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Filmmaker sheds light on dark side of Lausanne

This content was published on Apr 23, 2001 Director Raphaël Sibilla spent a year making the film, “117 Police Secours”. Its title refers to the telephone number in Switzerland for emergency calls to the police. “At first I sensed a deep mistrust by police officers of what I was doing,” says Sibilla. “But by going out with them night after night, not only…

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Luxury Swiss hotel stormed by pro-Chechen gunmen

This content was published on Apr 23, 2001 The gunmen, armed with automatic rifles and shotguns, stormed the Swissôtel shortly before midnight on Sunday, firing shots. They ordered all the people in the lobby to lie down. A nine-member Swissair crew, made up of two pilots, six cabin personnel and a security official, are among those being held. Reports say the gunmen, believed…

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St Gallen back on top of Swiss football league

This content was published on Apr 22, 2001 St Gallen took a 2-0 lead through Zwyssig (45th minute) and Nixon (55th minute) and seemed to be coasting to an easy home victory. But Basel, despite playing with nine men after having two players sent off, recovered with two goals by Huggel and Yakin, bringing the two sides level with just six minutes remaining.…

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Pfadi lose bid to win European handball title

This content was published on Apr 22, 2001 In Saturday’s game, Pfadi were unable to penetrate the Yugoslav defence. Moreover, Kac’s aggressiveness prevented Winterthur’s Korean players Cho and Kang from finding their own rhythm. swissinfo with agencies

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Lugano crush Lausanne in Swiss Football Championship

This content was published on Apr 22, 2001 The match started well for Lausanne, with a goal by Hellebuyck after only three minutes. Lugano then took half an hour to equalise. Spurred on by their comeback, Lugano went into second gear five minutes later with another goal courtesy of Gaspoz. In the second period, Lugano scored again on a penalty, thanks to Bastida.…

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Lugano breeze through match against Fribourg Olympic

This content was published on Apr 22, 2001 Lugano, who were heading for victory from the start, held a comfortable 24- point lead over Fribourg halfway through the game. Olympic lacked the confidence to pull back, and finally lost 96-76. Fribourg have lost just three of their last 13 matches. All three ties were against Lugano, who are giving Fribourg coach Milutin Nikolic…

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Hingis on cruise control as Charleston finals beckon

This content was published on Apr 22, 2001 The Swiss player dominated the match from the outset, and went on to win both sets 6-2, 6-2. Spain’s Martinez has now lost eleven of her last fourteen ties against Hingis. Hingis, holder of the Charleston title in both 1997 and 1999, will now go on to meet Jennifer Capriati of the United States in…

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Therapies for drunken drivers ineffective in long term

This content was published on Apr 21, 2001 The study, published by the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger, was conducted by the Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine. It ended last autumn, after examining the rate of success of therapies carried out in 1995 in canton Zurich. The results show that 14 per cent of the 102 drinkers, and 18 per cent of the 118 drug…

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Switzerland transmits Montesinos documents to Peruvian authorities

This content was published on Apr 21, 2001 The Swiss documents will serve as evidence in legal proceedings led by the Peruvian authorities. However, the justice ministry said a small number of documents relating to the case would remain in Switzerland pending the outcome of several appeals filed by lawyers of the former spy chief. The Peruvian government has offered a SFr8.5 million…

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Swiss victory leaves Norway seeing double

This content was published on Apr 21, 2001 Michel Riesen, Marcel Jenni and Ivo Rüthemann all scored for the Swiss in the second game of their two-match friendly series against the Norwegians. But Rüthemann was soon brought down to earth by the news that he was being left out of the squad for the world ice hockey championship in Germany in nine days’…

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