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Swiss reinforce sanctions against Taliban

This content was published on Apr 11, 2001 Announcing the measures on Wednesday, the government said the Taliban would no longer be able to maintain offices in Switzerland. It also banned the movement’s higher-ranking representatives from entering the country or using it as a transit route. Other measures include a ban on all forms of military assistance to the ruling militia in Kabul…

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Lausanne promoted to top division

This content was published on Apr 11, 2001 Lausanne failed to make an impression in the first period of the match, leaving the scoring to the Bees. Steve Aebersold and Rüdi Niederöst gave the home side a 2-0 advantage after the first 20 minutes of play. Lausanne came back on the ice after the break and immediately cancelled La Chaux-de-Fonds lead. Didier Princi…

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Schnyder and Gagliardi knocked out of tennis championships

This content was published on Apr 11, 2001 Schnyder went out in the second round to the 13th seeded Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia.Dokic took 70 minutes to claim a 7-5, 6-3 victory over her opponent. At one point Schnyder looked liked gaining control of the match when she came from 5-2 down to pull even to 5-5 in the first set after a…

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MoMA honours Zurich art magazine

This content was published on Apr 11, 2001 They include paintings, photographs, sculptures and videos created by Parkett contributors since the magazine was founded in 1984. “For us to be honoured with an exhibition at MoMA is a bit like receiving an Oscar,” says editor-in-chief Bice Curiger. But the art equivalent of an academy award is a well-deserved honour for Parkett, which describes…

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Geneva court to decide Borodin release on Thursday

This content was published on Apr 10, 2001 Bertossa cited formal charges of money laundering and belonging to a criminal organisation. However, Borodin’s main defence lawyer, Dominique Poncet, rejected the charges, and sought bail for his client. Poncet did however admit that his client had opened accounts in Geneva. The three-hour hearing on Tuesday followed Borodin’s transfer earlier in the day to a…

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SAirGroup faces legal probe over record losses

This content was published on Apr 10, 2001 The probe could lead to criminal charges being brought against the company, which owns Swissair. Zurich’s director of public prosecutions, Hanspeter Hirt, told swissinfo on Tuesday that the enquiry would look at how the group presented its “profit and loss account” to determine whether it gave an accurate picture of the real situation the company…

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Alpine Club warns mountaineers not to rely on mobile phones

This content was published on Apr 10, 2001 The Club’s general secretary of rescue operations, Hans Jaggi, said that there had been several cases last year in which people had been forced to call in the rescue services by mobile phone. He said the phones could act as a lifeline, but warned that “in the Alps there are places where there is no…

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Aebischer first Swiss player to reach NHL playoffs

This content was published on Apr 10, 2001 Aebischer has no guarantee of being the team goaltender during the play-offs. His chances of playing are limited by the presence of Patrick Roy, one of the league’s legendary players. Roy finished the regular season with a career-high of 40 victories, playing in a style he thinks is close to his best. The Canadian veteran…

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Geneva learns to love Rousseau

This content was published on Apr 10, 2001 Reminders of Rousseau are everywhere in Geneva today: “We know of Rousseau from childhood. We sing the melodies he wrote,” says Jean Starobinsky, Emeritus Professor at Geneva University and probably the leading authority on the author of the “Social Contract”. Rousseau is rightly seen as one of Geneva’s greatest sons, having revolutionised political thinking, and…

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Swiss distributor pulls Albanian newspaper from shelves

This content was published on Apr 10, 2001 The distributor, Naville, said it would be pulling 7,000 copies of Bota Sot from its shelves, and would no longer distribute the publication, which is printed in Zurich. The company said it was concerned that the paper’s content violated Switzerland’s anti-racism laws. The Federal Office for Police is currently investigating claims to that effect. Naville’s…

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