The St Gallen politician Karin Keller-Sutter and army chief André Blattmann at an information day for recruits, 2010.
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Tennis fan at the Davis Cup quarterfinal between Switzerland and France, 2004.
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The Blochers, Silvia and Christoph, at a rightwing Swiss People's Party meeting, 2005.
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The later women's figure skating European champion 2011, Sarah Meier, wins silver at the European championships in 2007.
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Armenian President Serge Sarkisian welcomes Swiss President and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey at an official ceremony in Yerevan, 2011.
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Rightwing skinheads on the historic Rütli meadow on Swiss National Day, August 1, 2003.
(Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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Before the football match between Switzerland and Ireland, 2004.
(RDB/Toto Marti)
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Swiss boxer Yves Studer before the European Middleweight Championship fight, 2008.
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Ottmar Hitzfeld, the Swiss national football team trainer, at a match between Austra and Switzerland, 2010.
(Keystone/Ennio Leanza)
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The first verse of the anthem, part of a "survival kit" for Swiss athletes during the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004.
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Time for the national anthem.
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