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Russia clears Borodin of wrongdoing

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 Borodin, the former Kremlin property chief under Boris Yeltsin, is currently in custody in New York, awaiting extradition to Switzerland on suspicion of money laundering. A spokesman for the Russian prosecutor’s office, Leonid Troshin, said on Wednesday that checks carried out by Russia at the request of Switzerland had not revealed any financial irregularities relating…

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Final four prepare for hockey semi-finals

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 Lugano won three of their four matches against Bern in the regular season, the Ticinese team storming to the top of the qualifying standings while the side from the Swiss capital could only manage sixth place. Bern have the upper hand in more long-term history, though, with a 16-10 lead in head-to-head meetings with Lugano…

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Pressure mounts on Swiss Internet providers over racist sites

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 Although Swiss providers themselves do not permit racist sites, they take no responsibility for preventing surfers from entering extremist sites via foreign providers. The current situation worries private groups such as the Basel-based Children of the Holocaust Action (AkdH), which is concerned at the huge amount of racist material on the web. The group has…

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Mohammed Soudani: we’re always South of someone

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 Soudani is highly sensitive to the situation in Africa and to Africa’s relations with Europe. In 1998 he was awarded the prize for the best Swiss film, the full-length feature Waalo Fendo, at the Solothurn film festival: “At ten o’clock in the evening on December 1971, a train pulls into the station at Locarno. The…

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Field open in race for World anti-doping headquarters

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 Officially, WADA is giving nothing away on the question of which city – Lausanne, Montreal, Stockholm, Vienna or Bonn – is to be the permanent home of the agency as of next year. The official decision will be taken on July 31 or August 1. “There are no favourites, they are all at the same…

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Langnau and Ambri avoid relegation

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 Langnau pulled off a comfortable 5-1 defeat over relegation playout rivals La Chaux-de-Fonds to complete a 4-1 overall victory in the best-of-seven series. Ambri, who were unexpectedly dragged into this season’s relegation battle having been tipped as pre-season contenders for the league title, managed to finally put their recent woes behind them with a 3-1…

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Anthology of Chagall art in Lugano

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 The exhibition is laid out in chronological order, from Chagall’s early years in Russia (1908-1910) to his final French period (1960-1980), so as to provide an understanding of how Chagall’s art developed, as well as to give an insight into his world and influences. Russian museums have loaned the exhibition early masterpieces such as “The…

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Three days of carnival fun underway in Basel

This content was published on Mar 7, 2001 The lights went out on the stroke of 4am. There was a short silence and then lanterns were lit and the sound of thousands of fifes and drums filled the streets and alleys for the traditional morning procession – or “Morgestreich”, as it is known in the local Swiss-German dialect. Other Basel carnival sounds include…

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Swiss customs report rise in drug seizures

This content was published on Mar 6, 2001 In a report published by the Federal Customs Administration on Tuesday, it was announced that 1,066 kilogrammes of cannabis-based products were seized during 2000, up from 148 kilogrammes in the previous year. The unusually large increase is the result of an exceptional single haul of 800 kilogrammes of cannabis at Zurich airport, customs officials said.…

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Kratochvil beaten in first round of ATP tournament

This content was published on Mar 6, 2001 The 21-year-old Swiss number three (ATP 78) made a strong start against Puentes (ATP 103), comfortably winning the first set 1-6. But the Spaniard fought back in the second set, taking Kratochvil to a 7-5 tie-break, before going on to win the third set and thus the match. Kratochvil’s defeat mirrors his performance at the…

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