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Libya in turmoil

This content was published on Feb 25, 2011 For the past two weeks, unrest has been spreading across Libya, with protesters demanding the departure of the country’s leader, Moammar Gaddafi. The self-styled guide has led the country for more than 40 years and has warned he will fight till the end.

Daniel Schnyder

This content was published on Feb 25, 2011 Concerto for Chamber Orchestra. Der Polytrop. Orch. de Chambre de Lausanne

Swiss tourist trampled to death by elephant

This content was published on Feb 24, 2011 The 63-year-old was thrown to the ground and her mount repeatedly stamped on her. There are conflicting reports of exactly what happened in the incident on Tuesday in a national park near the southern resort of Phuket. The police officer in charge of the case said it involved five tourists riding two elephants. However, the…

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Treasure hunters

This content was published on Feb 24, 2011 Illegal treasure hunters are a growing threat to archaeology. Finds end up in private homes and important historic information is lost to science. The canton of Zug is trying new ways to fight illegal excavations and has persuaded a former treasure hunter to change sides. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

Swiss win round-the-world electric race

This content was published on Feb 24, 2011 The Zero Race, organised by Swiss teacher Louis Palmer who in 2008 circumnavigated the globe in a solar taxi, was intended to raise awareness about climate change, mobility and renewable energy. “We made it,” shouted Swiss globetrotter, Tobias Wuelser, team leader of the victorious Zerotracer bike punching the air while riding up the “Aisle of…

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Privacy watchdog takes Google to court

This content was published on Feb 24, 2011 Lawyers for Google are asking the Swiss Federal Administrative Court in Bern to lift a temporary court order that has prevented it from updating the service for more than a year. Street View allows internet users to virtually tour streets on a map and uses special vehicles with panoramic cameras to take ground-level 3-D images.…

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ART: Art by Genève

This content was published on Feb 24, 2011 The art fair takes place parallel to the international book and press fair and is a meeting place for exhibitors from all over the world, art-lovers, collectors and prospective buyers.

Favez: En Garde!

This content was published on Feb 23, 2011 Closet Astronaut Favez

ART: The Original Copy

This content was published on Feb 23, 2011 The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture exhibition with a selection of 300 outstanding works by many key figures of modernist and avant-garde art, looks at the relationships between photography and sculpture over the last 170 years. The exhibition, organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York is traveling under the auspices of The International…

Returning home to Kosovo with Swiss help

This content was published on Feb 23, 2011 Meanwhile, Kosovars in Switzerland who have not been granted asylum are being helped to make a successful return home. Last year, 602 Albanians, Romas and Serbs from Kosovo, most of whom had entered Switzerland illegally, filed for asylum. It’s up to Grégoire Crettaz, a migration attaché at the Swiss embassy in Kosovo’s capital Pristina, to…

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