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Lab says Arafat poisoning likely but ‘not definite’

This content was published on Nov 7, 2013 The researchers from Lausanne university hospital’s Institute for Radiation Physics said on Thursday their results “reasonably support” the theory that Arafat was poisoned with the radioactive substance. Arafat died aged 75 under mysterious circumstances at a French military hospital in 2004. The experts found concentrations of polonium 18 times higher than normal in samples, a…

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Al-Jazeera reports evidence of Arafat poisoning

This content was published on Nov 6, 2013 The scientists from the Lausanne University Hospital’s Institute of Radiation Physics wrote that “the results moderately support the proposition that the death was the consequence of poisoning with polonium-210”. The longtime Palestinian leader died aged 75 at a French hospital in 2004, but the cause of death has never been determined. No autopsy was carried…

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Farmers look to grow their solar and wind power

This content was published on Nov 6, 2013 The energy issue has become so important in recent times that we should all be concerned about it. We, as farmers, have everything required to produce clean energy on our own,” says Weber, a farmer in Val-de-Ruz, in canton Neuchâtel. In this region of the Jura mountains, where there is often a metre of snow…

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Difficult birth of a canton

This content was published on Nov 6, 2013

Did Swiss refinery launder Congo conflict gold?

This content was published on Nov 4, 2013 “After examining Trial’s criminal complaint, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office has decided to open criminal proceedings against Argor-Heraeus over allegations of money laundering related to a war crime and complicity in war crimes,” Jacqueline Bühlmann, spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, told swissinfo.ch by email on Monday. Trial, a Geneva-based NGO, accuses Argor-Heraeus of having refined almost…

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Head of Bayern Munich to be tried for tax evasion

This content was published on Nov 4, 2013 German judges announced today that they took the decision last week to send the case to trial. Four sessions have been set for the proceedings, which will begin on March 10, 2014. Earlier this year, Hoeness admitted to authorities he had a secret account at a Swiss bank. Prosecutors then filed a case against him…

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Snooping centre lies in the heart of Geneva

This content was published on Nov 1, 2013 Snooping centre lies in the heart of Geneva

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New spies and an old language

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Media explore ‘historic’ Mühleberg closure

This content was published on Oct 31, 2013 As the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) pointed out, this was the first time in Switzerland that an electricity company had publicly announced a closure date for a nuclear power plant. Previously, BKW had said it wouldn’t keep the station near Bern in operation after 2022. “However, 2019 isn’t carved in stone yet. But it’s ideal…

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‘They have destroyed the system’

This content was published on Oct 30, 2013 The reporter and author has extensive experience covering state surveillance and privacy issues. He acted as a consultant for the German Der Spiegel magazine in their latest investigation into top secret NSA listening installations, protected from scrutiny by diplomatic immunity, which are used to conduct massive electronic listening, usually from the top floors of US…

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