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Swissair sharply criticises aviation treaty

This content was published on Sep 5, 2001 The transport ministers of Switzerland and Germany, Moritz Leuenberger and Kurt Bodewig, arrived at an agreement after prolonged discussions aimed at reducing noise from flights approaching Zurich’s international airport. Negotiators had hoped that the agreement, announced by the two ministers following talks on Tuesday, would end the long-running dispute between the two countries over air…

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Hingis through to US semi-finals

This content was published on Sep 5, 2001 In one of the fastest matches of the Grand Slam tournament so far, Hingis knocked Bedanova out in just 42 minutes. The top-seed walked off the New York court with a scorecard of 6-2, 6-0. Hingis won the first 11 points of the first set, only to squander her advantage by losing the next ten…

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Goalkeeper retires from national football side

This content was published on Sep 4, 2001 Pascolo told the trainer two months ago he would be leaving the side after the game against Yugoslavia, which took place on Saturday. He will however make the trip to Luxembourg, but he will be firmly rooted to the substitutes’ bench. Jörg Stiel, who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany’s Bundesliga, will take over from…

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Alp hopping with the Japanese

This content was published on Sep 4, 2001 “I try to send them up at least one mountain,” says Andreas Wieland, director of Switzerland Tourism Asia. “If they go up to Jungfrau or to Zermatt to take the cable car to Klein Matterhorn, it takes some time until they come back down, they are tired, and so they have to stay another night…

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Turkish recognition of Armenian “genocide” at issue in Swiss court

This content was published on Sep 4, 2001 The charge against the Turks was brought by two plaintiffs backed by the Swiss-Armenian Society, which has battled for six years to get official recognition of what it calls the “genocide” of between 500,000 and 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in the second decade of the twentieth century. The Society said the massacres…

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Education combats prejudice, UN says

This content was published on Sep 4, 2001 According to the UN, education is one of the most effective tools of conflict prevention. The topic of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (Unesco) 46th International Conference on Education – fits with two controversial topics in Swiss education – language teaching, and equal access to schools for foreigners, including the children of…

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Alpine “palaces” rank among world’s finest hotels

This content was published on Sep 4, 2001 Before long, alpine hotels, too, on some of Switzerland’s high peaks, gained fame for their elegance and their ability to court royal visitors. The quality of Swiss hotels was recognized internationally. The 1844 edition of Baedeker’s travel guide proclaimed the Swiss hotels the finest in the world. But the best was yet to come. When…

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Alpine “palaces” rank among world’s finest hotels

This content was published on Sep 4, 2001 Before long, alpine hotels, too, on some of Switzerland’s high peaks, gained fame for their elegance and their ability to court royal visitors. The quality of Swiss hotels was recognized internationally. The 1844 edition of Baedeker’s travel guide proclaimed the Swiss hotels the finest in the world. But the best was yet to come. When…

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Federer falls to Agassi

This content was published on Sep 4, 2001 Agassi, winner of the Open in 1994 and 1999, brushed aside the 13th-seeded Federer 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in just 83 minutes. The second seed converted five of six break opportunities and was never broken in nine chances by Federer. “I came out here and felt great from the start,” Agassi said after the match. “There…

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