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Swiss Re doubles Katrina claim estimates

This content was published on Sep 12, 2005 The world’s second-largest reinsurance company said total insured losses from last month’s hurricane in the United States could reach $40 billion. Swiss Re had previously agreed with the world’s largest reinsurer, Munich Re, that the total losses would be $20 billion. “Due to the unique nature of the event, the complexity and the magnitude of…

New Orleans presents picture of devastation

This content was published on Sep 12, 2005 Here he describes his first impressions of the city and the sheer scale of the task that lies ahead. Travelling southbound along Interstate 10, a steady stream of ambulances, police cars, food-delivery trucks and army vehicles pours towards New Orleans. Sandwiched among them are residents of the Crescent City, many of them returning for the…

Switzerland’s Roman heritage comes to life

This content was published on Sep 11, 2005 Augusta Raurica, the first Roman colony to be built on the Rhine, receives 140,000 visitors every year and offers fascinating insights into the way the Romans lived. In addition to a treasure chamber filled with precious silver, the museum contains a selection of the most important finds from the archaeological site, including a life-size bronze…

Specialist helps diabetes sufferers in Louisiana

This content was published on Sep 10, 2005 Recognising that many had fled their homes without taking vital medicine, Professor Eric Ravussin set up an emergency diabetes clinic that now covers at least 40 shelters across the state. Within days of the hurricane striking the southern coast of the United States, Ravussin and a colleague at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton…

ICRC reunites families split by Katrina

This content was published on Sep 10, 2005 As of Friday, 154,000 people had registered their details on the ICRC’s Family Links website – either to let people know they were alive and well or to issue an appeal for news of missing relatives. Katrina did more than leave a vicious trail of destruction when it struck the southern states of Louisiana, Mississippi…

Swiss confirmed missing in New Orleans

This content was published on Sep 9, 2005 The Swiss consulate in Houston, Texas, said it was “extremely concerned” for the safety of the two women and one man. Acting Consul-General Jürg Bono said the US State Department had been notified. “One woman has not heard from her husband for a week. She was evacuated to Houston, but he stayed to help a…

Doctors face off over homeopathy

This content was published on Sep 9, 2005 The debate comes in the wake of a decision by the federal authorities to exclude alternative medicines from compulsory health insurance. Researchers led by Matthias Egger of Bern University’s department of social and preventive medicine recently stirred up a hornet’s nest by claiming that homeopathic treatments were no better than giving patients sugar pills. They…

Economy shows modest growth

This content was published on Sep 9, 2005 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said on Friday that it sees light at the end of the tunnel, with the economic cycle having recovered from its lowest point. The result followed a 0.2 per cent rise from the first quarter, which was revised upward from 0.0 per cent. The year-on-year increase was 1.1…

Nuclear waste debate heats up

This content was published on Sep 8, 2005 In doing so, he wants to reinforce the democratic process and unblock the sticking points in this debate. Leuenberger said on Thursday that he wanted to have a broad debate about whether to build an underground site for highly radioactive waste near the German border. Other alternatives must be considered before coming to a decision,…

Swiss GM crop trial yields positive results

This content was published on Sep 8, 2005 But a lengthy legal battle and extra security needed to protect the site from protesters caused the project to burst its original budget threefold. The test, conducted at Lindau near Zurich, confirmed laboratory results that the KP4 gene improved wheat’s resistance to fungi by 10 per cent. Safety tests on pollen distribution and soil analysis…

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