International sports, football: Swiss take a giant leap towards South Africa
GenevaLunch News Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland moved to the top of its qualifying group for the 2010 Fifa World Cup with a 2-0 win over Greece in their match. The Swiss scored two...
View ArticleInternational sports, tennis: Round four of US Open, Nadal moves on, Murray out
GenevaLunch News Flushing Meadows, New York (GenevaLunch) – Third seed Rafael Nadal showed he was in good form yesterday in the fourth round of the US open by beating Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-7 (3-7)...
View ArticleInternational sports, Davis Cup tennis: Federer keeps Swiss in World Group;...
GenevaLunch News Genoa, Italy (GenevaLunch) – Roger Federer overcame jetlag, slow clay courts and rain, not to mention Potito Storace, to give Switzerland a winning position in their World Group...
View ArticleGive the bluefin tuna a chance
GenevaLunch News By Peter Gaechter The Pew Environment Group in Washington DC added its voice Thursday, 5 November to calls for a ban on fishing of bluefin tuna, stocks of which have been depleted by...
View ArticleSports, IOC strips two Beijing winners of their medals for doping
GenevaLunch News Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne has stripped Rashid Ramzi from Bahrein of his gold medal. He won the men’s 1,500 metre race...
View ArticleNadal, Vlasic, voted world’s top athletes
GenevaLunch News Fifa named best for press facilities for 2010 World Cup by world sports journalists Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The AIPS (International Sports Press Association) has named...
View ArticleCroatian ex-PM extradition from Austria to go ahead
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Austria has agreed to extradite Croatia’s former prime minister, Ivo Sanader, who is wanted on charges of money laundering and corruption. Sanader’s...
View ArticleWeekend break in Zadar, Croatia
GenevaLunch News Ed. note: Barbara Ender, an occasional contributor to GenevaLunch, is a Lausanne-based travel editor. Walking through history By Barbara Ender “Would you like a free hug?” An offer I...
View ArticleGoran Hadzic, last of Serbian war crimes leaders, arrested
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Goran Hadzic, 52, the last of the 14 Serb leaders accused of war crimes during the Croatian war who was still at large has been arrested. He was taken in at 08:35...
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