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Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology

2013-05-23 20:40:00

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...

Hedda Bolgar dies at 103; renowned psychoanalyst

2013-05-18 14:04:00

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...

31 arrested in $50-million diamond robbery at Brussels Airport

2013-05-08 16:54:00

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...

Authorities arrest 31 in spectacular diamond heist

2013-05-08 05:10:00

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...

Lionel Bringuier ends L.A. Philharmonic stint on a high note

2013-04-29 18:10:00

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...

Lionel Bringuier's L.A. fast track

2013-04-21 07:00:00

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...

Thieves in Belgium make off with $50 million in diamonds

2013-02-19 09:35:00

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...

Tina Turner may become a Swiss citizen, give back U.S. passport

2013-01-25 12:50:00

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...

PASSINGS: Galina Vishnevskaya, Lisa della Casa, Paul Rauch

2012-12-12 00:00:00

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...

Soprano Lisa della Casa, an opera beauty, dies at 93

2012-12-11 07:19:00

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...

Pictures in the News | August 24, 2012

2012-08-24 08:44:13

The Week in Pictures | August 20 – 26, 2012

2012-08-24 21:54:11

Ann Tucker and her sister Jean Goff in Zurich at the Movenpick Hotel following a Rhine River Cruise.

2013-05-06 16:20:00

Justin Bieber performs on stage in Zurich, Switzerland. Bieber's neighbor in Calabasas has accused the pop singer of battery and making threats during an argument.

2013-03-22 00:00:00

Zurich, Lake Zurich, morning, from guest room at Eden Au Lac hotel.

2013-02-20 00:00:00