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At least 16 dead in river sports accident in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 27, 1999 At least 16 people were killed in Switzerland in a “canyoning” river sports accident near the tourist resort of Interlaken, in the Bernese Oberland, on Tuesday evening. “I can confirm that 16 people were killed and there are six others injured,” a regional police spokesman told journalists. He said it was not a rafting accident…

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WWF issues warning call about fate of bears

This content was published on Jul 27, 1999

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Vevey transformed by Fête des Vignerons pageantry

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Swiss banks check possible Yugoslav accounts

This content was published on Jul 26, 1999 Swiss banks have informed the authorities of a number of accounts that may hold assets of senior members of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic’s ruling estabilishment, the Swiss authorities said Monday. A spokesman in the economics ministry said the banks reported an unspecified number of suspect accounts, which had now been frozen. The identities of the…

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Avenches opera festival again a success

This content was published on Jul 26, 1999

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Foreign Minister Deiss assesses Swiss aid projects in Kosovo

This content was published on Jul 26, 1999 Swiss Foreign Minister Joseph Deiss was paying his first visit to Kosovo on Monday to assess Swiss aid and reconstruction projects in the region, and to hold high-level talks with a special United Nations representative in the Serbian province. The main purpose of the one-day visit was to assess progress of the Swiss reconstruction efforts…

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Sense of Smell in Lausanne

This content was published on Jul 23, 1999 There’s something in the air at a museum in the Swiss city of Lausanne: You can neither see nor touch it, and you can either love it or find it repulsive. The exhibition explores the sense of smell in various ways — for example, its association with sound. You can pick up a telephone, hear…

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Holocaust-era insurance claims process to be prepared by October

This content was published on Jul 22, 1999 An international commission administering Holocaust-era insurance claims – including those affecting Swiss-based companies — said that comprehensive preparations for the claims process would be completed by October 29. The chairman of the commission, former U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, said after two days of discussions in Washington that the remaining questions about the value…

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Zurich gallery stages erotic art exhibition

This content was published on Jul 22, 1999

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