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Swiss Timing caught in murky web of Commonwealth Games scandal

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:07:49 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Barely a whiff of the scandal has reached Switzerland, but it’s top of the news in India this week, and UK media have been following it with interest: the former head of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi (CWG) in October 2010, Suresh Kalmadi, was arrested Monday 25 April and appeared in [...]

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Sports, F1 season roars off, Vettel in top form, top place

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:26:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Melbourne, Australia (GenevaLunch) - Australia and Sebastian Vettel combined to offer Formula 1 fans a season opener Sunday 27 March to whet the appetite for more. Red Bull’s Vettel set out in style to defend his world champion title, finishing 22.2s ahead of MacLaren’s Lewis Hamilton whose KERS-assisted rush in the pair’s drag race to [...]

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Federer bails out of Australian Open

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:07:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Melbourne, Australia (GenevaLunch) – Swiss hopes for an Australian Open win have been doubly dashed, after Roger Federer’s loss Thursday 27 January to Novak Djokovic, 7-6, 7-5, 6-4, in a match where Federer fell short of the superb performance he put in two days earlier in defeating countryman Stan Wawrinka. Three straight sets, exactly three [...]

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Federer fans hold breath as he fights for Melbourne win

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:07:14 +0000

GenevaLunch.com International sports, tennis Ouf! as Swiss player fends off tough Frenchman Simon Melbourne, Australia (GenevaLunch) – Fans of Roger Federer watched with trepidation as their hero slipped past French player Gilles Simon in a match that saw the Basel player strong, then soft and finally a winner against a determined Simon. Final score in Federer’s [...]

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International sports, tennis: Federer masterclass, Nadal to meet Murray

Nicholas Bates — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:14:36 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Melbourne, Australia (GenevaLunch) - Roger Federer was in fine form as he brushed aside the local favourite Leyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 to enter the quarter-finals of the Australian Open Monday 25 January. Federer was in complete control throughout, dropping serve only once, in the third set, and then coming back immedately to beat Hewitt [...]

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Conjoined twins separated in Australia

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:39:24 +0000

GenevaLunch.com First reports are optimistic for two conjoined girls who were separated by a medical team in Melbourne, Australia during 27 hours of surgery. Krishna and Trishna, orphans from Bangladesh who were joined at the head, are doing well, although lead doctor Leo Donnan says they have a long road ahead of them, with risks related [...]

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Australia arrests four in terror plot

Sean Ecker — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:01:05 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Police in Melbourne, Australia swooped on 19 properties around the city and arrested four men they say were plotting to storm Holsworthy army base northwest of Sydney with automatic weapons and kill as many soldiers as possible until they themselves were killed. The men, Australian nationals of Somali and Lebanese origin, are believed to [...]

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International sports, Formula 1, Australian Grand Prix: Button in Virgin Win

Nicholas Bates — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:41:13 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Melbourne, Australia (GenevaLunch) - The newly formed Brawn GP team, sponsored by Richard Branson’s Virgin, made a perfect start to the season when Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello took the first two places in their debut race: the first team to do so since Mercedes-Benz in 1954. Lewis Hamilton started in 18th place but came [...]

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Australia mourns fire victims

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:10:50 +0000

GenevaLunch.com There are no official numbers yet, but at least 209 people are known to have died in Australia’s wildfires. The country Sunday mourned the victims in a series of church, prayer and wreath-laying services. Officials are warning residents of towns east of Melbourne to consider evacuating the area, with bushfires continuing the burn and another [...]

Australia: 166 dead, “worse to come” in deadliest world fire in 150 years

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:16:00 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ABC television in Australia reports that with 166 people known to be dead, worse is yet to come in the fire that now appears to be the worst bushfire in the world in 150 years. Fires are still not contained in many areas, including close to Melbourne, says Victoria Premier John Brumby.

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