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Mass search for Gondo’s last two victims

This content was published on Jan 21, 2001 The two remaining victims were Hermann and Gabriel Squaratti, brothers of Gondo’s mayor Alfred Squaratti. The pair were serving as firemen when they were swept away after heavy rains caused a mudslide through the canton Valais border village on October 14. A total of 13 people were killed. An extensive search of the River Diveria,…

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Chur surprise leaders Lugano

This content was published on Jan 21, 2001 A hotly contested first period saw Chur 3-2 ahead. Neither team scored in the second, before Chur made it 4 in the third. In the night’s other matches Kloten Flyers inflicted a 4-1 defeat on Fribourg, Ambri beat Rapperswil 2-0, Davos lost 3-1 to Zurich Lions, and table-bottom La-Chaux-de-Fonds likewise lost 3-1 to Bern. Meanwhile,…

Reich and Anderub take silver at European Bobsleigh Championships

This content was published on Jan 20, 2001 Langen, partnered by Markus Zimmermann, finished the two-man bob event with an overall time in 1:35.07, just 14 seconds ahead of the Swiss. Current German champion Rene Spies, with Franz Sagmeister, was third, while Switzerland’s Martin Annen and Beat Hefti were fourth. swissinfo with agencies

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Swiss have to settle for lower ranks of Saturday’s World Cup events

This content was published on Jan 20, 2001 At the women’s World Cup Super-G in Cortina, Italy, the top-placed Swiss was Sylviane Berthod, placed 19th with a time of 1:28.37. The honours at the event went to France’s Régine Cavagnoud, with a time of 1:26.85, while Canada’s Melanie Turgeon was second. Switzerland’s Catherine Borghi and Ruth Kündig were 43rd and 48th respectively, while…

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Hingis third round Australian Open match comes close to upset

This content was published on Jan 20, 2001 Hingis, who had dropped just three games on her way to the third round, looked like losing her first set in this year’s Open, after going down an early service break. But the top seed snapped back into action, recovering the break and storming home, losing just one game in the second set. The 20-year-old…

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Ex-Kremlin aide will answer Swiss questions if released from US jail

This content was published on Jan 20, 2001 Ambassador Yuri Ushakov reportedly spoke by telephone to Borodin and told him he was trying to secure his release. He later told Russian news agencies the arrested official denied all charges, and was ready to clear up and answer any questions, but only as a free man. A US federal judge has ruled that Borodin…

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Swiss police officers charged with negligent homicide over death of deportee

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 The Buelach district attorney’s office, in canton Zurich, said it was demanding five-month, suspended sentences against the three officers and the doctor who declared the victim, Khaled Abuzarifeh, fit to travel. Abuzarifeh died on March 3, 1999, in the elevator of an office building at Zurich airport. The officers, who were taking Abuzarifeh to a…

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Sulzer recalls hip implants

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 Sulzer Orthopedics – a United States subsidiary of the Swiss firm, Sulzer Medica – issued the recall after detecting a fault during the manufacturing process. The company said traces oflubricant residue were not completely removed from the surface. The residue could lead to complications, in particular to a loosening of the hip shell. Reported symptoms…

Basel cheers brazen antics of savage

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 Travelling on a raft, the costumed figure performs a wild dance, repeatedly showing his backside to the people on the other shore in “Greater Basel”. Many believe his antics are revenge for the “Lällekeenig” (tongue king) figure, which sticks its tongue out at Lesser Basel, day in and day, out from its position on Greater…

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Inuit art discoveries exhibited in Fribourg

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 The exhibits – including stone, walrus tusk and antler sculptures from the Arctic region – belong to a Swiss-Canadian couple, Martha and Peter Cerny, who have their own gallery in Bern and have been collecting Inuit art for several years. They spend much of their time travelling around northern Canada and Siberia, meeting artists among…

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