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First flood and mudslide victims buried

This content was published on Oct 21, 2000 A 33-year-old man was buried on Saturday in the village of Simplon-Dorf, while the 70-year-old woman, who was found last weekend in Neubrück, has been buried in Stalden. Funeral services were held on Friday in the Valley of Goms for a 43-year-old woman who was killed in Gondo, while another victim from the village has…

Record number of donations for flood appeal

This content was published on Oct 21, 2000 In 18 and a half hours, in which over a hundred telephones lines were open, the previous record for such a Solidarity Chain was broken. In 1993, SFr20 million were collected for the victims of the Brig catastrophe. The lines were open until midnight on Friday. Swiss solidarity was initiated as a national collection day…

Major re-think urged in key elements of Swiss foreign policy

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 The scientists’ comments, on Friday, come after a four-year study funded by the National Science Foundation to determine the scope and scale of Swiss foreign policy. They focused on two key concepts – Swiss neutrality, and the perception that Switzerland’s small size is a limiting factor in its foreign policy aspirations. The scientist in charge…

Berne museum adopts “hands on” approach to new exhibition

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 The reason for this hands-on approach is an interactive exhibition aimed especially at children between the ages of six and 14. Entitled “Always and Everywhere”, it takes a light-hearted look at the ways people and animals communicate. For example, one section is devoted to gestures as a form of communication, and examines facial expressions and…

New study says electrosmog is for real

This content was published on Oct 20, 2000 But they said their research does not allow any conclusions to be drawn on whether such radiation is a health hazard. Announcing the findings of Project Nemesis in Zurich on Tuesday, Professor Helmut Krueger said people who claim to be sensitive to electrosmog are not making it up. The two-part project studied 60 people between…

Search for mudslide victims continues in devastated Gondo

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 So far 11 bodies have been found across canton Valais, since floods swept through the area at the weekend. Four people, all from Gondo, are still missing, presumed dead. Mining experts in Gondo are laying explosive charges in the rubble to shift heavy rocks and chunks of debris so search teams can probe underneath the…

More bodies recovered after Valais disaster

This content was published on Oct 19, 2000 Four people are still missing in Gondo. Rescuers are continuing to search for victims of the mudslide, but there is little hope of finding further survivors. A total of 11 bodies have so far been found following the weekend’s flooding and mudslides in the whole of canton Valais. One other person is still missing. On…

Potential for healthy lives not reached in Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 Public health experts who presented the findings on Tuesday said Switzerland was falling behind in its goal of developing the population’s consciousness of public health and ecological matters, thereby reducing environmental and health hazards. They were presenting the mid-term results of an action plan set up in 1997 by the health office and the Swiss…

Ticino braces for further flooding

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 The rising waters of Lake Maggiore, which have already flooded the Piazza Grande in the centre of Locarno, are now threatening the city’s fuel supplies. The local authorities are warning that the city’s fuel tanks are at risk of being dislodged by the sodden earth. The emergency services are on a state of high alert.…

Rescuers still struggling to reach trapped woman

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 Police said on Tuesday that rescuers were digging a tunnel through the rubble of a building to try and reach the woman. Soldiers and rescuers with sniffer dogs were alerted to the woman’s location after they heard knocking and cries. A police spokesman in Sion said rescuers were advancing slowly, using saws, shovels and their…

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