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8 mountain climbers die in 3 different accidents in Alps |
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Body parts found in Alps may be linked to long-ago Air India crashes |
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Federer overwhelms Cilic to clinch historic eighth Wimbledon title 
London: A dominant 6-3 6-1 6-4 defeat of Cilic handed the Swiss a record eighth Wimbledon singles title, and his 19th major overall
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French Open: Wawrinka battles to final, will play Nadal |
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FIFA gives go-ahead for expanded World Cup |
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Stan Wawrinka upsets Novak Djokovic for men's title |
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Syrian conflict: US and Russia agree peace moves. Geneva
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French Alps cable cars rescue due to resume |
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Swiss train attacker and one victim dead. Switzerland
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Knifeman sets fire to Swiss train |
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Federer to end his 2016 season |
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Russia not given blanket Games ban by IOC |
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Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month's Games 
Map of Avenue de Beaumont 2 1012 Lausanne Switzerland| Switzerland: Russian track and field athletes will remain banned from the Olympics following claims the country ran a state-sponsored doping program | |
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Switzerland 'rejects basic income', poll projections suggest |
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World's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens. Switzerland
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FIFA fires finance director Kattner over bonus payments |
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Europa League final: Sevilla defeats Liverpool in Basel |
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Aleppo: Kerry begins new bid to stop fighting |
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Italian Alps avalanche kills six near Monte Nevoso |
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Gianni Infantino crowned new FIFA president. Switzerland
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Sides trade blame over talks' suspension. Geneva
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'World's best chef' Benoit Violier dies aged 44 |
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Key Syrian opposition group arrive for Geneva talks |
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Davos: Chief executives ‘more pessimistic’ about growth |
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Switzerland: 2 foreigners killed in Alps avalanche |
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FIFA banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini Switzerland: Ethics Committee ruled that both the president and his UEFA counterpart had broken Code of Ethics relating to conflicts of interest, breach of loyalty and gifts
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MSF condemns Kunduz air strikes |
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Volkswagen models sale halted in Switzerland |
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Sepp Blatter faces Swiss criminal investigation Switzerland: Swiss prosecutors are investigating Sepp Blatter, the head of football's world governing body Fifa, on suspicion of criminal mismanagement
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FIFA to suspend bidding for 2026 World Cup amid scandal |
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Wawrinka stuns Novak Djokovic to win French Open |
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Sepp Blatter given ovation by staff |
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Fifa's Sepp Blatter 'under investigation in US' |
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Sepp Blatter to quit as president amid corruption scandal Switzerland: Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal
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Sepp Blatter elected to 5th term as president of FIFA Switzerland: Prince Ali bin Hussein withdraws his candidacy before a second round of voting could take place
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6 FIFA officials detained for extradition to U.S. Map of FIFA Zurich Switzerland Switzerland: Six FIFA officials are detained in Switzerland in relation to allegations of corruption between the 1990s and now
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FIFA suspends eleven people from involvement in football over the scandal
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Investigators finished at Germanwings Flight 9525 crash site |
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Iran nuclear talks: 'Framework' deal agreed Switzerland: An outline agreement on the future shape of Iran's nuclear program has been reached after marathon talks with 6 major powers
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Pilot was locked out of cockpit moments before plane crashed. Southern France
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Searchers recover ‘black box’ after jet crashes in French Alps |
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Germanwings airliner 4U 9525 crashes in French Alps Map of Digne France| Southern France: Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps. The flight 4U 9525 had been en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf with 144 passengers and 6 crew. No one is expected to have survived. The plane crashed after an 8-minute descent. ... | |
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Swiss hostage flees in Philippines |
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Swiss 'reject immigration curbs' |
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WHO crisis team holds Ebola talks |
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German caver Johann Westhauser surfaces. Bavaria
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Deal struck to calm Ukraine crisis. Geneva
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Co-pilot hijacks plane, flies to Geneva, seeks asylum |
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New round of Syria peace talks begins in Geneva |
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Swiss narrowly back migration curbs Switzerland: Swiss voters have narrowly backed a referendum proposal to bring back strict quotas for immigration from European Union countries
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Syria talks end in recriminations Geneva: The Syrian government and opposition have traded insults after a week-long peace conference in Geneva ended with no firm agreement
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Power transfer on Syria talks agenda |
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Syria talks: Civilians allowed to leave Homs old city |
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Gulf over Assad blights Syria talks |
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Syria defiant at conference; Kerry rules out al-Assad Switzerland: 'This is a Syrian conflict, and it will remain as such,' Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told the peace conference
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Schumacher injured in skiing accident in France Map of Meribel France Southern France: Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher has suffered a head injury while skiing in Meribel, France
