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Cluster bombs remain deadly threat despite treaty progress

This content was published on Sep 5, 2016 ‘Remarkable‘ progress has been made eradicating cluster bombs but they continue to be used in conflicts like Syria and Yemen.

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Cluster bombs, apprenticeships and gold

This content was published on Sep 4, 2016 Here are the top stories we're following in the week starting September 5.

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Swiss to hinder access to bomb-making materials

This content was published on Sep 2, 2016 Switzerland has announced that it intends to make it harder for people to get hold of ingredients used to make home-made explosives.

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The citizens that Switzerland would like to disown

This content was published on Aug 31, 2016 Should a young dual citizen be stripped of his Swiss passport after going to fight for the Islamic State in Syria?

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Syrian child victim draws strong Swiss reaction

This content was published on Aug 19, 2016 “I would like to take this little boy’s hand and give him hope,” Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter wrote in the tabloid Blick newspaper on Friday, a day after the image appeared throughout the world. “No child in Aleppo is safe,” wrote Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). “We…

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No terrorist link in Swiss train attack

This content was published on Aug 14, 2016 A 27-year-old Swiss man attacked several passengers on the train on Saturday afternoon using a knife and flammable liquid. A 34-year-old woman died from her injuries on Sunday. The attacker was also confirmed dead after suffering serious burns. Police were not able to question him before he died. Five other people were also injured. A…

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gfs.bern to study discrimination against Muslims

This content was published on Aug 8, 2016 On Monday gfs.bernExternal link confirmed a report by the daily newspaper Tages-AnzeigerExternal link, saying in a statement that the study is in the design phase and that once that phase is over, a decision will be made as to whether the study can be carried out on the basis of current scientific and methodological criteria.…

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Swiss work to tighten anti-terrorism law

This content was published on Aug 8, 2016 At present, Switzerland has only one federal anti-terrorism law, which bans the al-Qaeda and Islamic State terror groups in Switzerland. It prohibits participating in or supplying the banned organisations as well as distributing related propaganda. Recruitment for the organisations is also illegal. The punishment for breaking the law is up to five years in prison.…

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Ban Ki-moon asks for cease-fire during Olympic Games

This content was published on Jul 29, 2016 “I call on the world to observe the Olympic Truce by ceasing all hostilities during the Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro,” he said on Friday. Ban acknowledged that “such an ambitious goal might seem unattainable” but challenged the world to make it possible. “I call on the warring parties…

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Yverdon remembers Nice attack victims

This content was published on Jul 22, 2016 The six-year-old girl was confirmed dead on July 15 and her 31-year-old mother three days later. A 54-year-old woman from canton Ticino also died in the attack. Between 150 and 200 people gathered in Yverdon, a lakeside town in central Switzerland. Mourners proceeded in silence to the Protestant church, where they laid flowers, stuffed animals and…

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