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Sauber set to sell Räikkönen?

This content was published on Sep 13, 2001 According to Germany’s ‘Bild’ newspaper, McLaren are hoping to unveil Räikkönen as their new driver at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix in Monza, where the team’s current driver Mika Häkkinen is expected to announce his retirement from the sport. However, Mclaren on Thursday dismissed as speculation the report that Hakkinen was set to announce his…

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Bankers’ boss says EU treaties could undermine banking secrecy

This content was published on Sep 13, 2001 Krayer, who was speaking in Zurich at the presentation of the association’s annual report, also rejected criticism of Swiss efforts to combat money laundering, arguing that much of it had been “wide of the mark and viewed from a narrow perspective”. Krayer said bilateral negotiations between Switzerland and the EU were likely to lead to…

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Swiss travellers cancel holidays in US

This content was published on Sep 13, 2001 Switzerland’s big tour operators, including Kuoni and Hotelplan, have been swamped with calls from people trying to cancel, postpone or change their trips to the United States. Hotelplan has received more than 500 cancellations worldwide, 200 of them were flights to New York. However, holidaymakers are not only worried about flying to North America. Peter…

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UEFA reschedules postponed matches

This content was published on Sep 13, 2001 More than 40 UEFA Cup games were called off following the tragedy. UEFA said the matches would now be rescheduled for Thursday September 20. A further eight Champions League matches, originally due to be played on Wednesday, will now take place on October 10. “After examining the international and club match calendar across Europe we…

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IOC postpones world congress

This content was published on Sep 13, 2001 The IOC extended “sorrow and prayers” to the victims, their families and rescue workers. The Winter Olympics will remain in Salt Lake City, the IOC says, and it will thoroughly review its security operations following the terrorist attacks. “We have always put security as the No. 1 priority,” IOC president Jacques Rogge said. The issue…

FC Sion up for sale

This content was published on Sep 13, 2001 Cameroonian businessman Gilbert Kadji took over at FC Sion in March 1999 promising to end the club’s constant struggle against financial collapse. But he has now admitted that his own struggles in canton Valais could soon be over. On Thursday he was due to meet with FIFA agent Jacky Mouyal in Paris to discuss a…

NATO ready to back US retaliation against foreign terrorists

This content was published on Sep 13, 2001 The decision allows Washington to invoke Article 5 of the alliance’s charter, which declares an “armed attack” on any member to be an attack on all. The clause, which has never been invoked, was designed to meet a challenge from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Announcing the decision, NATO’s secretary general, George Robertson,…

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Bin Laden’s half-brother condemns US terrorist attacks

This content was published on Sep 13, 2001 Yeslam Binladin, who has lived in Geneva for 20 years and attained Swiss citizenship in May, did not specifically mention his half-brother. But in a brief statement to the press, Binladin said his “thoughts and profound sympathy are with the victims, their families and the American people.” “I would like to express my deepest feelings…

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World wakes to new conflict

This content was published on Sep 13, 2001 In Switzerland, as across Europe, citizens acknowledged the tragedy – church bells rang in unison at 1pm, and in the capital, Bern, trams and buses stopped for a minute’s silence in respect for the victims. Flags flew at half-mast. As the reality of Tuesday’s events in New York and Washington sinks in, people are coming…

US deals with attacks’ aftermath

This content was published on Sep 12, 2001 From the debris of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan to the damaged Pentagon, America got down to the business of assessing the damage from the attacks, while trying to locate people who remain trapped. Fire fighters and ambulance crews have been working around the clock, after two hijacked commercial planes crashed into the…

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