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Hingis battles through to the quarterfinals in Charleston

This content was published on Apr 19, 2001 Hingis was taken to three sets by Croatia’s Iva Majoli, who defeated the Swiss star in the 1997 final of the French Open at Roland Garros. Majoli started strongly, adding to Hingis’ recent woes by snatching the first set and then taking a 2-0 lead in the second. But the number one seed was able…

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Football match staged in empty stadium ends in a draw

This content was published on Apr 19, 2001 The two clubs were forced to replay their first division match in an empty Tourbillon stadium after the Servette goalkeeper, Eric Pédat, was felled by a cracker thrown from behind his goal during their encounter last month. Servette lost the game 2-1. Tight security measures meant that only around 100 people, mainly officials, ballboys and…

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Pilgrimage to the Emmental

This content was published on Apr 19, 2001 An American tourist, Stirling Watts, lifts a set of arm and leg irons to gauge their weight. The irons are bolted to the walls of small wooden cells in the castle tower of Trachselwald and were once used to hold Anabaptist prisoners. It’s Watts first visit to the Emmental region in canton Bern even though…

Federer storms into Monte Carlo quarterfinals

This content was published on Apr 19, 2001 Federer, the world number 22, ripped into Di Pasquale right from the outset, sweeping through the first set in just 29 minutes. The Frenchman, who served up a first round shock when he knocked out top seed Marat Safin, was clearly weakened by a bout of gastro-enteritis. But he was shown little sympathy by the…

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Swiss find no evidence of sanctions busting in Yugoslav gold deals

This content was published on Apr 19, 2001 The initial findings of the Swiss inquiry appear to show that Milosevic and his associates did not break any rules when transferring gold to Switzerland. A senior official in the economics ministry, Othmar Wyss, said there was no indication that the embargo imposed by the international community on Yugoslavia in June 1999, and lifted since,…

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Drug firms abandon fight to stop cut-price medicines

This content was published on Apr 19, 2001 A lawyer representing the 39 drugs’ firms, which include Switzerland’s Novartis and Roche, told Pretoria court on Thursday that his clients had unanimously decided to scrap their challenge to a South African law, which allows the country to import cut-price generic drugs. “With the consent of all parties, I simply ask to notify [that] the…

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Football match staged in empty stadium

This content was published on Apr 19, 2001 Soccer authorities ordered the first division match to be replayed without any spectators after the Servette goalkeeper, Eric Pédat, was felled by a cracker thrown from behind his goal during their encounter last month. Servette lost the match 2-1. Tight security measures are in force for the return match. Only about 100 people, mainly officials,…

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Swiss choreographer impresses Irish ballet audiences

This content was published on Apr 19, 2001 The ballet’s world première in Dublin was hailed by one newspaper critic as the best performance he had seen given by the Dance Theatre of Ireland (DTI). Saire is the artistic director of his own company in Lausanne, which he has taken on tours of over 100 cities in Europe, North America and Asia since…

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Swiss women taste defeat in Hungary

This content was published on Apr 18, 2001 Gagliardi went down to the sixth-seeded Hungarian, Rita Kuti-Kis, in her rain-delayed first round match, losing out in a tiebreak in the third set. There were no such heroics from Vavrinec as she lost to Cristina Torrens-Valero in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0 in the second round. swissinfo with agencies

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FIFA to consider action over breaches of safety standards

This content was published on Apr 18, 2001 More than 40 people died following a stampede at Johannesburg’s Ellis Park stadium, and world soccer’s governing body says it is “almost sure” basic safety recommendations were not observed at the match. FIFA’s emergency committee, which met in Zurich on Wednesday, said it would now be seeking tougher penalties for associations, clubs or leagues which…

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