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A Zen perspective in Zurich

This content was published on Jul 11, 2001 The “Pine Grove” is painted on to a pair of seven metre-long screens, which were illustrated for the Kyoto monastery. The exhibition is a rare opportunity to view the work outside Japan – the museum of Tokyo usually prefers to keep it on Japanese soil. Tôhaku’s “Forest” shows a collection of trees drawn on to…

Mikaelian knocked out of Austrian tennis tournament

This content was published on Jul 10, 2001 Mikaelian, who was born in Armenia but now lives in canton Vaud, lost her first-round match in straight sets to the Argentinian Paola Suarez, 3:6, 1:6. The 17-year-old, participating in only the third WTA tournament of her career, never seemed like she was in contention for victory in Vienna. Last November, Mikaelian also lost her…

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Police to reveal results of investigation into immigrant death

This content was published on Jul 10, 2001 Amateur video footage showed officers belonging to an elite police unit in the Swiss capital, Bern, repeatedly beating the man, who later died of his injuries. The video, which was broadcast by local television station “TeleBärn” on Sunday, brought back memories of the beating of a black man called Rodney King by Los Angeles police…

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Rosset, Manta and Heuberger out

This content was published on Jul 10, 2001 Rosset, the former Swiss number one, lost 6-4, 6-3 to Argentina’s Gaston Gaudio. Just two weeks after announcing his apparent retirement and then reconsidering, the 30-year-old Genevan was soul-searching again at the post-match press conference. “When you have 14 break points and you don’t convert one, it’s a question of confidence and it’s the same…

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Six go to Edmonton

This content was published on Jul 10, 2001 Just six Swiss athletes are expected to make the trip to Canada, despite earlier predictions by technical director Peter Schläpfer that up to ten athletes would qualify. Andre Bucher is set to be Switzerland’s biggest medal hope, after a great start to the season, which has seen the Lucerne 800 metres runner set the world’s…

Kratochvil salvages Swiss pride

This content was published on Jul 10, 2001 The Swiss number two (ATP 73) had to work unexpectedly hard against a player almost three hundred places below him in the world rankings. Having taken the first set 6-4, Kratochvil was pegged back in the second set, after losing a tie-break 7-3. The 22-year-old Swiss player got the better of Burrieza in the deciding…

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New call to better protect victims of domestic violence

This content was published on Jul 10, 2001 Under proposals unveiled on Tuesday, the government would be given the right to press charges on behalf of victims, without them having to file a legal complaint personally. At present, cases of domestic violence can only be opened if victims bring charges against their partners. But research shows that, more often than not, acts of…

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Swiss deny Israeli pressure led to relocation of Palestinian office

This content was published on Jul 10, 2001 Announcing the relocation plan on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said all its diplomatic representatives would be moved to new offices in Ramallah. It added that its East Jerusalem office would remain open, but would not have any function other than humanitarian and aid work. The decision, taken by the Swiss foreign minister, Joseph Deiss, comes…

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Federer stunned by Croat

This content was published on Jul 10, 2001 Despite being more than 50 places lower than Federer in the world rankings, Ljubicic (ATP 70) looked more than capable of causing an upset on Tuesday. Combining a strong service game with some wonderfully executed groundstrokes, the Croatian managed to break Federer four times without reply to wrap up victory in just 50 minutes. The…

Bastl misses out again

This content was published on Jul 10, 2001 “I think I had my chances to win this match,” Bastl told swissinfo afterwards. “It’s very frustrating to end up as the loser again because I thought the chances were there.” The Swiss wildcard certainly made a promising start to Monday’s match, breaking the sixth-seeded Squillari in the opening game. Squillari broke back immediately though…

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