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Mobile phone messages remind smokers to quit

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 When the urge to light up becomes too strong, smokers need send only a one-word message from their mobile phone and within seconds they receive a reply, urging them to resist the temptation. The programme was started in January and is already receiving around 400 appeals daily from young smokers. “It’s a warning that comes…

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Swiss and Austrian police join forces to combat cross border crime

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 The Swiss police minister, Ruth Metzler, said close cooperation with neighbouring countries was crucial, because Switzerland is not a member of the European Union and is not covered by the Schengen agreement. She was speaking on Monday after meeting the Austrian interior minister, Ernst Strasser, in Bregenz on Lake Constance. Since the beginning of this…

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One in five Swiss children left unvaccinated

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 The recommended vaccination schedule in Switzerland and most of Europe includes shots against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, and meningitis. And these are administered in the first 18 months of life. Faced with this rigorous vaccination regime, many Swiss parents parents have responded by trying to limit the number of shots given…

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Borodin claims to be victim of political conspiracy

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 In an interview with Monday’s New York Times, Borodin described the charges against him as motivated by “pure politics”, but declined to name the people he says are plotting against him. He added that Swiss prosecutors seeking to extradite him from New York are unwitting accomplices in the political conspiracy against him. Borodin was arrested…

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Red Cross Museum grapples with how to present history

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 The section of the museum which has aroused the most controversy is the “Wall of Time”, which lists every conflict which has claimed over 10,000 lives in a year, and every natural disaster which has killed over 1,000 people. The local press has been particularly incensed about the wall’s references to the alleged genocide of…

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Fribourg through to ice hockey playoffs

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 Langau and Ambri, on the other hand have lost their battles to get into the playoffs and now go through to the relegation playouts. In a a day of top quality ice hockey Davos thrashed Lugano 5:1, Zug squashed La Chaux-de-Fonds 7:1 and Ambri beat Chur 4:3. However, the real tension came from Fribourg and…

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Hingis wins Qatar tennis open

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 The French number 18 seed put up a good fight in the first three games of the first set but was shaken when the Swiss player broke her serve. From the start of the second set, Testud looked exhausted. Hingis, however, showed no mercy beating Testud with clever tactics and her strong serve. At a…

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Janica Kostelic equals Vreni Schneider’s skiing record

This content was published on Feb 18, 2001 Kostelic still needs to win one more race to break the overall record for most wins in a row. Indeed, Schneider went on to victory in her next race the following season, after setting the record. Schneider’s record has stood since the 1988-1999 season. Kostelic took the first place in Garmisch, just ahead of the…

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Hingis defeats Schett in Qatar semi-finals

This content was published on Feb 17, 2001 Hingis is through to the finals on Sunday, where she will meet France’s Sandrine Testud. The French player defeated her Czech opponent, Adriana Gersi, in two sets, 6-1,6-1, in the semi-finals. Switzerland’s world number one continues her winning streak, after easily defeating the South African Joannette Kruger on Friday. She needed only 51 minutes to…

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Hingis leaps to Qatar semi-finals

This content was published on Feb 17, 2001 The world number one needed only 51 minutes to secure a place in the semi-finals. Hingis also defeated Kruger in straight sets on two previous occasions. Her performance was all the more remarkable, after a difficult game on Thursday. Hingis had difficulty beating Maria Vento in Thursday’s second round. The Venezuelan showed considerably more resistance…

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