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/ 1 November 2011
Fifa has sold rights to sell corporate tickets at the 2018 & 2022 World Cups for $300m to Match, which lost $50m in its 2010 World Cup venture in SA.
Iran has demanded an official apology from the Obama administration over US claims that Tehran plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
Robert Mugabe has warned Switzerland he would "reciprocate" after his wife and top officials were denied visas to attend a UN meeting there.
Germany’s top court will decide on the legality of Europe’s rescue fund in a landmark ruling with major implications for future aid.
After a series of corruption scandals that has beset Fifa in recent months, its re-elected president, Sepp Blatter, promised to implement reforms.
Sepp Blatter is set to be re-elected as head of Fifa on Wednesday after attempts by English officials to force a postponement ended in defeat.
Despite calls for a postponement and sponsors’ concerns about football’s image, Sepp Blatter won’t budge on the timing of Fifa’s presidential poll.
Fifa faced fresh calls for sweeping reform on Tuesday despite denials from president Sepp Blatter that football’s governing body was in crisis.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter insisted on Tuesday that the future of world football’s governing body was dependant on his re-election to a fourth term.
Switzerland has injected R10-million into South Africa’s justice system in an agreement to boost and expand the country’s small claims courts.
Thousands of strange inventions are on display at the world’s biggest invention fair, including a kangaroo tail for chairless humans who need a rest.
Nominations for the Fifa presidency closed at 10pm on Friday with Sepp Blatter and challenger Mohamed Bin Hammam set to be the only two candidates.
South African paper maker Sappi said on Thursday it may close its Biberist mill in Switzerland due to tough market conditions.
Relaxing holidays with a sprinkling of sightseeing thrown in are the most popular type of vacation for people around the globe.
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/ 1 February 2011
A 54-year-old man has admitted sexually abusing more than 100 mentally disabled children and adults in care homes in Switzerland and Germany.
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/ 30 January 2011
Anti-capitalist protesters threw bottles at riot police on Saturday and officers responded with water cannon as a small demonstration.
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/ 29 January 2011
World leaders appealed on Friday for all nations to make concessions and reach a deal on long-running trade talks by the end of this year.
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/ 29 January 2011
SA mining giant AngloGold Ashanti scooped the unwanted "Public Eye Award" for environmental and social "irresponsibility" on Friday.
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/ 27 January 2011
Left-wing activists claimed responsibility for a minor explosion on Thursday at a hotel in Davos, close to the World Economic Forum meeting.
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/ 27 January 2011
SA set out its stall at the Davos meeting of the global elite on Wednesday, proud to be attending for the first time as a member of the Bric stable.
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/ 26 January 2011
Global business leaders pinned their hopes on roaring growth in emerging markets at the start of the annual Davos forum on Wednesday.
Buoyed by optimism, about 2 500 leaders, politicians and activists will tackle an array of issues at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
More than 30 heads of state and over 1 400 business leaders will flock to Davos this week for the World Economic Forum.
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/ 12 January 2011
The World Health Organisation launched a plan on Wednesday to stop a form of drug-resistant malaria from spreading from Southeast Asia to Africa.
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/ 27 December 2010
Some 105 journalists have been killed while doing their job this year, media watchdog Press Emblem Campaign said on Monday.
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/ 2 December 2010
Not even the absence of Vladimir Putin could derail Russia’s World Cup bid as Fifa voters showed fondness for taking football to new frontiers.
Voting to decide the scandal-tainted race for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts took place as the final day of campaigning saw fresh acrimony.
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/ 18 November 2010
Two Fifa executive committee members were banned and fined following an investigation into allegations they had offered to sell their vote.
Bidding nations for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will seek a measure of clarity when Fifa considers the troubled process at a meeting on Friday.
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/ 21 October 2010
Fifa provisionally suspended two executive committee members and four lower-ranked officials on Wednesday in a World Cup vote-selling scandal.
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/ 21 October 2010
The contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, due to be decided by Fifa has been thrown into uncertainty by allegations of vote-selling.
The US expressed disappointment at Switzerland’s refusal to extradite Roman Polanski and vowed to pursue the three decade hunt for the director.