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Iran nuclear deal agreed at talks | Geneva: Iran and six world powers meeting in Geneva have reached a deal on Tehran's nuclear programme, foreign ministers say. Iran agrees to halt some of its work on uranium enrichment for six months. Negotiators from the UK, US, Ru... | |
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Pink diamond fetches record price |
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'No deal' at Iran nuclear talks. Geneva
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Arafat 'may have been poisoned'. Switzerland
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'Friends of Syria' meeting seeks to boost Geneva peace talks |
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Iran, P5+1 release first joint statement |
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Geneva hosts key Iran nuclear talks |
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US and Russia reach agreement in Syria weapons talks. Geneva
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Tough Syria talks go into third day |
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Tense talks in bid for Syria deal |
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Six held over rape of Swiss woman |
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Three dead in Swiss factory shooting |
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'Slaughter at Chevaline' probe expands |
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French gun victims 'UK tourists'. Southern France
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Long hunt detects possible 'God particle' Geneva: Cern scientists reporting from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have claimed the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson
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World powers agree on steps for Syria |
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Crown Prince Nayef dies |
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IMF issues austerity cuts warning |
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UBS unauthorized trade loss now $2.3B |
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UBS: 'Unauthorized' trades cost us $2 B Switzerland: Swiss banking giant UBS discovered that 'unauthorized trading by a trader in its investment bank' has cost it an estimated $2 billion
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FIFA suspends top executives. Switzerland
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Parcel bombs hit Rome embassies
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Swiss bank freezes Wikileaks cash |
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FIFA's World Cup be held in Qatar in 2022 |
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2018 FIFA World Cup will be held in Russia |
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Swiss complete world's longest rail tunnel. Switzerland
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Grenoble rioters shoot at police |
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Armed robbers raid Swiss casino. Switzerland
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Voters back ban on minarets| Switzerland: Swiss voters, more than 57% of voters and 22 out of 26 cantons, have supported a referendum proposal to ban the building of minarets. The government is saying the ban would harm Switzerland's image, particularly in the Muslim world.
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Armenia, Turkey sign historic agreement Switzerland: Turkey and Armenia are establishing diplomatic relations after nearly a century of animosity. The border has been closed since 1993
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Swiss fight Polanski appeal against arrest |
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Roman Polanski detained in Zurich Switzerland: Film director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody and faces extradition to the US for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977
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Federer win breaks Sampras record. London
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Federer claims historic French Open win |
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WHO raises pandemic alert. Geneva
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Walkout at Iran leader's speech. Geneva
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Switzerland eases banking secrecy
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'Big Bang' experiment starts well Switzerland: 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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Giant particle collider set to start |
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Federer beats Murray for 5th U.S. Open |
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Global trade deal falls apart. Geneva
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Fresh push in global trade talks |
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Iran describes nuke talks as 'constructive' |
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Federer wins 4th U.S. Open title |
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N. Korea agrees to close nuke facilities. Switzerland
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Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims |
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Federer wins historic fifth title |
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WTO global trade talks collapse. Switzerland
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Rink collapse kills 15. Bavaria
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$1bn sought in world bird flu fight |
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WHO: Human flu pandemic inevitable |
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Floods cause havoc across Europe. Romania
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Coach plunges into ravine, 12 died |
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World trade talks reach agreement |
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Grieving father held for killing |
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Unofficial Mideast initiative unveiled |
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WHO: SARS death rate higher |
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WHO: SARS cases over 2,400 |
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Davos: Economy, Iraq top agenda. Switzerland
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Switzerland joins United Nations |
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Gunman kills 14 in assembly |
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Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment Southern France: a railway accident involving a troop train carrying at least 1,000 French soldiers on their way home for leave from the Italian front
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Horace Saussure reaches summit of Mt. Blanc. Southern France
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Michael Servetus burned at the stake Map of Champel Geneva Switzerland Geneva: a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, Renaissance humanist, and the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation
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Huldreich Zwingli killed in battle Switzerland: Huldrych Zwingli or Ultricht Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland
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