Switzerland

Switzerland

• IOC to meet India officials over Olympic ban

  The IOC will meet officials from India on May 7 seeking progress to end the country's suspension from the Olympic movement because of government ... 

• German state raids homes of 200 alleged tax cheats

  German authorities launched dawn raids on the homes of over 200 suspected tax cheats Tuesday, acting on information gleaned from a CD containing the ... 

• Glencore, Xstrata merger clears final hurdle

  Commodities trader Glencore says its merger with mining company Xstrata PLC has cleared its final hurdle after Chinese regulators approved the deal. 

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  Ex-HSBC worker: bank information is 'scandalous'

  A former HSBC employee fighting extradition to Switzerland for allegedly stealing and revealing confidential information about private Swiss accounts ... 

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  Chelsea-Basel, Fenerbahce-Benfica in Europa League

  European champion Chelsea is the latest English favorite lined up for surprise Swiss side Basel, in the Europa League semifinals. Friday's draw sent ... 

• Lavrov: Russia would back NKorea talks in Geneva

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday his nation would welcome a fresh round of talks on Swiss soil over North Korea's nuclear program, ... 

• Murofushi challenges IOC election bar at CAS

  Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi left sport's highest court on Thursday after a two-day hearing to challenge his disqualification at the London ... 

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  Severe US flu season helped Roche's Q1 sales

  Strong sales of new cancer drugs and a severe U.S. flu season helped lift first-quarter revenue at Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG by 6 percent. 

• Swiss say no takers yet on offer to defuse Koreas

  Switzerland says it is standing by as a potential negotiator to defuse the tensions between the United States and North Korea but so far no one has ... 

• Volleyball world club events switch from Qatar

  Volleyball's Club World Championship events are leaving Qatar after four years, and will be hosted in Brazil and Switzerland until 2015. 

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  Federer commits to hometown Swiss Indoors event

  Roger Federer says he will play at the Swiss Indoors in October, ending speculation he could skip his hometown tournament in a contractual dispute. 

• IOC mulls requests for new events at 2016 Olympics

  Three years out from the Rio Games, 3-on-3 basketball and BMX freestyle are competing in an alternative Olympic contest — trying to win selection to ... 

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  FIFA fines, warns Ibrahimovic agent over insults

  FIFA says it has fined and warned Zlatan Ibrahimovic's agent for using "offensive language" after he compared the governing body to a mafia ... 

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  FIFA: World Cup qualifying is clean of fixing

  FIFA's top investigator believes the 2014 World Cup qualifying program has been clean of match-fixing after more than 500 matches played so far. 

• Blatter softens position on relegation for racism

  FIFA President Sepp Blatter has softened his stance on calling for clubs to be punished with relegation after serious racist abuse, suggesting fans ... 

• Blatter: Havelange's FIFA honor on congress agenda

  The issue of whether to strip Joao Havelange of his honorary FIFA presidency following a kickbacks scandal will be discussed at next month's congress, ... 

• UN says C. African Republic refugees rise to 37K

  The U.N. refugee agency says more than 37,000 refugees have left Central African Republic since December. Agency spokesman Adrian Edwards says nearly ... 

• Death toll from Swiss shooting rises to 5

  A man wounded in a February shooting at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland has died — bringing the death toll to five including the ... 

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  Scientists find possible hint of dark matter

  It is one of the cosmos' most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can't see it, but ... 

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  Hollande pledges clean sweep amid corruption probe

  For a French president who came to power on a promise of "irreproachability," naming a lying tax-dodger to be his chief tax collector was probably not ... 

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  Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus

  Syrian warplanes and artillery pounded opposition strongholds in Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched ... 

• Glencore extends Xstrata merger deadline to May

  Commodities trader Glencore says its expected merger with mining company Xstrata PLC will take longer than planned to allow Chinese regulators to give ... 

• UN food agency reports 20 Syria attacks since 2011

  The U.N.'s World Food Program says unknown assailants in Syria have carried out at least 20 attacks on its food trucks, warehouses and cars since ... 

• Swiss club Lucerne fires coach Komornicki

  Swiss club Lucerne says it has fired coach Ryszard Komornicki, fueling speculation that former Basel coach Heiko Vogel could be appointed. Lucerne is ...