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Web creator works to bridge digital divide

This content was published on Apr 7, 2011 Tim Berners-Lee and British former Prime Minister Gordon Brown were at Geneva University on Wednesday to talk about the future of the web and its role in initiating change. After helping create the web in 1989 and guiding its technological development, the British scientist, who is director of the World Wide Web Foundation, is interested…

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Calmy-Rey to miss Monaco royal wedding

This content was published on Apr 7, 2011 The foreign ministry confirmed Calmy-Rey, who is also foreign minister, was unable to attend due to prior commitments. The ambassador to France and Monaco will attend in her place. Some 3,500 people are expected to attend the celebrations which will take place on July 1 and 2. In other royal wedding news, Switzerland’s ambassador to…

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Mendelssohn, Bach-Busoni, Liszt, Messiaen. Reto Reichenbach, Piano

This content was published on Apr 7, 2011 Chaconne from Partita no. 2. BWV 1004. Reto Reichenbach, piano

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Occupancy at Champ-Dollon prison hits record

This content was published on Apr 6, 2011 Built in 1977 for 270 detainees, the prison held an average of 564 people last year, and on July 18 a record 622 were behind bars. Of these 94 per cent were men and the majority aged 18-39. Champ-Dollon has been chronically overcrowded for years. Campaigners say this has obvious consequences for detainees’ living conditions:…

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Inventors show off the weird and wacky

This content was published on Apr 6, 2011 Exhibitors from 45 countries are showing off their designs until Sunday in the hope of attracting investors or buyers. Peyman Sarhadi of Iran showed off his “super smart boot”, which he hopes will become the Swiss army knife of footwear. Equipped with sensors, it collects data on air temperature, humidity, location and the wearer’s blood…

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How the Swiss founded a Mormon town

This content was published on Apr 6, 2011 In fact, there was no real town to speak of in this remote corner of the American southwest before the Stuckis, Hirschis, and Toblers—some 85 Swiss pioneers in all—unloaded their covered wagons and began to build. The epic journey the Swiss pioneers began 150 years ago this spring has now been immortalised in a mural…

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Business owner fights church taxes

This content was published on Apr 6, 2011 The Strasbourg-based court will now decide whether this taxation of Swiss companies violates religious freedom. Eighteen of Switzerland’s 26 cantons collect church taxes. This is also the case in canton Schwyz, where the software firm in question received a bill for SFr545 ($596) for the Catholic Church and SFr99 for the Protestant Church in 2005.…

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The Faranas: Who Are You?

This content was published on Apr 6, 2011 Saccarbala The Faranas

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Meat consumption hits ten-year high

This content was published on Apr 6, 2011 The total amount of meat eaten in 2010 was 427,138 tonnes, Proviande, the Swiss meat association, announced on Wednesday. That translates into 53.6 kilos per person per year. That figure represents a 3.3 per cent increase over 2009 – and the highest figure recorded in the past decade. Pork is by far the most popular,…

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