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Alps Walk team scales second peak in as many days

This content was published on Aug 29, 2001 The party chose the classic southeast ridge, which quickly became a scramble over rock and hard snow. Some of the slopes were 45 degrees steep and the exposed summit ridge was a knife-edge, swept by strong gusts of wind. Alison Henry, the only female member of the Alps Walk team, easily matched the pioneering spirit…

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Macedonian minister concerned about ethnic Albanian fund-raising

This content was published on Aug 29, 2001 Mitreva used the occasion to call on the Swiss government to do all it could to act against individuals living in Switzerland who she said were financing “Albanian terrorists” in Macedonia. “We have information that financial and logistical support is coming from some Albanian lobby groups located in Switzerland,” Mitreva said at a press conference…

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Government set to slash the number of illegal immigrants

This content was published on Aug 29, 2001 The commission’s president, Rosemarie Simmen, told a press conference in Bern that the objective was to reduce in the short term the number of illegal immigrants in Switzerland and to keep numbers down in the future. The announcement was sharply criticised as “unworkable” by the Swiss organisation Solidarité sans Frontières, which campaigns for immigrants, asylum…

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Sulzer Medica ruling delayed

This content was published on Aug 29, 2001 Earlier this month, the Winterthur company proposed a package estimated at $780 million (SFr1.3 billion) and asked a US district court to effectively collect all pending lawsuits to meet patients’ claims “quickly and fairly”. A settlement would set compensation for hundreds of lawsuits stemming from the implants. At Tuesday’s hearing before judge Kathleen O’Malley in…

Federer flies through first round at US Open

This content was published on Aug 28, 2001 The 20-year-old, who is seeded 13th, hammered 40 winners and fired down 13 aces to win the match in a little over two hours. After the match, Federer said: “I found it a bit difficult to get going at the start of the match, but luckily I got my first break of serve at 2-2,…

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Olympic association bosses throw weight behind Davos bid

This content was published on Aug 28, 2001 The board recommended the Davos-Zurich bid in the face of competition from a separate bid by Bern and Montreux. The SOA’s general secretary, Martin Rutishauser, said the evaluation commission assessing the Swiss bids had decided that both were of a high enough standard to compete against other bids from abroad. But a majority of the…

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Cyclist Meier banned for eight months

This content was published on Aug 28, 2001 A test after the Flèche Wallonne one-day classic in Belgium in April revealed the presence of EPO (erythropein). Blood and urine samples confirmed the results, as did a follow-up test in June. Taking EPO helps build endurance by boosting the production of red blood cells. Although found naturally in the human body, sports authorities have…

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Alpine trek reveals ordeal that faced 19th-century climbers

This content was published on Aug 28, 2001 For centuries the trail was the only way for villagers to reach the summer Alp with their livestock. It is rarely used nowadays – most people take advantage of the cable car, which has been carrying visitors up since 1950. Sunday’s climb went smoothly, although the mountaineers certainly earned the refreshments waiting for them at…

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Mountaineers celebrate arrival at Jungfrau summit

This content was published on Aug 28, 2001 The group left the Konkordia Hut under a brilliant starry sky at around 3am and made its way towards the gentle snowy slopes of the Jungfraufirn. One of the team members, Alison Henry, found by the third day of the expedition she was suffering from a combination of lack of sleep and altitude sickness. Henry,…

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The “cathedral roof” of the Bernese Oberland

This content was published on Aug 28, 2001 Two Swiss brothers from canton Aargau first climbed the Jungfrau in 1811. Seventeen years later, during another successful ascent, the climbers were well-equipped. They carried three ladders, 84 fathoms of rope, a gun, and an iron flag. The Jungfrau, along with the two other members of the alpine trio, the Eiger and the Mönch, have…

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