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Philippines kidnap reveals risk for foreigners

This content was published on Apr 13, 2010 The police suspect Abu Sayyaf, the most prominent Islamist group, of being behind the kidnapping of a 72-year-old Swiss-Philippine dual national, who was taken by people posing as policemen and army officials. Last year the group kidnapped three workers with the Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross, including the Swiss Andreas Notter, from the…

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Hannibal mugshots in newspaper ruled illegal

This content was published on Apr 12, 2010 But the Geneva court rejected a claim for compensation by Hannibal Gaddafi, in a ruling made public on Monday. The Tribune de Genève newspaper printed the photos of Hannibal Gaddafi in September 2009, 14 months after he was detained with his wife Aline for allegedly abusing their staff in a Geneva hotel. Hannibal Gaddafi then…

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Senator from Colombia on peace mission in Bern

This content was published on Apr 12, 2010 Córdoba suggested the exchange of political prisoners as a solution. The 55-year-old made a name for herself by negotiating the release of hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). “It is important that the international community be aware of the grave consequences of the armed conflict in Colombia,” Córdoba told the Swiss…

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Concern raised over further nuclear progress

This content was published on Apr 12, 2010 Bruno Pellaud, former deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), says despite recent momentum, he is doubtful about further progress on wider nuclear disarmament. World leaders, including Swiss President Doris Leuthard, are meeting in Washington. The two-day gathering follows the publication of the US Nuclear Posture Review and the signing of a new…

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Massive salaries enter government cross hairs

This content was published on Apr 12, 2010 It is examining a proposal that would no longer treat high salaries as a normal part of the business and deductible from a bank’s net profit. The idea stems from Anita Fetz, a parliamentarian with the centre-left Social Democrats, who proposed a motion calling for salaries of more than SFr1.5 million ($1.42 million) to no…

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Can new manifesto bolster the Social Democrats?

This content was published on Apr 11, 2010 On the back of the financial crisis, the focus is no longer on breaking with capitalism but on making the economy more democratic. Comparing it with the constitution, party president Christian Levrat described it as a text “of a fundamental nature”, which puts it “above the vagaries of everyday politics” and is capable of serving…

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Plane crash kills Polish president, dozens more

This content was published on Apr 10, 2010 Kaczynski’s wife Maria was among 96 people on the plane, which came down in foggy weather while on approach to Smolensk airport in western Russia on Saturday. There were no survivors. On board were the army chief of staff, national bank president, deputy foreign minister, army chaplain, head of the national security office, deputy parliament…

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Swiss politicians offer sympathy to Poland

This content was published on Apr 10, 2010 “On behalf of the Federal Council and the entire Swiss population, President Leuthard expresses their deep condolences to the Polish people, the parliament and authorities,” the economics ministry said in a statement. Leuthard holds the economics portfolio in the seven-member cabinet. Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said: “I regret most deeply the loss of the Polish…

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Maurer praises general, slams pacifists

This content was published on Apr 10, 2010 Speaking to around 1,000 members of the group Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland, Maurer said Guisan, who died 50 years ago, gave the country the “courage to go its own way”. When Guisan was promoted to General, a rank bestowed only during wartime in Switzerland, he took over an army that had been…

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Ramadan speaks in US on Muslim issues

This content was published on Apr 9, 2010 Speaking in a panel discussion on problems facing Muslims in Europe and the US, he said believers there were still not considered true citizens and that the West needed to re-examine the “forced integration” of Muslims. “The danger, the threat for our societies in America and Europe is not the Muslim presence,” Ramadan said. It…

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