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Swiss journalists under siege in Egypt

This content was published on Feb 3, 2011 The reporter, who arrived in Cairo on Sunday, has not been heard from since Wednesday. As the newspaper announced on Thursday evening, the man was able to inform his family of his arrest on Wednesday. It has informed the Swiss Embassy in Cairo of the situation. In addition, a correspondent from Ticino’s radio and television…

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Little hope seen for protesting north Africans

This content was published on Feb 3, 2011 Sociologist Franz Schultheis from St Gallen University tells swissinfo.ch that reforms, even if they are introduced, will not take effect for decades. swissinfo.ch: What might happen if the time bomb represented by youth unemployment explodes? Franz Schultheis: It has already partly gone off. Young people are on the streets in North Africa demonstrating for the…

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Calmy-Rey to push for EU bilateral accords

This content was published on Feb 3, 2011 In Hungary for a two-day visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations, Calmy-Rey praised EU President José Manuel Barroso as “an open man” on Thursday. “There is every chance that Switzerland [and the EU] can agree on a new basis for common negotiations,” she said during a joint news conference with Hungarian President Pal Schmitt in Budapest.…

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Shooters up in arms over anti-gun initiative

This content was published on Feb 3, 2011 swissinfo.ch visited Nicola Berta, the owner of a weapons shop near Locarno in southern Switzerland. The trained gunsmith has had a life-long passion for firearms. He says banning guns from the home would create more problems than it would solve. Berta is among many arms dealers, shooters, hunters and collectors who made up their mind…

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Bern “deeply concerned” by situation in Egypt

This content was published on Feb 3, 2011 In a statement on Wednesday evening, it said concrete measures had to be taken without delay to respond to the legitimate claims of Egyptians who were calling for more democracy and freedom. On Thursday Egypt’s health minister said five people had been killed in violence in Cairo’s Tahrir Square that was sparked when supporters of…

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Votes for women

This content was published on Feb 3, 2011 (All images Keystone and RDB)

Arab world braces for possible domino effect

This content was published on Feb 2, 2011 There were violent clashes in Cairo on Wednesday between opponents and supporters of President Hosni Mubarak as the Egyptian government rejected international calls for the leader to end his 30-year-rule immediately. The army did not intervene, other than to fire shots into the air, and no uniformed police were in sight. However, government opponents say…

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Poll shows support for gun control waning

This content was published on Feb 2, 2011 The margin between backers and opponents of the initiative has dwindled to two per cent, from 13 per cent, according to a survey commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. The latest survey was conducted across the country last week. Supporters still hold the edge with 47 per cent, while eight per cent of respondents said…

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WikiLeaks reveals Swiss problems in Libya

This content was published on Feb 2, 2011 Wednesday’s edition of the French-language newspaper Le Temps carries revelations from WikiLeaks about the two years of crisis between Switzerland and Libya, sparked by the brief detention in Geneva of a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi in 2008. In December 2009, the Swiss chargé d’affaires, Stefano Lazzarotto, feared he could be expelled from Libya,…

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Sudan faces tough challenges after vote

This content was published on Feb 2, 2011 On Monday Sudan’s vice president said he accepted the south’s split after the first official results showed a 99 per cent vote for independence in a referendum held in January. The poll is the culmination of a north-south 2005 peace deal, aimed at putting an end to two decades of war which have claimed two…

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