Cluster: Swiss Identity

Taliban offers exchange for Swiss hostages

This content was published on Jul 29, 2011 The Swiss pair were abducted in the southwestern Baluchistan province while travelling across Pakistan in their camper van. The Associated Press said it spoke to Taliban commander Waliur Rehman on Thursday in South Waziristan, a northwestern tribal region. Rehman told AP that the Taliban had ordered the kidnapping in order to gain freedom for Aafia…

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Petty crime on rise in western Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 29, 2011 The number of incidents has risen in recent months – with 18 in April, 45 in June and 84 in July. Police say that the elderly are the primary victims of theft. On Friday, cantonal police warned older residents in the region to be very cautious if people appear at the door asking to be…

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The conquest of the “Virgin” peak

This content was published on Jul 29, 2011 That scene played out exactly 200 years ago. The ensuing climbing party, headed by the Meyer brothers, became the first to reach the top of a 4,000-metre-high mountain in Switzerland – the Jungfrau (German for virgin or maiden). Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer, sons of a wealthy textile merchant, were keen to climb the jewel…

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How farmers could become fish breeders

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Beware of icicles

This content was published on Jul 29, 2011 He then doubled his speed to the top of the 45-degree snow couloir. I was following Enrico Benedetti (a.k.a. “Beno”) today as we climbed toward Piz Palu and then the Marco e Rosa hut on the border just below the summit of Piz Bernina, the easternmost 4,000-meter peak in the Alps. Beno is the editor,…

Meichtry breaks Swiss swimming record

This content was published on Jul 29, 2011 However, his best time did not allow him to reach the semifinals at the World Championships in Shanghai. He would have needed to swim a second faster to go further in the competition. Meichtry, who comes from St Gallen, swam the distance in two hundredths of a second less than he did in the European…

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Renowned writer Kristóf dead

This content was published on Jul 28, 2011 The Hungarian-born author, who published her works in French, achieved success with Le Grand Cahier (The Notebook) in 1986. She won numerous prestigious literary awards for her books which were translated into more than 30 languages, including English and her mother tongue Hungarian. She stopped writing in 2005, shortly after the release of her autobiography.…

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Swiss street art thrives in the mainstream

This content was published on Jul 28, 2011 Jerking awake on the commute from Zurich, the sight of a large, green/grey wild-eyed face plastered on concrete heralds Bern’s urban outskirts.

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Family urge further probe in Nigerian’s death

This content was published on Jul 28, 2011 He said on Thursday that the second autopsy into the cause of death of the man, who died at Zurich airport, did not confirm the findings of the first one. A second opinion released in mid-July agreed with a first opinion that the cause of death of the rejected 29-year-old asylum seeker was a serious…

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Urban art

This content was published on Jul 28, 2011 Swiss cities are known the world over for their cleanliness but they are also home to a thriving street art culture. (Pictures: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo.ch)

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