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Top cyclists gather for Tour de Suisse

This content was published on Jun 19, 2001 America’s Lance Armstrong, double winner of the Tour de France, will be the biggest name among the 136 riders competing for a total prize fund of more than SFr 273,000. For the first time ever, this year’s Tour de Suisse will begin on foreign soil with Tuesday’s eight kilometre prologue race around the Europapark funfair…

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Swiss block SFr250 million linked to Elf bribery case

This content was published on Jun 18, 2001 According to the German-language newspaper, the “SonntagsZeitung”, the former state-owned French oil group, Elf Aquitaine, paid the money during the SFr6 billion sale of six frigates to Taiwan in the early 1990s. French investigators are currently investigating allegations that Elf provided millions of dollars in bribes to help French firms win the lucrative contract. “This…

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Early Wimbledon woe for Bastl

This content was published on Jun 18, 2001 Bastl (ATP 118) crashed out of the qualifying tournament in Roehampton after suffering a straight sets defeat to Russia’s Denis Golavanov, a player 99 positions below him in the sport’s world rankings. Switzerland’s Ivo Heuberger (ATP 136) and Lorenzo Manta (ATP 228) are still in the running for the prestigious English tournament, though, after they…

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Kratochvil knocks out sixth seed in Nottingham

This content was published on Jun 18, 2001 Kratochvil, ranked 77th, beat Spain’s Alberto Martin, seeded sixth, in straight sets 6-0, 6-4. The Spaniard, a claycourt specialist, struggled from the outset on the grass court. He lost the first ten games before making a shortlived comeback in the sixth game of the second set. Martin broke Kratochvil’s serve and then won his next…

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Jewish community uneasy following rabbi’s murder

This content was published on Jun 18, 2001 Although police say there is no evidence the crime was motivated by racial hatred, Zurich’s Jews have their doubts. The president of the city’s Jewish community, Werner Rom, says people are worried because Abraham Greenbaum was clearly recognisable as an orthodox Jew. “We cannot exclude an anti-semitic attack,” Rom told swissinfo, adding that in recent…

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Swiss firm questioned over dealings with Iraq

This content was published on Jun 18, 2001 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) on Monday confirmed that it had begun studying documents requested from the company following a United Nations appeal last month for a Swiss investigation. The UN alleges that Glencore made a profit of $3 million (SFr5.3 million) from sales of Iraqi oil, but violated the terms of the…

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Study finds Swiss more tolerant of right-wing extremism

This content was published on Jun 18, 2001 Presenting the study in Bern on Monday, the Swiss section of the Society for Threatened Peoples said the Swiss were becoming more open about airing right-wing views in public. It said some of the views expressed publicly could infringe anti-racism laws and ethical rules governing the press. The group said a systematic analysis of various…

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Strong man

This content was published on Jun 18, 2001 Getting Armstrong’s name on the starting list was no easy matter, given the immense interest that surrounds the American star. In recent years, the US Postal team rider has preferred to compete in the Dauphiné Libéré as his final preparation for the Tour de France. As a good friend of Armstrong, Tour de Suisse sporting…

Fribourg hosts federal music festival

This content was published on Jun 18, 2001 Some 150,000 visitors are expected to flock to the city for the festival, which includes street processions and concert performances by choirs and brass bands. Traditionally the event is an opportunity to hear traditional Swiss music played and sung at its highest level, but not all the participants are Swiss and neither is all the…

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Sierre festival shows Swiss comic books in rude health

This content was published on Jun 18, 2001 Comic fans who made to trip to canton Valais were drawn both by the chance to meet their idols and to snap up the latest titles, or the rarities, on sale. BD-Sierre, as the festival is known, ended on Sunday. Unlike the other main Swiss comic book gathering, the more alternative Fumetto festival in Lucerne,…

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