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...high standards and a tough selection process focused on quality rather than quantity." Indeed, the criteria are rigorous: candidates must be single Swiss men under 30 years of age and over 174 cm in height, who boast at least a secondary education and have undergone basic military training in Switzerland's armed forces. They must also be practicing Catholics and present a certificate from their parish testifying to their moral character and regular attendance at Mass. In addition, a letter is needed from each candidate's local authority certifying that he has been an upstanding member of the community...
...Argentina's economy were as richly endowed as its football team, the country could rename itself South Switzerland. With the nation's banks melting down and the currency as porous as the Faroe Islands' defense, victory on the playing field could be the only joy for Argentines for the next four years. Their hopes rest on stars like Lazio's lethal strike pair of Hernan Crespo and Claudio Lopez. Juan Sebastian Veron is capable of finding them anywhere on the pitch, and behind him is formidable Romanista Walter "the Wall" Samuel. Argentina easily won its qualifying group in South America...
...DIDIER GAILHAGUET, 48, French skating officials who, the International Skating Union ruled, colluded to fix the result of the pairs event at the Salt Lake City Olympics in February by ranking the Russian pair ahead of the Canadians; from any involvement with international skating for three years; in Lausanne, Switzerland...
...company, based in Basel, Switzerland, celebrated the move with a lavish dinner at the Fogg Art Museum last night, attended by professors and researchers from Harvard and MIT and state politicians...
Swiss banks will be ordered to return $535 million of embezzled money to Nigeria. The money was stashed in Switzerland by the African state's former military ruler, General Sani Abacha. The Nigerian government has agreed to drop criminal proceedings against the family of the late dictator and allow them to retain $100 million of the estimated $3 billion that Abacha was alleged to have looted during his five-year rule. Nigeria will eventually recover more than $1 billion from banks around the world...