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How much should governments be held responsible if tourists ignore travel warnings?

This content was published on Mar 16, 2012 With kidnappings of tourists becoming increasingly common everywhere from the Philippines to Mali, should travellers be rethinking their holiday destinations or is it just a question of being street-smart? And should governments be responsible for tourists’ welfare even if they ignore official warnings?

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Swiss citizen kidnapped in Yemen

This content was published on Mar 16, 2012 A Yemeni interior ministry official has said that the kidnappers were demanding that their fellow tribesmen be freed from police custody in return for her release. The Swiss foreign ministry told the Swiss News Agency that the kidnap took place in the southwestern Red Sea city of Hudaida on Wednesday. The victim is said to be 32-years-old…

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Fritz Senn recites The Ondt and the Gracehoper from Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

This content was published on Mar 15, 2012

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Water forum seeks solutions to global crisis

This content was published on Mar 15, 2012 The first ever Swiss “water footprint” report was published on Wednesday to coincide with the sixth World Water Forum, held in Marseille, France, billed as “a platform for solutions” to the global water crisis. According to official statistics, each Swiss citizen uses on average 162 litres of water a day for their daily drinking, cooking…

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“Switzerland could do more for Syria”

This content was published on Mar 15, 2012 Opposition activists, including Sara A., are calling for more international pressure on President Bashar Assad’s regime to help end the violence which has cost an estimated 7,500 lives. Sara has lived in Switzerland for 25 years. She studied science in Syria and came to Switzerland to complete her doctorate. She got to know her future…

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Fuel costs and franc impact on Swiss profits

This content was published on Mar 15, 2012 Operating profit was SFr306 million ($330 million), the Lufthansa-run company reported on Thursday. The drop was “substantial” compared with 2010, and the result of a 87 per cent year-on-year fall in the fourth-quarter operating profit. CEO Harry Hohmeister said he saw little prospect of any improvement at present, with “these difficulties being exacerbated by very…

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Dolphins no longer to be kept in captivity

This content was published on Mar 14, 2012 While the House of Representatives approved a ban on keeping dolphins on Tuesday, the Senate opted for an import ban on Wednesday, which would mean the dolphins currently in Switzerland could not be replaced when they died. The debate over an import ban was sparked by the death of two dolphins kept at the Connyland…

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Scenes from the crash

This content was published on Mar 14, 2012 The tourist bus from Belgium at the accident site in a tunnel on the A9 motorway in Sierre, western Switzerland. (TSR/SF)

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Zurich (German), 2009

This content was published on Mar 14, 2012 Zurich (German), 2009

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Fritz Senn recites The Ondt and the Gracehoper from Finnegans Way by James Joyce.

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How much should governments be held responsible if tourists ignore travel warnings?

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Swiss citizen kidnapped in Yemen

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Fritz Senn recites The Ondt and the Gracehoper from Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

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Water forum seeks solutions to global crisis

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“Switzerland could do more for Syria”

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Fuel costs and franc impact on Swiss profits

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Dolphins no longer to be kept in captivity

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Scenes from the crash

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