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Edna shares her humanitarian vision with TED

This content was published on Nov 28, 2011 Ismail is a former foreign minister of Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia. swissinfo.ch talked to the 74-year-old director and founder of Somaliland’s first teaching hospital following her talk on Sunday at the TEDxRC² event in Geneva. The TEDx talks were held ahead of the four-day International Conference of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,…

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Swiss optimistic ahead of Durban climate talks

This content was published on Nov 27, 2011 Delegates from nearly 200 countries will be in the South African city for two weeks of United Nations-led negotiations on a global roadmap for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, spurred on by the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. “I am rather positive that we will make a step forward but perhaps it will not…

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People’s Party loses ground in Senate elections

This content was published on Nov 27, 2011 Voters went to the polls in five cantons on Sunday to decide all but one of the remaining seats in the Senate. In a surprise outcome, People’s Party chairman and head of the St Gallen chapter Toni Brunner failed to take the St Gallen seat, won by Social Democrat Paul Rechsteiner. Karin Keller-Sutter of the Radicals was elected for the…

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Expat Egyptians look forward to first elections

This content was published on Nov 27, 2011 The People’s Assembly elections in which about 50 million Egyptians, including those living abroad, will cast their vote will be followed by elections to the Shura Council, or upper house. Presidential elections will follow at a date to be set. The polls come 11 months after the start of the revolution in Egypt which ousted…

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EU puts heat on Swiss over corporate taxation

This content was published on Nov 26, 2011 Switzerland has been holding exploratory talks with the EU for the past year following a request for it to fall in line with the principles of the EU Code of Conduct for Business Taxation. So far, only the “parameters and criteria” for dialogue have been discussed. The EU sees its Code of Conduct as a…

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Swiss deplore failure of cluster bomb talks

This content was published on Nov 26, 2011 Switzerland said the talks were characterised by diverging views on the proper balance between humanitarian and military interests. However Switzerland welcomed the fact that negotiations had not resulted in an accord that was “questionable from a humanitarian or international law perspective”. A United States-led push to regulate, rather than ban, cluster munitions failed on Friday…

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Palm oil policies improve at Swiss firms

This content was published on Nov 26, 2011 The environmental organisation assessed the palm oil buying practices of 132 companies in Europe, Australia and Japan to gauge their commitment to buying and using sustainably produced palm oil. Palm oil comes from palm trees that only grow in the tropics. It is used in a wide range of products, including margarine, baked goods, chocolate,…

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France has a “choice” on tax says Calmy-Rey

This content was published on Nov 25, 2011 Calmy-Rey was commenting in Paris following a meeting with French Prime Minister François Fillion on Thursday evening during which the two leaders discussed the issue of a double taxation agreement between the two countries. France’s Budget Minister Valérie Pécresse declared earlier in the day that France would not enter into a double taxation agreement with…

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Advocates push “traffic light” food labels

This content was published on Nov 25, 2011 The Zurich-based Swiss obesity foundation SAPS (Schweizerische Adipositas-Stiftung) is calling for a “traffic light” rating system of bright red, amber and green labels. The goal is to provide clear, easy-to-read warnings to consumers about food in supermarkets that may be dangerous to overweight people suffering from health problems. The colours would be used to indicate…

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