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l’Autre Amerique

This content was published on Sep 16, 2011 Emotion, power and nostalgia are the distinct themes presented in three parallel exhibitions under the collective title, “The Other America”, at the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne. By revealing the paradoxes of their homeland with images of sometimes brutal beauty, Frank Schramm, Saul Leiter and Martin Epstein show us a different America. (Images: Musée d’Elysée…

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Bern celebrates the 400th anniversary of its big bell

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Geneva eyes New York-style zero tolerance

This content was published on Sep 16, 2011 She was part of a delegation meeting New York police and security experts this week. Insecurity in Geneva has become a hot topic with both the Swiss foreign ministry and the United Nations openly expressing their concerns. “Geneva can learn from New York’s experiences. Although you can’t directly compare Geneva and New York there are…

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Switzerland even with Australia in Davis Cup

This content was published on Sep 16, 2011 The host nation’s Bernard Tomic defeated Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the first match. The playoff continues on Saturday with the top two Swiss in a doubles match against Hewitt and Chris Guccione. The final two matches of the playoff will see Federer against Tomic and Wawrinka face Hewitt. Switzerland has never managed…

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Fifa rejects bin Hammam appeal

This content was published on Sep 15, 2011 A three-man Fifa panel met for seven hours before upholding the July ruling by its ethics committee. “The sanction of being banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) at national and international level for life has therefore been maintained,” said the governing body in a statement on…

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Catholic Church reveals scale of sex abuse

This content was published on Sep 15, 2011 Overall, 146 victims came forward to report abuse to Swiss dioceses in 2010 – the first year in which detailed statistics have been presented by the church. The abuse was carried out by 125 priests and lay clergy, an expert commission of the Swiss Bishops Conference said on Thursday. Martin Werlen, the abbot of Einsiedeln,…

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Your cartoon of the week

This content was published on Sep 15, 2011 The best entries will be selected by the department and published below.

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Army barracks in Bernese Alps used to house Africans

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Swiss Church “should have fought apartheid”

This content was published on Sep 15, 2011 That is the finding of the Swiss national commission for justice and peace, which has published a report on the topic. The report, presented at a news conference in Bern on Thursday, said Catholic Church mission societies were too “cautious” and “hesitant” to interfere when confronted with racial segregation in the 1970s and 1980s. However…

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