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Bern, Lions and Flyers through to semi-finals

This content was published on Mar 1, 2001 However, Lugano needed a goal in overtime on Thursday evening to complete their victory against a Fribourg side that only narrowly made it into the playoffs. Lugano lead 3-1 in the best-of-seven series and can assure themselves a place in the semis with a home win on Saturday. Kloten stormed ahead of their opponents, Zug,…

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Swiss adopt European standard in language assessment

This content was published on Mar 1, 2001 The European language portfolio (ELP) was initiated by the EU and the Council of Europe to help compare the standards of language students, encourage multi-lingualism and to ease the mutual recognition of language certificates across Europe. The heads of education departments in all 26 cantons agreed at their regular coordinating meeting on Thursday to launch…

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Swiss scientists move closer towards developing HIV vaccine

This content was published on Mar 1, 2001 Immunologists at the University Hospital (CHUV) said the killer cells of the immune system – called CD8 T Lymphocytes – are ineffective against HIV-infected cells because they have not fully matured. They said this explained why virus replication could not be controlled in HIV-infected patients despite the fact that they had a large number of…

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Kratochvil through to second round of San Jose open

This content was published on Mar 1, 2001 Kratochvil had little trouble beating Sanguinetti on Wednesday. The Italian was a finalist at the St Jude Classic in Memphis on Sunday, but is hampered by a back injury. In the next round, Kratochvil will face American Andre Agassi, the tournament’s number one seed. Switzerland’s Emmanuelle Gagliardi was knocked out in the first round of…

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Economics ministry investigates import of suspected Milosevic gold

This content was published on Mar 1, 2001 A ministry spokesman confirmed an investigation was underway to discover whether the import contravened sanctions imposed against Yugoslavia between June 1999 and October 2000. The announcement came as the prosecutor’s office in Belgrade launched an investigation into reports that Milosevic had transferred an identical amount of gold out of Yugoslavia between September 21 and November…

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Swiss hammered in World Cup warm-up

This content was published on Mar 1, 2001 Poland beat the Swiss side in the World Cup warm-up match with two goals in the first half from Emmanuel Olizadebe and Barosz Karwan and two more in the second from Tomasz Hajto and Pawel Kryszalowicz. The third goal was a penalty after a foul by Henchoz. The Swiss team put up a poor performance…

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Zurich library opens page on priceless treasures

This content was published on Mar 1, 2001 The oldest artefact is a 1,500-year-old ivory writing tablet. Other special items include the largest existing wood carved map of the Holy Land dating from 1560. Among the most valuable is a double-sided parchment from the seventh century displaying a script in gold and silver. The collection also boasts many unique objects. The single sheet…

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Government launches BSE task force

This content was published on Feb 28, 2001 In addition to the monitoring body, the government has released SFr1.1 million ($660,000) to finance further research into prion diseases, of which BSE is one. A prion disease is a degenerative disorder in which malformed proteins replace normal proteins in the brain. As well as the release of funds, the three federal offices involved in…

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Former Rothschild banker dies

This content was published on Feb 28, 2001 The authorities said on Wednesday that Heer died a week ago at Zurich’s Heer embezzled the money over a six-year period that began in 1986. He used the proceeds to finance a lavish lifestyle that included cars, art and furniture worth SFr20 million. He was dismissed in 1992 after irregularities were discovered and then detained.…

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High spots at music festival in Swiss mountain resort

This content was published on Feb 28, 2001 Seen as a prelude to the bigger festival founded by the late Yehudi Menuhin and held there every summer, the Gstaad programme features performances by both virtuoso soloists and up and coming young musicians from around the world. Among the early high notes at the “summit” – which ends on Sunday – was a concert…

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