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Lugano stay top as Xamax bottom out

This content was published on Nov 19, 2000 Two goals in two minutes were enough to secure Lugano’s 11th win of the season. A penalty converted by Sergio Bastida in the 14th minute was followed by a 15th minute strike from another Argentinian, Christian Giminez. The reigning champions St Gallen enjoyed a 4-0 win over Basel to stay within a point of Lugano.…

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New York court to set number of Holocaust fund beneficiaries

This content was published on Nov 19, 2000 Under a plan worked out by the fund’s special administrator Judah Gribetz, just under SFr1.5 billion will go to people who can prove that they or their families deposited money in Swiss banks to keep it out of the hands of the Nazis, but were then prevented from withdrawing. An estimated 80,000 depositors and their…

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Hingis ends season on a high

This content was published on Nov 19, 2000 Hingis had been strong favourite to lift her second Chase Championships title after making it into the final against America’s Monica Seles, a player who had previously beaten Hingis just twice in 13 meetings. But Seles showed incredible determination to take the first set. Serving to stay in the set at 5-6 down, she needed…

Davos close gap on Lions

This content was published on Nov 19, 2000 Larry Huras’s side moved into a 2-0 lead after just 13 minutes. It took Langnau until the 51st minute to pull level, new Canadian signing Brent Peterson scoring the equaliser. With just five minutes remaining, Zurich appeared to have fired in the winner, but seconds later Langnau fought back, Michael Neininger producing the last goal…

No double for Nef

This content was published on Nov 18, 2000 Nef was eliminated from Saturday’s event after the first run, leaving Karin Roten Meier as Switzerland’s only representative in the second run. Meier, who is making a comeback this season after giving birth to her first child, finished 17th overall, almost four seconds behind the winner, Croatia’s Janica Kostelic. Germany’s Martina Ertl took second place,…

Away win keeps Lucerne hoping

This content was published on Nov 18, 2000 Andy Egli’s side took an early lead with a 12th minute goal scored by Alexander Frei. The initial ecstasy of the away fans lasted for just five minutes, though, with Lausanne’s Polish striker Marcin Kuzba grabbing an equaliser in the 17th minute. But the confidence that took Lausanne past Ajax and into the third round…

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Hingis into last final of year

This content was published on Nov 18, 2000 Switzerland’s world number one came into the match with a 10-1 lead from her previous 11 meetings with the Russian teenager, but Saturday’s encounter was one of the hardest fought matches yet between the two friends. Kournikova took an early lead, breaking Hingis in the seventh game. But the Swiss player broke back immediately. The…

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Switzerland gives Argentina legal help in IBM case

This content was published on Nov 18, 2000 The Swiss justice ministry on Friday handed over a set of documents, gathered in Geneva, that it is believed will help identify the recipients of payments made by IBM’s Argentine branch. Buenos Aires has accused the branch of the American multinational of paying sweeteners to employees of the National Bank of Argentina to ensure the…

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After Switzerland, Abacha funds scandal hits British banks

This content was published on Nov 18, 2000 According to the “Financial Times”, Abacha transferred money into accounts held at a dozen London banks. The newspaper said that the British authorities were starting the enquiry after requests by Switzerland and Nigeria, which are trying to trace over SFr7 billion. The Nigerian government estimates that up to SFr1691 million was deposited in London banks…

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The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 18, 2000 The cabinet, which exceptionally held its weekly meeting in Lugano instead of the capital, Bern, presented its new foreign policy report confirming its main target for the current legislative period is to join the United Nations by 2003. The government set itself the target date of 2007 to decide whether Switzerland should join the European…

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