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Jihadist group says it kidnapped ICRC team

This content was published on Feb 11, 2014 The jihadist group, known as The Movement for the Uniqueness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, announced Tuesday that it had taken the ICRC workers captive. “We’ve taken a 4×4 (vehicle) that belongs to the enemies of Islam, along with their accomplices,” the head of the movement, Yoro Abdoulsalam, told the AFP news organisation…

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Review praises Swiss for work towards aid goals

This content was published on Feb 11, 2014 Switzerland aims to donate 0.5% of its gross national income to development aid projects by 2015; in 2012, it gave 0.45%. The OECD especially lauded Switzerland for complying with recommendations to focus its aid on poverty reduction and sustainability projects, noting that cooperation with other Swiss entities working in areas like diplomacy and migration had…

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Shirley Temple, star of Heidi, dies

This content was published on Feb 11, 2014 One role with which Temple – known in private life as Shirley Temple Black – will always be associated is the main character in the 1937 Hollywood film of Heidi. Johanna Spyri’s children’s book, first published in 1880, is by far the most popular work of Swiss literature, with more than 50 million copies of…

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Switzerland has fewer pupils, more college grads

This content was published on Feb 11, 2014 The report, released on Tuesday by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, predicts that the number of workers with higher education degrees will continue to grow. Ten years ago, one in four working-age adults had university degrees or higher vocational education. The report noted that people with secondary education diplomas were also key…

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The quirkier side to Swiss lives

This content was published on Feb 8, 2014 The photos by Philipp Rohner show some living in a castle or a lakeside villa, with heated pools and air-conditioned dressing rooms, while others call a makeshift hut, a tour bus or the mountain their homes and use wood and petrol for heat and light. What they have in common is they have managed to…

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The challenges facing Swiss ski resorts

This content was published on Feb 8, 2014

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After early glitches, broadcast stage is set

This content was published on Feb 7, 2014 “The cables weren’t prepared because (the authorities) didn’t build in enough time and because the weather and landslides made the conditions difficult,” Karin Nussbaumer told swissinfo.ch. Nussbaumer is responsible for producing those broadcasts. “It was very chaotic and stressful.” Otherwise, Nussbaumer said they have had no problems with infrastructure and security has been “hassle free”.…

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The rich and famous who brought fame to Gstaad

This content was published on Feb 6, 2014 There’s a long list of celebrities that stay at Gstaad’s five star hotels or even own a chalet there. The resort takes great care to protect the privacy of its affluent guests, whose wealth is hidden behind wooden facades. VIPs take advantage of both the resort’s discreet luxury and proximity to simple life. Roger Moore…

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Farmer tells of changing world

This content was published on Feb 6, 2014

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New owners for old shirts

This content was published on Feb 5, 2014 Containers with clothing from the United States find their way to the Croix-des-Bossales market in Port-au-Prince. Some of the goods have been returned after not being sold by the big American chains; others are donated by their previous owners. There are mountains of T-shirts with trivial slogans which most of the people wearing them probably…

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