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Bhutto’s jewellery to remain in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 14, 2014 Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007, and her husband Asif Ali Zardari were accused of receiving multi-million dollar kickbacks in exchange for handing out a contract to a Swiss firm during Bhutto’s second term in office from 1993-1996. The case, opened in 1998, involved the Geneva-based Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), the world’s biggest verification,…

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Gotthard tunnel sparks freight traffic row

This content was published on Nov 14, 2014 Before the tunnel is operational, overhead power lines have to be installed and various inspections carried out before the tunnel can be used. In the meantime, freight operators concerned they will be squeezed out in favour of passenger traffic.

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A short-term solution to a refugee housing crisis

This content was published on Nov 14, 2014 Canton Schwyz cannot cope with the number of asylum seekers needing housing. With the authorities looking for alternatives, the abbey in Einsiedeln has stepped in to provide temporary shelter for 40 Eritreans. Asylum seekers are being housed in a simple shelter made for pilgrims. They are in Switzerland after fleeing violence in their country. In…

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Vaud struggles to provide housing for asylum seekers

This content was published on Nov 14, 2014 In canton Vaud the practice of accommodating people in underground bunkers has caused a controversy. The air raid shelter in the village of Bussigny for instance houses up to 50 men in three bedrooms, with two showers and four toilets. There are no windows. To get fresh air, the men have to show their ID…

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Russia and Qatar football World Cup bids upheld

This content was published on Nov 13, 2014 In its report into investigations of corruption in awarding the World Cup to Russia and Qatar, the ethics committee led by Hans-Joachim Eckert said “the various incidents which might have occurred are not suited to compromise the integrity of the FIFA World Cup 2018/2022 bidding process as a whole.” The report follows an investigation by prosecutor…

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The smell of the comet

This content was published on Nov 13, 2014

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Tinner assistant acquitted in nuclear smuggling case

This content was published on Nov 12, 2014 He will receive compensation of CHF35,000 ($36,000) and the Swiss government will pay his legal costs. The Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona ruled on Wednesday he had not promoted the manufacture of nuclear weapons – something he had been accused of by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in 2012. At the time he was fined CHF6,000 and…

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Social worker guilty of child sexual abuse

This content was published on Nov 12, 2014 Stationary measures refer to therapy that takes place on an in-patient basis either in a psychiatric clinic or a prison, usually during the offender’s prison sentence. In this case, if the therapy comes to a successful conclusion, the man can be released without serving the prison sentence. Only if the therapy is abandoned will the…

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Swiss speak only mediocre English

This content was published on Nov 12, 2014 Switzerland had improved its absolute score for the third consecutive year, but because other countries had improved more, it fell two places to 18th out of 63 countries – or 15th out of 24 European countries – surveyed for the fourth edition of the EF English Proficiency Index. The studyExternal link, released on Wednesday by…

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