for.” The Swiss cyclist piled on the points early on and made sure he controlled the race…

Swiss Banker arrested for fraud

This content was published on Sep 29, 2001 In a report by the Swiss German television news programme “10 vor 10”, Michael Willi, spokesman for UBS Switzerland, confirmed that the banker, who had worked for UBS New York for more than 30 years, had taken out loans using his customers’ names. After receiving the money from UBS he transferred the accumulated $50 million…

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Swiss Cabinet members react to Zug killings

This content was published on Sep 29, 2001 Schmid told the Swiss newspaper “Neue Luzerner Zeitung” he did not want the Zug killings to distance the electorate from politicians. “We must remain close to the people,” he said. The Defence minister said he saw no reason to modify the Swiss military system which calls for soldiers to keep arms and ammunition in a…

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Geneva pulls plug on European Culture Centre

This content was published on Sep 29, 2001 The centre was created in 1950 by the Swiss philosopher, writer and avowed believer in European cultural unity, Denis de Rougemont. At a highly charged general assembly last week, it was decided the centre would close its doors for the last time at the end of this year or the beginning of next year. Canton…

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Ten tips for a healthy heart

This content was published on Sep 29, 2001 “We have to realize that in most cases, getting heart disease isn’t a question of bad luck, it’s a question of prevention,” said Dr Antoni Bayés de Luna, chairman of World Heart Day and former president of the World Heart Federation. This view is shared by Dr Rubino Mordasini, General Secretary of the Swiss Heart…

Chechens urge Swiss to live up to humanitarian obligations

This content was published on Sep 29, 2001 Ilyas Akhmadov, a member of the Chechen government, said Chechnya had become a region where law, human rights or political dialogue no longer applied. Speaking in Bern this week, Akhmadov accused Russia of committing atrocities of the worst kind against civil society, including mass arrests, kidnappings and deportations. In a letter to the Swiss Foreign…

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