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 Hingis banned for doping offense 27-year-old Martina Hingis has been given a two-year ban after testing positive for cocaine while competing at Wimbledon last year
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| Jan.5 |
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Berthod leads double Swiss success |
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| Jan.15 |
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Federer rolls in Aussie opener
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| Jan.16 |
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Venus, Federer advance at Austral. Open
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| Jan.19 |
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No. 1 Federer survives Serb scare
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| Jan.23 |
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Federer rolls past Blake
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| Jan.24 |
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Davos switches focus to Mideast  Fears of world recession briefly took a back seat at the World Economic Forum, where leaders focused on how to establish security
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| Jan.25 |
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Bill Gates new project: Farming Microsoft billionaire announced a new direction as he pledged $306 million in grants to develop farming in poor countries
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  Karzai: You can call me U.S. puppet Map of Davos Switzerland He warned in Davos, that unless more is done to tackle growing extremism in Pakistan, Afghanistan could once again fall into terrorist hands
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| Feb.11 |
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Gang robs Zurich of top paintings  An armed gang has stolen 4 paintings worth some $160m by the Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet from a museum
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| Mar.22 |
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No. 98 Fish upsets Federer, easily
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| Apr.1 |
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UBS doubles sub-prime writedowns Swiss financial giant has reported that its writedowns as a result of the sub-prime crisis have more than doubled to about $37bn
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| Apr.3 |
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Roddick finally beats Federer
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| Apr.20 |
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Federer ends title drought
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| May.18 |
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Nadal foils Federer's Hamburg title bid
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| May.26 |
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Federer, Jankovic advance to 2nd round
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| May.31 |
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Federer through but Davydenko crashes
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| Jun.1 |
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Swiss reject new citizenship rule Voters have rejected a move to make it even harder for foreigners to obtain citizenship. 64% were against a bid
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| Jun.4 |
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Federer fights back to reach semifinals
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| Jun.7 |
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  Portugal impress in 2-0 win over Turkey Portugal made a confident opening to their Euro 2008 campaign with an impressive win over Turkey in their Group A clash
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Sverkos gives Czech Republic opening win
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| Jun.8 |
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 Nadal humiliates Federer in French final Rafael Nadal became the second man to win 4 successive French Open titles after crushing world No. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets
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| Jun.9 |
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Rampant Netherlands crush sorry Italy
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| Jun.11 |
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Ronaldo puts Portugal into quarterfinals
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Turks rain on Swiss Euro 2008 parade
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| Jun.13 |
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Brilliant Dutch thrash France to qualify
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| Jun.15 |
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Federer cruises to Halle title victory
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Comeback puts Turkey through
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| Jun.17 |
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Champs Italy snatch last-8 Euro berth
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| Jun.18 |
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Rampant Russia make last-8
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| Jun.19 |
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 Ballack steers Germany to Euro semifinals Michael Ballack sent his new Chelsea manager packing from the finals as Germany clinched a berth with a dramatic 3-2 win over Portugal
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| Jun.21 |
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  Brilliant Russia beat Dutch in extra time 3-1. Pavlyuchenko put the team ahead in the the 56th minute. Goals in the second half of added time from substitute Torbinski and Arshavin
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| Jun.25 |
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Lahm goal puts Germany in final Map of Basel Switzerland Philipp Lahm struck a superb last-minute winner as Germany reached the final of Euro 2008 with a 3-2 victory at St Jakob-Park over Turkey
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| Jun.27 |
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Federer, Serena advance
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| Jul.2 |
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Federer, Safin, Nadal reach semifinals
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| Jul.19 |
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 Iran describes nuke talks as 'constructive' Map of Geneva Switzerland| Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, called talks with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana constructive. Iran fails to give an answer on a proposed... | |
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Fresh push in global trade talks Map of Geneva Switzerland Negotiators from more than 30 countries will meet to inject fresh impetus into long-running efforts to agree a global trade deal
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| Jul.23 |
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Simon shocks Federer at Rogers Cup
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| Jul.24 |
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 Libya 'halts Swiss oil shipments' State shipping company halted oil shipments to Switzerland in protest at the brief arrest of leader Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son
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| Jul.28 |
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  U.S. issues trade rebuke to China, India The United States accused China and India of threatening 7 years of work on a new global commerce pact
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| Jul.29 |
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Fears for collapse of trade talks Talks aimed at rescuing a deal to liberalise world trade appear close to collapse amid deep differences between delegations
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Global trade deal falls apart Map of GENEVA Switzerland After coming tantalizingly close to a historic trade deal, WTO talks collapsed in a dismaying blow to 7 years of efforts to open up the global economy
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| Aug.2 |
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Nadal set to overtake Federer as No. 1
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| Aug.12 |
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Federer, Nadal, Djokovic cruise through
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| Aug.14 |
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Federer and Serena Williams crash out
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| Sep.6 |
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 Federer sweeps past lackluster Djokovic Map of Queens New York 4-time defending champion brushed aside the subdued challenge of Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic to reach U.S. Open final
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| Sep.8 |
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 Federer beats Murray for 5th U.S. Open| Roger Federer easily beat Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 to win his fifth consecutive U.S. Open and 13th Grand Slam title | |
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Giant particle collider set to start Map of Geneva Switzerland| Scientists hope to fire the first beam of protons around a 27-kilometer tunnel in science's next great step to understand the makeup of the universe. 30 years after it was conceived, the world's most powerful physics experiment is... | |
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'Big Bang' experiment starts well | Scientists have hailed a successful switch-on for an enormous experiment which will recreate the conditions a few moments after the Bang | |
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| Nov.30 |
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Swiss approve prescription heroin The referendum showed 68% of voters have backed a change in health policy that would provide prescription heroin to addicts
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| Dec.20 |
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Valuev stops Holyfield by decision
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