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Rosset narrowly defeated in Toulouse

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 Rosset matched his opponent game for game across three gruelling sets, all of which went to tiebreaks. He dropped the first set 6-7 (4-7), recovered to win the second 7-6 (7-5), before finally losing the third, and the match, 6-7 (7-9). Rosset, who is 35th in the ATP rankings – nine places higher than Moya…

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Bastl falls in second round at Shanghai

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 The French-speaking Swiss, ranked 96th in the ATP table, held on for 70 minutes before dropping the match 3-6, 2-6, to the 20th-ranked Lapentti. Speaking after the match, the 25 year-old Bastl said: “I tried repeatedly to go on the offensive, but he was always in control.” He added: “I’m not too disappointed; it was…

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Relatives angered by film about Swissair crash

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 Relatives of the victims said they were disappointed and dismayed by the way their personal tragedy had been turned into fiction. Ian Shaw, who left Switzerland for Canada last year, lost his 23-year-old daughter in the crash. He described the film as “tawdry, exploitative and superficial. We don’t need reminders [of the tragedy], we have…

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Out & About in Switzerland: The creatures of Kerns

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 The festival, the “Alperchilwi”, begins with a procession to the church to hear the priest’s sermon praising God for the harvest. Then the local yodelling club breaks into song. And that’s when the fun starts in earnest. The wild man and woman – Hudee and Läsi – greet the crowd with farcical antics as it…

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Out & About in Switzerland: Images from the 19th century

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 The exhibition showcases the works of three 19th century travellers, Henriette Fortescue, Ludwig Vogel and Christian Allers, who visited the country in 1820, 1857 and 1889 respectively. The combined sketches document the rapid changes that took place during the century. Fortescue’s drawings depict modest inns and a pristine landscape, while in Allers’ works the inns…

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Russian cleared of mafia links receives compensation

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 The Federal Court on Thursday ordered canton Geneva to compensate Sergei Mikhailov for income allegedly lost during those two years. It will also have to pay Mikhailov SFr10,000 towards his expenses. Mikhailov, 42, was held in a Geneva prison for 778 days before his high-profile trial in 1998. He was accused of being the boss…

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Aebischer makes successful NHL debut

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 The 22-year-old on Wednesday became only the fourth Swiss to compete in the NHL, and the first-ever Swiss goalkeeper to play an entire game. Aebischer’s NHL debut got off to a bad start when he conceded a goal on the first shot, after only 186 seconds. But the former player for the Swiss side, Fribourg,…

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Switzerland in silhouette: the craft of paper cutting

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 Tiny portrayals of cheese-making, lifelike animal pictures, and snowy forest scenes are on sale until October 22 at the Kurhotel Lenkerhof in Lenk and until October 30 at Hüsy, a cosy alpine restaurant in Blankenburg. The two exhibitions offer a total of 230 works. Many of the paper cutters have produced traditional black-on-white, symmetrically cut…

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Early medal for Swiss at Sydney Paralympics

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 Switzerland’s Paralympics team will be hoping that Schwarzenbach’s success is a sign of things to come. The athlete, who has had his left leg amputated above the knee, came third in the one-kilometre cycling race, which set a new record for the Paralympics. The gold was taken by the Slovak cyclist, Radovan Kaufmann, in a…

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Out & About in Switzerland: Basel welcomes world music

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 She’ll be joined by a who’s who of blues, soul and world music at the Messe in Basel from November 3 to 12. Makeba’s “Pata Pata”, released in 1967, is considered the best-known African song, along with “Wimoweh”. It’s been said that her “powerful and distinctive voice retains the clarity and range that enables it…

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