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Ten years in prison for carnival murderers

This content was published on Jan 28, 2009 A third man involved in the vicious attack received a two-and-a-half year sentence for assault. The judge and seven jurors deliberated for 13 hours before arriving at the verdicts. The case was closely followed in the Italian-speaking region as the murder caused outrage in the community. In an unprovoked attack, the victim, Damiano Tamagni, was…

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China reaches out to Europe to tackle crisis

This content was published on Jan 27, 2009 The prime minister, in Bern on Tuesday ahead of the World Economic Forum, said he was ready to work with Europe and Switzerland to restore trust in the international markets and stressed the importance of Sino-Swiss economic links, which he said were the result of “fruitful collaboration” over the past 50 years. Media and public…

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Lesson of the Holocaust needs to be shared

This content was published on Jan 27, 2009 In a message issued to mark the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust on Tuesday, he said the world needed to gain greater knowledge of the past and reflect on the lessons that can be learned. Large-scale acts of violence continue to create suffering throughout the world, he said.…

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Crisis talks in Libya yield little progress

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 A senior foreign ministry official said the negotiations had been difficult, but dialogue would continue at an unspecified date. He dismissed speculation that Switzerland was considering retaliatory measures if Libya remained in breach of an investment protection accord. A diplomatic delegation travelled to Tripoli last week trying to defuse tensions over the temporary detention of…

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Guantanamo poll

This content was published on Jan 23, 2009

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Expats caution against labour deal rejection

This content was published on Jan 23, 2009 There are about 400,000 Swiss citizens living and working in European countries. On February 8 voters decide on continuing the labour agreement with 25 EU member states and extending it to Bulgaria and Romania. “It’s quite simple. Brussels will most likely cancel the packet of seven bilateral accords if the labour accord is voted down,”…

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Women were “stationary engine” of migration

This content was published on Jan 23, 2009 In the absence of their husbands, these women played a key role in alpine communities, taking on the toughest jobs and managing day-to-day affairs. Women are not normally thought of as playing an important role in the mountain environment – taking second place to men, who figure prominently in the popular imagination as mountaineers, smugglers…

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Tuareg rebels abduct group of tourists

This content was published on Jan 23, 2009 A German and a Briton were also abducted on Thursday at Menaka, near the border with Niger. The tourists had been at a festival for Tuareg culture when they were intercepted by a group of rebels, according to a senior Malian military officer. They were taken from their car and driven to Niger. Three tourists…

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Swiss man secretly helped CIA in nuclear sting

This content was published on Jan 23, 2009 Speaking publicly for the first time since his release from prison, Urs Tinner said he told the Central Intelligence Agency in 2003 that Libya was about to receive equipment needed to make an atomic bomb. Agents at a shipyard in Italy shortly afterward seized centrifuges bound for the African country. The bust eventually forced Libyan…

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