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Banned Fifa ex-officials appealing in Lausanne

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:29:59 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The CAS, the international arbitration court for sports in Lausanne, says it has accepted for review the appeals by two former officials of the international football federation, Fifa. Former Fifa executive committee member Amos Adamu of Nigeria has asked that he be found not guilty and his three-year suspension overturned. Ahongalu [...]

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Tintin’s Belgium could see book banned

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:18:59 +0000

GenevaLunch.com A court in Belgium will rule on a case brought by a Congolese man to ban sales in the country of the 1920s book by cartoonist Hergé, Tintin in the Congo. The book has long been criticized for its racist images and dialogue, and even the cartoonist referred to it years later as “a youthful [...]

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Don’t swallow the jelly container!

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:10:59 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss federal government is warning consumers not to buy sweet jellies that come in small plastic containers, which pose a “high’ risk of suffocation, if the container is sucked into the windpipe when the sweet is swallowed. The products have been banned in Switzerland since 2002 but they have recently [...]

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Agency says sports anti-doping “smarter” now; hears French tennis player’s coke kiss claim

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:59:03 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - French tennis player Richard Gasquet took part in a seven-hour review of his suspension by the Court of Arbitration for Sport Tuesday 10 November. The review follows demands by Wada (World Anti-Doping Agency) and the International Tennis Federation for his penalty to be increased to a one-year ban. The review came [...]

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A dozen animal rights activists banned after pharma attacks

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:00:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss police and cantonal and federal authorities will be coordinating their investigations more closely with their counterparts abroad as the Swiss government steps up efforts to combat animal rights activists who have been attacking pharmaceutical companies. The government announced that a dozen persons have been banned from entering the country, based [...]