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Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time. But it was not nearly as...
Tags: University of California, Santa Barbara, Science, IBM, Electronics, Swiss Confederation
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Hedda Bolgar dies at 103; renowned psychoanalyst
Hedda Bolgar, a psychologist old enough to have attended Sigmund Freud's lectures in Vienna but youthful enough to have treated patients until just a few weeks ago, has died. She was 103. Her mind was sharp, her zest for work keen, and her social...
Tags: Nazi Party, University of Chicago, Medical Specialization, Psychotherapy, Health Treatments
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31 arrested in $50-million diamond robbery at Brussels Airport
LONDON — Thirty-one people have been arrested in a three-country sweep tied to a spectacular $50-million diamond heist at a Belgian airport in February, officials said Wednesday. More than 250 officers with the Belgian federal police and the...
Tags: Criminals, Brussels (Belgium), Police Arrests, Theft, France
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Authorities arrest 31 in spectacular diamond heist
LONDON -- Authorities in three countries have arrested 31 people in connection with a spectacular diamond heist in February that saw robbers disguised as police steal an estimated $50 million worth of gemstones from a parked plane on a Belgian airport...
Tags: Criminals, Brussels (Belgium), Police Arrests, Elizabeth II, Theft
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Lionel Bringuier ends L.A. Philharmonic stint on a high note
The Los Angeles Philharmonic sent Lionel Bringuier out into the world on Sunday afternoon. Lucky world. And lucky Zurich, where the streets in Switzerland's posh financial capital are already paved with gold and which will have the 26-year-old French...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Music Industry, Music, Swiss Confederation
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Lionel Bringuier's L.A. fast track
PARIS — The Los Angeles Philharmonic's resident conductor Lionel Bringuier is enjoying a rapid rise in the world of classical music. With three concerts this week at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the young Frenchman will complete a six-year stint in...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Music Industry, Strained Muscle, Paris (France)
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Thieves in Belgium make off with $50 million in diamonds
PARIS -- Heavily armed robbers disguised as police officers stole $50 million worth of diamonds in a spectacular raid at Brussels' international airport, authorities said Tuesday. Shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, two black cars with flashing blue lights...
Tags: Criminals, Brussels (Belgium), Theft, France
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Tina Turner may become a Swiss citizen, give back U.S. passport
Tina Turner wants to become a Swiss citizen, and love has everything to do with it. If you've been wondering what the iconic diva has been up to lately, she's been living in Kuesnacht, a Zurich suburb, since 1995. A Swiss paper wrote Friday that the...
Tags: Lindsay Lohan, Abusive Behavior, Music, Swiss Confederation, Entertainment
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PASSINGS: Galina Vishnevskaya, Lisa della Casa, Paul Rauch
Galina Vishnevskaya Russian opera singer, wife of Rostropovich Galina Vishnevskaya, 86, a world-renowned Russian opera diva who with her husband defied the Soviet regime to give shelter to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn and suffered exile from her...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Obituaries, Opera (genre), Music, Russia
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Soprano Lisa della Casa, an opera beauty, dies at 93
Lisa della Casa, a Swiss-born soprano known for her sweet voice and exquisite elegance, has died at 93, the Vienna Opera announced Tuesday. The late English music critic Sir Neville Cardus reportedly once said of Della Casa that one should go to her...
Tags: Classical Music (genre), Obituaries, Opera (genre), Music, Swiss Confederation
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