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Lütolf fails first test

This content was published on Jul 23, 2001 Lütolf’s time of 1’03″56 was more than a second faster than that with which he clinched the Swiss national title in March, but it still saw him finish 1″04 behind the last of the 16 swimmers to qualify for Monday’s semi-final stage in Fukuoka. The 21-year-old law student from St Gallen will be looking to…

FC Zurich one point clear at top of table

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 The newly promoted Young Boys, who have already made a good start to the new season, were playing their first game at the Neufeld stadium, the team’s temporary home while the Wankfdorf is rebuilt. If the Neufeld stadium was new to both teams, it was the Young Boys who quickly made themselves most at home,…

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Swiss press attacks “madness” of G8 summit meeting

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 The mass-circulation “SonntagsBlick” also denounced the gathering of leaders from the world’s leading industrialised nations and Russia as carrying with it “too high a price tag: SFr50 million in damage, more than 500 injured and a destroyed city”. By the end of the summit on Sunday, Italian police reported that 220 people, including at least…

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Malaria trials: balancing profit and social responsibility

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that as many as 300 million people suffer from acute malaria every year. The vast majority of them live in developing countries and cannot purchase medicine at prices paid in the developed world. An estimated one million people die from malaria each year. Bernard Nahlen, an adviser to WHO’s…

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Rigamonti qualifies for 800m crawl final

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 Rigamonti, who hails from canton Ticino, clocked a time of 8:40.33 in her qualifying heat and thus scraped through as the last of the fastest eight qualifiers to enter Monday’s final. The Ticinese 20-year-old will be looking to prove herself once again in Japan, after she won the 800m gold at last year’s European Championships…

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Spirig takes gold at Edmonton triathlon

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 The Zurich-based 19-year-old proved why she was gold medal material during the final, gruelling 10km race which followed 1.5km of swimming and a 40km bike ride. It was in the last few seconds of the race that Spirig showed she was in a different class to her competitors, stealing a quarter of a minute over…

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Watchdog demands crackdown on corruption

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 According to Transparency Switzerland (TS), crime and corruption globally cost up to SFr2,600 billion ($1,500 billion) each year, based on estimates from the International Monetary Fund. In a speech at the International Centre for Moral Re-Armament in Caux, Switzerland, Philippe Lévy, the organisation’s chairman, said it is time to ensure that conventions designed to crack…

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Swiss Fed Cup tie delayed by rain

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 Australia had taken an early 2-0 lead over Switzerland on Saturday, after Nicole Pratt and Alicia Molik beat Swiss sisters Myriam and Daniela Casanova in straight-set single matches. Pratt beat Myriam Casanova 6-3, 6-1, while Molik defeated sister Daniela by the same scoreline. The Swiss team had not been expected to perform well in Australia…

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Euro duel for Basel and Lausanne

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 In Saturday’s second leg action, Basel enjoyed a 3-2 away win over Dutch team Heerenveen to add to their 2-1 home victory in the first leg. Lausanne, meanwhile, were only able to manage a goalless draw against Slovenia’s Celje at the Pontaise stadium but went through on the away goals rule, having drawn 1-1 last…

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Swiss anti-globalisation protesters arrested in Genoa

This content was published on Jul 21, 2001 Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Genoa on Saturday as police used tear gas and water cannons to keep protesters away from the summit building. By late afternoon, 66 protesters, seven police and four journalists were reported to have been injured. In Switzerland, anti-globalisation protesters targeted an Italian tourist office in…

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