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Geneva attack prompts warnings

This content was published on Aug 16, 2011 In emails and a memo directed at its Geneva-based staff, the United Nations has urged people to be careful in the city late at night. A month ago, the victim was assaulted by a gang of youths, who beat him with metal rods. A passing cyclist was able to summon help. The attack also prompted…

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Ex-banker turned whistle-blower released

This content was published on Aug 15, 2011 The former Julius Bär banker had been in police custody since January 19, after he handed over computer discs to WikiLeaks which he said contained details of as many as 2,000 offshore bank accounts. On Monday, a friend of Elmer confirmed weekend news reports that he had been released three weeks ago. Elmer’s release follows reports…

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La Syrie en ébullition

This content was published on Aug 15, 2011 Après le soulèvement sans précédent à Daraa (sud) contre le régime de Bachar Al-Assad, le mouvement de contestation a gagné depuis le 15 mars 2011 l’ensemble du pays. Face au black-out médiatique, les activistes syriens tentent d’informer le monde sur la répression sanglante exercée par les milices « El Chabiha », les forces de sécurité et l’armée,…

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Ticino tax threat weighs on neighbouring Italy

This content was published on Aug 14, 2011 Border municipalities in the Italian provinces of Lombardy and Piedmont have been worried since a partial freeze on the repatriation of taxes taken from cross-border workers was implemented last month by Switzerland’s southern canton Ticino. The Italian communes have come to rely on this tax revenue and they claim the future financing of infrastructure is…

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Self-regulating industry rejects new CO2 law

This content was published on Aug 13, 2011 The Industry Energy Agency said this week that more than 2,100 firms participating in a self-regulatory scheme have cut CO2 emissions by 1.3 million tonnes in the last ten years while using 1,000 gigawatt hours less electricity. Parliament will debate new CO2 legislation in the autumn that proposes cutting emissions by 20 per cent by 2020.…

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“Berlin had been isolated”

This content was published on Aug 13, 2011 Swiss citizen Burghard Feller, whose dairyman father had moved to Berlin to work, was born there in 1943, and his family lived for many years near the wall. He looks back at life in Berlin during and after the construction of the wall. Feller, one of eight children, trained to become a locomotive mechanic with…

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Strong franc emerges as potential campaign issue

This content was published on Aug 12, 2011 The latest opinion poll commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation found that environmental issues have become less important, while immigration remains high on the agenda. The survey, carried out 90 days ahead of the elections, also found that support for centre-right parties has increased at the expense of the Right and the Left. “There are…

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Minister pleads for patience over asylum policy

This content was published on Aug 12, 2011 “There is agreement and goodwill both from the federal authorities and the cantons to achieve solutions. But we need time,” she told journalists. She added that it is not always easy to get suitable housing and to convince the local population which is concerned about possible tensions or cases of petty crime. Her comments come…

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Violence against women “stops development”

This content was published on Aug 12, 2011 The meeting, attended by Swiss president Micheline Calmy-Rey and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, highlighted how thousands of women suffer in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “Women are victims of violence all over the world,” Calmy-Rey told reporters ahead of the event. “And in conflict zones,…

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