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Switzerland urges probe into Gaza boat deaths

This content was published on May 31, 2010 The Swiss foreign ministry expressed “very serious concern” over the incident in which at least nine people were killed. “The foreign ministry deplores the death of several civilians as well as the injuries caused, including those suffered by the Israeli forces,” said a statement issued on Monday afternoon. Switzerland has also “invited” Israel’s ambassador to…

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Key committees slam government leadership

This content was published on May 31, 2010 They also pointed a critical finger at Swiss Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz. Reaction has been swift. The rightwing Swiss People’s Party immediately called for a parliamentary investigation, while Merz’s centre-right Radical Party said such an exercise would serve no useful purpose. The government issued a statement on Monday saying it would take committee recommendations “seriously”…

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Israel storms aid ships leaving ten dead

This content was published on May 31, 2010 Reports early on Monday conflicted over what had happened but some said as many as 16 people could have died and up to 30 people may have been wounded in the raid. Israel says it regrets the deaths, which it placed at ten. Israeli security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said activists attacked the…

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Order! Order!

This content was published on May 30, 2010 Another thing that has stayed the same in the House of Representatives and the Senate is the small number of women. (All pictures: Keystone)

Africans “must fight” female circumcision

This content was published on May 29, 2010 It is estimated that 130 million women and girls have been affected by genital cutting worldwide, with Africa being particularly hard hit. And the numbers are increasing. Namogo, a warm and energetic 47-year-old, has been in Switzerland to present her work at a series of conferences. She works for the non-governmental organisation Helvetas. She says…

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France nets 2016 European football bonanza

This content was published on May 28, 2010 It will be the first time that 24 teams will compete in the tournament, Uefa said after a news conference in Geneva on Friday. Italy were eliminated in the first ballot of Uefa executive committee members, meaning France and Turkey entered a second ballot where a simple majority was required to earn the right to…

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Trust grows in army but not in government

This content was published on May 28, 2010 The findings are are in an annual security report published on Friday by the Center for Security Studies and a military academy, both at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. It reveals the population’s attitudes toward Swiss security forces, the police, politicians and concepts like neutrality and a bilateral approach toward working with the…

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“White African” and Federer team up for kids

This content was published on May 28, 2010 Its co-founder, Pascal Holliger, reflects on the history of an adventure that has been such a large part of his own growing up. Imbewu is a long-standing partner of the foundation of tennis champion Roger Federer. Don’t make the mistake of telling Holliger that he speaks English with a Swiss-German accent. “It’s a Zulu accent”,…

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Few ex-asylum-seekers linger on emergency aid

This content was published on May 27, 2010 But 15 per cent linger and collect emergency aid, it announced on Thursday. When legislation put a limit on welfare payments two years ago, the idea was that people would soon head back home. Yet it seems that some would rather tough it out in Switzerland than return to their homelands. A study commissioned by…

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Catholic convent sheltered Jewish refugees

This content was published on May 26, 2010 Brother Thomas Fässler made the discovery while working on his thesis for his theology degree. It covers the history of the Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln, from 1934 to the present. “I work in the archive and sometimes I discover little stories that I can’t really use for my dissertation,” Fässler told swissinfo.ch. Yet it would…

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