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Nef third in last slalom before St Anton

This content was published on Jan 26, 2001 The 28-year-old Appenzeller is already one of the favourites to win the women’s giant slalom in St Anton, having already clinched the overall World Cup title in the discipline. Her latest success in the slalom has lent further credibility to Nef’s stated aim of winning two medals in Austria. Her chances of winning anything other…

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Researchers study allergies in children

This content was published on Jan 26, 2001 Switzerland is joining Sweden, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands in the study of up to 9,000 children. The scientists are particularly interested to know why the children of farmers, as well as those who attend Rudolf Steiner schools, are less susceptible to allergic disorders. “It’s about infection,” says Marco Waser, research student at the Institute…

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Novartis breast cancer drug given green light in Europe

This content was published on Jan 26, 2001 Femara also received approval from Britain’s Medicine Control Agency for first-line breast cancer treatment under a separate national procedure, the group said. A Novartis statement on Friday said that approval of the treatment was based on a study which showed that Femara delayed the progression of advanced breast cancer for 9.4 months, compared to six…

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British campaign aims to cheer up the Swiss

This content was published on Jan 26, 2001 Entitled “You cannot be serious… short cuts to comedy”, the programme was organised by Barbara Mosca, arts manager of the British Council in Bern. “Winter can be fantastic in Switzerland, with the snow and sunshine, skiing, snowboarding and so on,” she says. “But down in the cities it can be very grey and we thought…

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Piccard gives hope to Noma victims

This content was published on Jan 26, 2001 The Swiss adventurer and balloonist, Bertrand Piccard, is in Davos to represent the Winds Of Hope Foundation. He created the organisation with fellow balloonist, Brian Jones, with whom he successfully circumnavigated the globe in March 1999. The Winds of Hope Foundation fights against forgotten or neglected causes throughout the world and especially those affecting children.…

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Borodin remains behind bars in US

This content was published on Jan 26, 2001 The US magistrate refused to release Borodin despite guarantees by the Russian ambassador, Yuri Ushakov, that Borodin would go to Switzerland voluntarily. The magistrate said that only “special circumstances” could warrant the release of Borodin, and that these did not exist. However, he gave the go-ahead for Borodin’s lawyers to submit a new request for…

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Burning “L’Hom Strom” to chase away the winter

This content was published on Jan 26, 2001 “L’Hom Strom” – or straw man – is a large dummy. The youths of Scuol, which is close to the borders of both Austria and Italy, go from farm to farm collecting straw, which they transform into an enormous effigy. As night falls on the day of the festival the dummy is burned, accompanied by…

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Swiss who fought for French Resistance await rehabilitation

This content was published on Jan 26, 2001 Despite a series of unsuccessful motions in parliament demanding their rehabilitation, very little is known about this group, estimated at between 300 and 500 men, the overwhelming majority of whom came from French-speaking Switzerland, in particular the cantons of Geneva and Vaud. One man who has taken on the task of investigating this period is…

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Davos protestors block Swiss motorway

This content was published on Jan 25, 2001 The canton Glarus police said four cars on the motorway between Zurich and Chur suddenly slowed down, turned on their warning lights and came to a stop near Bilten, 90 kilometres from Davos. Police quickly cleared the traffic jam and took the 15 people in the cars into custody for questioning. A judge set bail…

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Basel theatre director with Stasi past defended

This content was published on Jan 25, 2001 Lutz Rathenow, a writer and civil rights campaigner in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), made his remarks in support of Schindhelm at a public meeting in Basel on Wednesday, two weeks after the affair became public. Rathenow, an acquaintance of Schindhelm’s who was spied on by the Stasi, said that his 15,000-page file contained…

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