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Sri Lanka recalls diplomat accused of war crimes

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Former general Jaghat Dias led the 57th division of the Sri Lankan army. He is accused of ordering his troops to fire upon civilian and hospital targets during the army’s final offensive against the rebel Tamil Tigers in 2009. A report by the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights also accuses Dias of participating…

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Women push for equal voice in election

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 It’s the first joint project by Swiss women’s umbrella organisations that targets the federal elections and calls on voters to choose more female candidates. “The autumn elections must lead to a clear rise in the number of women in parliament,” said campaigners. Flyers with a smiling man giving the campaign the thumbs up are being…

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YouTube politics

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Anyone can put up videos on the internet. And that’s what many of the 3,000 or so candidates in October’s Swiss general elections are doing. The main reason is that in Switzerland the law forbids TV campaign ads, which are so popular in the United States and in other countries. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

US client data to be provided based on activity

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Instead, it will be sufficient for the US to demand help based on a “pattern of behaviour” indicating suspicious actions on the part of a bank or financial establishment. Details of the new agreement were revealed in official government documents published on Tuesday. In cases where US authorities are able to supply enough details to…

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Pakistan demands extradition of rebel leader

This content was published on Sep 13, 2011 Islamabad has charged the 30-year-old with numerous terrorist attacks in the province of Balochistan. According to an article in a Pakistani newspaper on Sunday, the Swiss government has been given “evidence” of alleged subversive activities by Bugti. The Federal Migration Office has declined to comment on Bugti’s application for asylum. “For reasons of data protection…

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Ban Ki-moon thanks “punctual” Deiss

This content was published on Sep 12, 2011 Deiss, from the centre-right Christian Democratic Party, said on Monday that the General Assembly had perceived its role as a moral force for strengthening the UN. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon thanked Deiss for doing a “super job in a very demanding year”. Ban added that Deiss had always been punctual – “a real inspiration…

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Paralysed WTO celebrates new Geneva building

This content was published on Sep 12, 2011 Monday’s symbolic ceremony comes at a difficult time for the organisation, which is struggling to find a way forward on the ten-year-old Doha trade talks. At the building site on the WTO’s former car park overlooking Lake Geneva, two huge cranes turn gracefully on their axes to the sounds of drills and hammers. Teams of…

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Calmy-Rey attends security meeting in Geneva

This content was published on Sep 12, 2011 The working meeting follows the alleged violent assault of the son of a United Nations diplomat in the centre of Geneva in July which gained widespread attention and raised concerns over safety in the western city. Very little was divulged about Monday’s session of the “Permanent Joint Confederation-Canton Geneva Group on Priorities for International Geneva”,…

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Mobile phones ring debt alarms

This content was published on Sep 12, 2011 The area in which these debtors owe most – SFr468 ($530) on average – is for subscriptions for their mobile phones and the internet. Other areas where they are pushed into in the red are health bills (SFr254) and online shopping (SFr106). Young men are almost twice as likely as young women to rack up…

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Swiss freeze further Syrian funds

This content was published on Sep 12, 2011 The sum of blocked assets now totals SFr45 million. In May the Swiss government announced sanctions against Syria, including a freeze on any assets held in Swiss banks by 13 members of the Syrian regime. Since then, sanctions have been extended to 34 individuals and four companies. It remains to be decided whether Bern will…

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