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• Roche announces major investment in Swiss units

  - 2008-06-17

  GENEVA AFP — Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche announced on Tuesday an investment of 1.2 billion Swiss Francs (743 million dollars) in its production and research units in Switzerland. Of the total, 800 million Swiss francs has been earmarked for the company's main factory in Basel, northern Switzerland. Roche...

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• EU fears crisis as 'no' vote tipped in Irish poll

  - 2008-06-13

  DUBLIN AFP — Early indications Friday pointed to a rejection of the Lisbon EU reform treaty by voters in Ireland, an outcome that would pitch the European Union into a new period of crisis. "From what I hear, it is not looking good," Irish Europe Minister Dick Roche, a...

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• Cyclists Valverde outfoxes rivals to win in Liege again

  - 2008-04-27

  ANS, Belgium AFP — Spaniard Alejandro Valverde held his nerve in a thrilling finish to Liege-Bastogne-Liege to claim his second career victory in cycling's oldest one-day classic here on Sunday. Valverde, runner-up last year to Italian Danilo Di Luca and winner in 2006, capped a tactically astute 261 km...

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• Key drug hearing to continue in March: Indian officials

  - 2008-02-29

  NEW DELHI AFP — A landmark plea by an Indian drug firm for a "compulsory licence" to sell generic copies of patented drugs to poor countries will continue next month. India's patent office held hearings on the case, the first of its kind in the country that is the...

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• Tennis ace Hewitt shows Roche polish to advance in Sydney

  - 2008-01-08

  SYDNEY AFP — Australian Lleyton Hewitt mixed serve and volley with his natural counter-punching style to reach the second round of the Sydney International here on Tuesday. The former world number one pressured Frenchman Nicolas Mahut's service to come away with a solid 6-3, 6-4 win in 87 minutes...

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• Hewitt trounces Moya to reach Cincinnati semi-finals

  - 2007-08-17

  CINCINNATI, United States AFP — Quickfire Lleyton Hewitt broke in the first game Friday on his way to a 6-2, 6-4 thrashing of Carlos Moya in the Cincinnati Masters quarter-finals. Australia's ex-world number one, who is renewing his game under the guidance of Roger Federer's former coach Tony Roche,...

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• New tests on Tamiflu due after Japanese deaths

  - 2007-06-20

  TOKYO AFP — Swiss drug giant Roche's Japanese partner said Wednesday the companies would conduct new research on Tamiflu to probe assertions the blockbuster drug has caused young people to hurt themselves. Tamiflu is prescribed for the common flu and has been stockpiled in some countries as a frontline...

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• Under-stress Federer meets Nadal in final

  - 2007-05-19

  HAMBURG, Germany AFP — Roger Federer earned the final with Rafael Nadal that he wanted but admitted that the stress of making the decision to part company with coach Tony Roche at the weekend had been influencing his form. The world number one from Switzerland gave an improved performance...

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• Australia frees Israeli embassy bomb plotter

  - 2007-05-16

  PERTH, Australia AFP — A British-born Muslim trained by Al-Qaeda and convicted of plotting to blow up Israel's embassy in Australia was freed Thursday after serving half of his nine-year jail term. Jack Roche, 53, who pleaded guilty in 2004 to planning with Al-Qaeda to attack Israel's mission in...

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• Federer fails to crack Nadal clay code

  - 2007-04-22

  MONTE CARLO AFP — Roger Federer heads into private sessions with his coaching guru Tony Roche determined to crack the clay DNA of Rafael Nadal. The swashbuckling Spaniard worked his magic again on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-4 title win over the Swiss to lift a third consecutive title...

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