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Switzerland
Roger Federer On His Wimbledon Loss: ‘I Enjoyed It’
The All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), which hosts the Wimbledon tennis championships each year, goes out of its way to foster a Corinthian spirit among its competitors.
Genus Envy: The Cow Who Thinks It’s A Horse
A horse is a horse, of course, of course — unless it’s a bovine.
Phil Collins Apologizes for Success as He Quits Music
Is it something in the air or does Collins hold quite a bit of resentment toward his haters?
Swiss Village to Dog Owners: Pay Your Taxes, Or Poochie Dies
The taxman has never been a popular figure anywhere. But in the tiny Swiss village of Reconvilier, that functionary has assumed the even more detestable profile as the guy who’ll waste your dog if you don’t cough up what you owe.
WikiLeaks Strikes Back and Moves to Switzerland
WikiLeaks was left scrambling to keep its website alive after an American domain provider pulled the plug late Thursday forcing the whistleblowing website to create a new Swiss web address just six hours after Wikileaks.org was shutdown.
Swiss Finish World’s Longest Tunnel: What Are The World’s Top Tunnels?
Switzerland today celebrated the completion of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world. What’s its competition?
U.S. Ranks Fifth in Generous-Countries List
How likely are Americans to help a stranger? Less likely than Australians.
Switzerland Confidential: Behold the Legal Sex Drive-Thru
It looks like police in Zurich are subscribing to the “if you can’t beat them, build them little huts to do the nasty in” theory of prostitution control. Only in Europe.
Introducing the World’s First Million-Dollar Speeding Fine
An unwanted record of sorts is set to be broken after a Swedish man was supposedly caught driving at 290km/h (180mph) in Switzerland.
Roman Polanski’s Scandal: A History
The Oscar-winning director’s 33-year case has finally closed. Take a look back at the three-decade saga.
Shock: Swiss Block Extradition, Free Roman Polanski
In yet another surprising twist to the 33-year-old case, Swiss officials have rejected a request by the U.S. government to extradite movie director Roman Polanski. Arrested in September, under house arrest since December, …