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Swiss donations to Asia break all records

This content was published on Dec 31, 2004 The money will go to Swiss charities that are already active in the area, distributing foodstuffs and essentials to survivors. Swiss Solidarity, the fundraising arm of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, said SFr9 million had been raised since Thursday morning, bringing the total to more than SFr20 million. Swiss Solidarity’s head of communications, Roland Jeanneret, described…

Switzerland pledges extra aid to Asia

This content was published on Dec 30, 2004 On Thursday, the foreign ministry said it feared a “huge increase” in the number of Swiss victims. The SFr25 million comes on top of the SFr1 million pledged as news of the disaster broke on Sunday. “The terrible earthquake on December 26 has shaken us all to the core,” Deiss told a news conference in…

Swiss tourists fly back from crisis-hit region

This content was published on Dec 29, 2004 Efforts are underway in the disaster region to boost aid and prevent the spread of water-borne diseases. On Wednesday a chartered plane with more than 130 Swiss citizens on board arrived back in Zurich from the popular Thai island resort of Phuket. The passengers included 35 wounded who were transported to hospitals. Five more injured…

Drug-related deaths appear to remain stable

This content was published on Dec 29, 2004 Fatalities linked to drug overdoses fell in Geneva, but Zurich remains the worst-affected region. Between January and November at least 95 people died as a result of heroin, cocaine or other drug overdoses, according to figures submitted by the country’s cantonal police forces. Zurich – which topped the list with 23 deaths – and only…

Government confirms first Swiss victims

This content was published on Dec 28, 2004 Officials estimate the overall death toll in one of the worst natural disasters will reach more than 66,000. Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said on Tuesday that the nine Swiss victims included six in Thailand, two in Sri Lanka and one in India. She added that the death toll was likely to rise, but gave…

Nightmare in paradise

This content was published on Dec 27, 2004 Much of Switzerland’s 40,000-strong Tamil community is in shock after hearing that thousands had been killed in Sri Lanka and India’s Tamil Nadu province. “I was in shock when I heard about the catastrophe because my parents are in Sri Lanka,” Krishanthan Vivekanandan told swissinfo. The 20-year-old Tamil moved with his family to Switzerland when…

Quake was detected in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 27, 2004 That’s according to the Swiss Seismological Service, which said the quake registered on Swiss instruments hours before killer tsunamis hit the region’s coastlines. Manfred Baer of the Swiss Seismological Service in Zurich told swissinfo that, although earthquakes are impossible to predict, the likelihood of tsunami waves could be determined with a good degree of accuracy.…

Swiss provide emergency aid for quake victims

This content was published on Dec 27, 2004 The death toll has reached more than 17,000 and is continuing to climb following a massive earthquake and tsunami tidal waves in the region. Tourists, fishermen, hotels, homes and cars were swept away by walls of water unleashed by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake, centred off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Sri Lanka,…

Watch this space for Titan mission

This content was published on Dec 23, 2004 After a seven-year journey from Earth, the Huygens probe of the European Space Agency is preparing to land on Titan, the largest and most mysterious moon of Saturn. Systems from Contraves Space in Zurich will help separate the probe from its mother ship, Cassini, which was built by NASA in the United States. “We provided…

Space probe launched toward Saturn moon

This content was published on Dec 23, 2004 Systems from Contraves Space in Zurich helped separate the probe from the Nasa orbiter, Cassini. After a seven-year journey from Earth, researchers hope the mission will end with answers about one of the most puzzling bodies in the solar system. Ground controllers received a signal in the early hours on Saturday CET indicating that the…

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