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Controversial books ruined by autumn floods

This content was published on Nov 26, 2000 The honorary president of Locarno’s international film festival, Raimondo Rezzonico, confirmed a report in the French-language Sunday newspaper “Dimanche.ch”, which said that the books were either completely destroyed or badly damaged by water. The books, which comprise 216 pages, were published in 1995. They were stored in the vaults of the Film Festival at the…

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Lions defeated for fifth time in a row

This content was published on Nov 26, 2000 The game got off to a bad start for the guests when the Bernese defender, Marc Leuenberger, scored two goals in succession. His cousin, Sven Leuenberger, scored the fourth goal for Bern, making the score 4-1 before ZSC Lions pulled one back. Davos, meanwhile, managed to narrow the gap on the league leaders by winning…

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Reincarnation: a matter of life and death in Basel

This content was published on Nov 26, 2000 Several dozen leading therapists, whose self-proclaimed disciplines range from mediumship and meditation to spiritual teaching and “past life therapy”, are taking part in three days of lectures, discussions and demonstrations. The annual “Psi Days” congress – held this year for the 18th time – is organised by several Swiss para-psychological organisations. The issue of reincarnation…

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Lucerne face relegation play-offs after home defeat

This content was published on Nov 26, 2000 Lucerne lost 2-0 at home to Servette Geneva, and now find themselves second from bottom – and one of the two teams already facing the play-offs. Lucerne missed a number of good chances at home to Servette, but fell to goals by Petrow and Rey. There is now speculation about the future of trainer, Andy…

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St Gallen fail to take top spot

This content was published on Nov 26, 2000 Both goals were scored in the second half. Stéphane Chapuisat scored for Grasshoppers in the 75th minute with Ivan Dal Santo equalising two minutes later. Basel smashed Aarau 5-2 with André Wiederkehr and Benjamin Huggel scoring two goals each for ^the home side. In another match on Sunday, Lausanne beat Sion 1-0. Neuchâtel Xamax are…

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Swiss skier, Beltrametti, takes second place in downhill

This content was published on Nov 25, 2000 Beltrametti’s finishing time of one minute 41.03 seconds put him just behind Austria’s Stephan Eberharter, who cruised to victory in Saturday’s race with a time of 1:40:79. “I do not regret not having won the race, as I have a long career ahead of me, and will have lots more chances to catch up,” Beltrametti…

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All-Swiss Continental Cup clash ends in draw

This content was published on Nov 25, 2000 Saturday’s all-Swiss encounter was part of a four-team semi-final round with only one side progressing to January’s finals in Zurich. The two teams drew 1-1 in the first period, Ambri took the second 1-0, and Lugano won the third by the same margin. Ambri – who have won the Continental Cup for the last two…

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The week in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 25, 2000 The two major banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, agreed the amount with Jewish groups two years ago, but the go-ahead for distribution came only on Wednesday when United States district judge Edward Korman approved a plan to divide out the money. Payments to holders of Holocaust era accounts, wartime slave labourers and refugees are expected…

Swiss basketball team lose to Latvia

This content was published on Nov 25, 2000 The team are currently fourth in their group and only the two top sides go through to next year’s finals in Turkey. Switzerland have just three qualifying games remaining. On Wednesday Renato Carretoni’s men face a tough home match against the group leaders Croatia on Wednesday. The Balkan side have won all six of their…

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Podium finish for Rey-Bellet

This content was published on Nov 24, 2000 The 28-year-old skier from canton Valais finished the race in Aspen just one hundredth of a second behind France’s Régine Cavagnoud. Austria’s Michaela Dorfmeister took first place, securing the first win of the season for the Austrian women’s team. Rey-Bellet’s achievement on a difficult course exceeded most pre-race expectations. The podium finish was only her…

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