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Swiss scientists find new way to detect mad cow disease

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 However, the leader of the team at Zurich University said what they had done was only the scientific groundwork. “We have not developed a new test,” professor Adriano Aguzzi told a news conference on Wednesday. “It is not up to our laboratory to develop a test or a cure, that is for industry to do.…

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Taking off for a new trophy

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 The “Piccard-Jones Trophy” annual race, due to last a total of three weeks, is due to lift off for the first time at Chateau d’Oex, canton Vaud, on March 1, 2001, the organisers announced on Wednesday. It will be open to three types of balloon. Competitors will have three attempts to fly at least 100…

Lausanne take on Nantes – live on the Internet

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 Lausanne’s poor performances in the domestic league have taken the gloss off their excellent European form, and have raised doubts about the future of their coach, Pierre-André Schürmann. The western Swiss club go in to their first leg match at Nantes with just two points from their last eight matches, and struggling to stay in…

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Glamour of Hollywood casts spell on Biel

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 The exhibition at the Neuhaus museum offers a glance at a handbag belonging to Marilyn, a Garbo hat or a phone book that was used by the singer and actor, Frank Sinatra. Also on display are several original movie posters, including “Citizen Cane” and “Gone with the Wind”, as well as hand-signed photographs of Orson…

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Masks that reveal eastern Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 The wooden masks from the area of eastern Switzerland known as “Sarganserland” are at once comical and frightening, with their bulging eyes and evil grins. The collection includes priceless works from the 19th century by the region’s oldest known mask makers, Justus Rinderer and Georg Emil Kalberer. Many of the examples on display were caricatures…

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Federal court rejects bid to block Swiss legal help to Philippines

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 In its ruling on Wednesday, the court said the statute of limitations does not prevent legal cooperation between Switzerland and the Philippines. The official, who was not named, was seeking to block the handover of bank documents to the Philippines. The decision comes four months after the court threw out an attempt by a member…

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Christmas begins with the crack of a whip

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 About three-dozen boys, youths and young men kick off the winter season by cracking their whips simultaneously in an effort to impress a panel of judges. The winners in the different categories are awarded pewter pitchers. But the real prize is the honour of participating in the “Chlausjage” (pursuit of St Nicholas). On December 14,…

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Basel Music Museum opens in former prison

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 Former cells have been converted into a series of 27 exhibition spaces, but the character of the prison has been kept intact. The small doorways, the barred windows and the wooden floors are original. Each cell houses a touch-screen allowing visitors to learn more about the instruments and to listen to over 200 pieces of…

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Authorities to ask Malaysia to search for missing campaigner

This content was published on Nov 21, 2000 Daniela Stoffel, a spokeswoman for the Swiss foreign ministry, said that Manser’s family had called on Bern on Monday to make a formal approach. John Künzli, a spokesman for the Bruno Manser Foundation said an official search was in the activist’s best interests. Manser was banned from Malaysia’s Sarawak province, on Borneo island, after his…

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Lausanne give Schürmann vote of confidence

This content was published on Nov 21, 2000 At a press conference supposedly looking ahead to Thursday’s European clash with French Cup winners Nantes, Lausanne’s director general Claude Robin tried to play down rumours that the side’s disappointing league form had caused a rift between the boardroom and the coach. “Following a meeting on Monday we are handing out a communiqué from the…

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