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Stoke City boss Tony Pulis feels there's plenty of positives to draw from their FA Cup win at Crawley Town. Stoke will be looking to build on their Crawley success, which ended a run of four successive defeats in all competitions. "We play against a...
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Federer beats del Potro, wins first tourney of 2012 ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Roger Federer defeated Juan Martin del Potro 6-1, 6-4 Sunday to win the ABN Amro World Tennis for his first title of the year. The Swiss star was making his first appearance in...
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Its idea: customized confections. Internet shoppers in Switzerland and Liechtenstein can order a Maison Cailler taster pack with five kinds of chocolate. After completing an online survey to determine a chocolate personality, recipients get a bigger...
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NANCY BENAC, Associated Press | FILE - In this June 16, 2009, file photo first lady Michelle Obama, left, and Assistant White House Chef Sam Kass, second from left, shell peas with fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary School in the kitchen of the...
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These couriers would receive criminal cash in Italy and other parts of Europe, and then illegally smuggle the cash out of Italy and into Switzerland. In Switzerland, the couriers would hand the dirty cash over to Swiss money-laundering broker...
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Pakistani Taliban and its aligned terror groups have embarked upon a campaign of high-profile kidnappings which has armed the insurgents with millions of dollars in ransom being used to galvanise a sophisticated network of jihadi gangs whose reach...
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eWatches, the leading online watch retailer, is celebrating their allegiance this President’s Day with up to 86% off some of our most popular and exciting lines of women’s and men’s watches. Furthermore, the discounts are extended to already-reduced...
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Lloyds Banking Group is to strip five directors of more than £1 million in bonuses as a penalty for a financial scandal that cost the British taxpayer-backed bank £3.2 billion last year. It will be the first time a British bank has exercised a...
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(The following statement was released by the rating agency) Feb 20 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'A' rating to Korea National Oil Corp.'s (KNOC; foreign currency rating A/Stable/--; local currency rating A+/Stable/--) Swiss...
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On Friday, the pair has closed back in the middle of the 0.9105-0.9310 range as seen on the provided daily chart. The sort of the gap formed with the weekly closing is unclear and we should watch out the price behaviors in addition to the daily closing...
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Ishmael Yartey is congratulated by a team-mate Ghana winger Ishmael Yartey scored for FC Servette in their 3-1 victory over Grasshoppers in the Swiss Super League on Sunday. The former Ghana Under-17 Star levelled the scoring for Servette in the 56th...
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One of the top three L.A. records of 2010 was A Sufi and a Killer, for very simple reasons: bass, dirt, echo and obliterating force of personality from Gonjasufi and Low End resident Gaslamp Killer both, who hacked together two thick LPs' worth of...
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A major generic drug company in Boucherville has been forced to suspend production of many of its pharmaceutical products and to discontinue the production of other medicines, raising concerns of a possible drug shortage in Quebec. Sandoz Inc. , which...
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The PlayStation Vita invites first-time users to tap an icon on its home screen and take a trip to Welcome Park, which isn’t really a park. It’s a pure-white void where a disembodied female voice lives. “Welcome to Welcome Park,” she says. Then, with a...
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A worker makes its way on a bridge at Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche plant in Basel February 2, 2011. ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche (ROG.VX) said on Monday the European Union approved Zelboraf, which represents a new treatment option for patients with...
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Both Japan and Switzerland have seen strong currency movements over the last few years which have made them relatively more expensive. This has become especially true of Switzerland in the last year, where investors looking for a haven currency outside...
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The following are some of the main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Monday: The European Commission has approved Roche's drug Zelboraf for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer. For...
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The eco friendly ski lift was unveiled last year in December after two years of immense perseverance. The petite hamlet, in fact, uses only renewable sources to meet all of its energy requirements. With just 112 people, you will find solar panels...
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ROTTERDAM (Netherlands) - Roger Federer outclassed Argentina's Juan Martín del Potro 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the World Indoor Tournament in Rotterdam yesterday to win his first title of the year. The top seeded Swiss, who also beat the 23-year-old Del...
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French-Swiss film director Ursula Meier gives a speech after she receives Honourable Mention award during the awards ceremony at the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 18, 2012. Meier was awarded for her work in the movie "L'enfant d'en haut" (Sister).
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French-Swiss film director Ursula Meier receives Honourable Mention award from Britain's film director and jury president Mike Leigh during the awards ceremony at the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 18, 2012. Meier was awarded for her work in the movie...
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Swiss Roger Federer celebrates after winning 7-5, 7-6 (7/2) his ATP Rotterdam Open quarter finals tennis match against Finland Jarkko Nieminen on February 17, 2012 in Rotterdam.
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Swiss Roger Federer reacts after a point against Finland Jarkko Nieminen during their ATP Rotterdam Open quarter finals tennis match on February 17, 2012 in Rotterdam.
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Swiss Simon Amann competes during the qualifying for the Ski Jumping World Cup in the southern German town of Oberstdorf on February 17, 2012. Prevc placed 1st ahead of Czech Republic's Roman Koudelka (2nd) and Austria's Andreas Kofler (3rd).
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President of the Swiss Social Democratic Party (SP) Christian Levrat (L) speaks next to (L-R) newly elected Vice-Presidents of the SP faction Roger Nordmann and Anita Fetz, the newly elected faction President Andy Tschuemperlin and the outgoing faction President Ursula Wyss during a news...
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Newly elected Swiss Social Democratic Party (SP) faction President Andy Tschuemperlin (R) arrives with newly elected faction Vice-Presidents Roger Nordmann (L) and Anita Fetz for a news conference after a faction meeting in Bern February 17, 2012.
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A Swiss guard, right, salutes Cardinals arriving at the Synod hall at the Vatican, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. A scandal over leaked Vatican documents and reports of political infighting, financial mismanagement and administrative chaos in its frescoed halls have cast a cloud over this...
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A Swiss guard salutes as Cardinal designate Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan leaves the Synod hall after a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, Friday, Feb. 18, 2012. The Pontiff is scheduled to name 22 new Cardinals in a Consistory, Saturday Feb. 18, at the Vatican.
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Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates after winning against Andy Roddick from the US during their Swiss Indoors ATP tennis tournament match on November 4, 2011, in Basel. Federer won 6-3, 6-2.
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