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Fearful security guard fakes assault

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 Police in the eastern town of Schaffhausen said the 20-year-old even injured himself on one occasion to lend his stories more credibility. The police said they launched an investigation after receiving a call for help from the young man during the summer. He claimed to have been attacked by two men while keeping a watch…

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Fribourg increase pressure on Ambri

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 Both Fribourg and Ambri have looked like joining La Chaux-de-Fonds and Chur in the bottom four playout zone. So it was fitting that they met each other on Tuesday, Fribourg heading south to Ambri’s canton Ticino home. But despite being hosts, Ambri gained little from home advantage. They limped away from a 4-1 beating by…

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Benfica win traditional Geneva winter tournament

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 The celebrated Portuguese side defeated the Armenians of Ararat Yerevan 4-1 in the final, having beaten Servette on penalties earlier in the evening. The Geneva team clinched third place by overcoming St. Etienne of France in an eventful match, which finished 4-3. Benfica, effectively fielding their second team, follow in the illustrious footsteps of Marseilles,…

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Triumph under growing pressure to sever dealings with Myanmar

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 Two Swiss non-governmental organisations (NGOs) – the Berne Declaration and the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC)- have called on Triumph to immediately withdraw from Myanmar. The United Nations says the country’s military regime is guilty of gross human rights abuses, including forced labour and torture. The CCC has taken the unusual step of calling for a…

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Swiss tune in to voyeur television

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 The runaway success show is back, giving people with a passion for peeking the chance to vicariously live the highs and lows of 10 strangers who are thrown together for 105 days. Twenty-seven cameras and 50 microphones will record every conversation and interaction in every room. And yes, the cameras go into the bathroom. But…

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Hingis survives Serena scare

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 After winning the first set and losing the second, Hingis found herself trailing 4-1 in the deciding third set. But with Williams serving for the match at 5-4, the world number one fought back. Breaking Williams’ serve to level the score at 5-5, Hingis then broke again in the set’s 14th game, converting her second…

Skiers spoiled for choice

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 Both resorts have agreed to honour each others ski passes. This will allow holders of season passes at Moléson to ski for three days at Anzère, and vice versa. One-week tickets are valid for one day at the other resort. Moléson is a small, rural village lying below Moléson mountain – only a few kilometres…

Austria’s Raich makes it three in a row

This content was published on Jan 23, 2001 The 22-year-old Raich, who won the last two slaloms in Wengen, Switzerland, and Kitzbühel, Austria, twisted his way down the floodlit Planai course in 1 minute, 50.54 seconds to complete the hattrick. Hans-Peter Buraas was runner-up in 1:51.13 for his second podium finish in three days, the Norwegian placing third in Sunday’s slalom in Kitzbühel.…

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Court upholds Davos demonstration ban

This content was published on Jan 23, 2001 Davos municipality’s ban on demonstrations had been contested by a coalition of anti-globalisation groups who say they oppose the meeting of top politicians, business people and academics. They wanted the right to make their opposition public, they said. Anti-globalisation demonstrators scored a major success at a meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Seattle in…

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Deiss urges Yugoslav cooperation with war crimes tribunal

This content was published on Jan 23, 2001 Deiss said the new leadership should work with the court in trying to bring suspected Yugoslav war criminals to justice. The government has so far refused to hand over the former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, or other suspects. Deiss’s appeal came as the tribunal’s chief prosecutor, Switzerland’s Carla del Ponte, arrived in Belgrade to seek…

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