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Coachless Schnyder crashes out in Paris

This content was published on Feb 8, 2001 Schnyder, who fired Vito Gugolz after a string of bad results, failed to halt the slide in the French capital, where she lost in three sets to France’s Anne-Gaelle Sidot. The Swiss women’s number two made a solid enough start, winning the first set 7-5, before taking a 2-0 lead in the second. But Sidot…

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Nef seventh in controversial slalom

This content was published on Feb 7, 2001 More than a third of the 89 women who started the race crashed out in their first run, with slushy snow throwing many off their line. “It was certainly very difficult up there,” Nef told swissinfo after her second run. “The weather was warm and the snow was soft, but what can I say? My…

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Sharon urged to seek peace

This content was published on Feb 7, 2001 The Swiss government and Jewish organisations immediately called on Sharon to press ahead with peace talks with the Palestinians. The foreign ministry urged the new leader to seek a solution to the conflict based on the United Nations resolutions 242 and 338, which call on Israel to withdraw its troops from the Occupied Territories and…

Medal anguish for Beltrametti

This content was published on Feb 7, 2001 The second skier to start Wednesday’s race, Beltrametti tore down the tough Karl Schranz course in a blistering time of 1’39″37. Of the big names that followed him, only the Austrians Hannes Trinkl and Hermann Maier were able to ski faster. But just minutes after the celebrations had begun in the Swiss camp, another young…

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Missing diamond leaves Swiss police puzzled

This content was published on Feb 7, 2001 The insurers, Lloyds of London, are offering a reward of SFr500,000 to anyone who can shed light on the stone’s whereabouts. A spokesman for the Zurich cantonal police said it disappeared on January 23, after being flown from Geneva to Zurich’s Kloten airport, and then on to Johannesburg. “Blick” quoted an expert as describing the…

Culture

Swiss producer honoured in Berlin

This content was published on Feb 7, 2001 The documentary is about the seizure by Palestinian guerrillas of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. It includes news footage taken at the time and interviews with the only guerrilla who survived an unsuccessful attempt by police to free the hostages. Born in Basel, Cohn is still based there but spends much…

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Horsing around in the snow

This content was published on Feb 7, 2001 The races are held over the first three Sundays in February on the frozen lake at the foot of the Engadine resort. The competition began nearly 100 years ago when a few intrepid souls wondered what it would be like to be pulled behind a horse on skis. “Skikjöring” (the name is Norwegian and roughly…

Russian official in Geneva for talks on Borodin case

This content was published on Feb 7, 2001 Ruslan Tamayev said he was satisfied with the outcome of his meeting with Geneva’s public prosecutor, Bernard Bertossa, who is seeking Borodin’s extradition from New York, where he was arrested last month. Bertossa demanded his arrest on suspicion of laundering $25 million (SFr41 million), which he allegedly received from two Swiss firms in return for…

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Accola wins first Swiss medal in St Anton

This content was published on Feb 6, 2001 Following Monday’s slalom races, the 33-year-old from Graubünden went into Tuesday’s downhill more than a second and a half behind third-place Austrian Rainer Schönfelder. But after skiing an almost flawless downhill, Accola managed to nudge Schönfelder into fourth place to claim bronze behind winner Kjetil Andre Aamodt and Austrian silver medalist Mario Matt. Despite the…

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Humanitarian agency steps up fight against paedophilia within ranks

This content was published on Feb 6, 2001 Terre des Hommes told swissinfo on Tuesday that it hoped to persuade other international aid agencies to adopt a code of conduct, which aims to prevent paedophiles from gaining employment in international aid agencies The measures include tougher screening of candidates during the recruitment process, closer evaluation of people working in the field, and more…

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