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Pacifists make a move to end arms exports

This content was published on Sep 21, 2007 The action coincided with the handing in of signatures for a people’s initiative which will give Swiss voters the final say on the issue. The backers of the initiative chose World Peace Day to hand in 109,000 signatures they had collected, and celebrated with a flag-waving rally on Parliament Square. “Swiss weapons kill – worldwide,”…

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Breath test aims to combat doping

This content was published on Sep 21, 2007 The method will reveal within seconds whether sportsmen and women are clean and will dispense with the days of waiting entailed in current tests on blood and urine samples. The test subject blows into a special apparatus and an analysis of their breath appears on a screen, giving a complete record of their metabolism. “The…

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Swiss slowly pack their bags and leave the Alps

This content was published on Sep 21, 2007 As more and more Swiss decide to pack their bags and leave the mountains, foreigners are taking their place to look after and farm the picture-postcard alpine pastures. The Oltscheren Alp in the Bernese Oberland rises like a fortress at the end of the valley. Wooden farmers’ huts are dotted here and there. Cows graze…

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Youth organisation combats media violence

This content was published on Sep 20, 2007 The youth organisation is calling for the creation of an independent body to set nationwide age limits on content provided by the entertainment industry, such as DVDs or computer games. At a news conference in Bern on Thursday Pro Juventute pointed out that children and teenagers have almost unlimited and uncontrolled access to violent images…

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Nestlé appoints Bulcke as its new CEO

This content was published on Sep 20, 2007 Bulcke, aged 53, took the business world by surprise. The expectations were that Chief Financial Officer Paul Polman would replace Brabeck, who is to remain chairman of the board. There was a cool response to the news at the stock exchange with Nestlé’s share price dipping by 3.59 per cent to close on Thursday at…

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second test podcast for the rubric

This content was published on Sep 20, 2007 Here come the lead 2 of the broadcast two and this is not bold…Here come the lead 2 of the broadcast two and this is not bold…Here come the lead 2 of the broadcast two and this is not bold…Here come the lead 2 of the broadcast two and this is not bold…not bold ends……

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Swiss work to bridge Africa’s digital divide

This content was published on Sep 20, 2007 The Connect Africa initiative will officially be launched in Rwanda next month and aims to make internet connectivity widely and cheaply accessible. Walter Fust, director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), said “the continent should no longer be marginalised” in its access to the worldwide web. The head of the SDC made…

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Zurich team rebuilds our ancestors

This content was published on Sep 19, 2007 The study in this week’s Nature magazine was assisted by the pioneering virtual 3D work of a team from Zurich University, world experts in the computer-assisted reconstruction of ancient fossils. Dmanisi, in eastern Georgia, is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. Over the past 16 years, the well-preserved remains of at…

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Solar island generates green power

This content was published on Sep 19, 2007 The project, a collaboration between Neuchâtel’s Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) and the local government, should be able to produce electricity and hydrogen using solar power. Solar power is becoming increasingly common. Homeowners in Switzerland and elsewhere are prepared to install panels as costs start to drop, while bigger projects such as the…

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