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‘My English is poor to non-existent’

This content was published on Aug 6, 2013 The journalist asked several young people in a Zurich cinema who had come to watch The Avengers, which was being shown in both versions. The Avengers is a special effects-heavy blockbuster, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team, but it also has rapid, witty dialogue. Of the four interviews, two are dubbed and two are…

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Mixed Swiss reaction to Everest climbing rules

This content was published on Aug 5, 2013 “It’s a step in the right direction. Finally the authorities are taking action,” renowned Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck told the Blick newspaper. He added that the incident at Camp Two – in which he, his Italian colleague Simone Moro and British photographer Jonathan Griffith were assaulted by dozens of Sherpas – appeared to have got…

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Total number of F permits issued

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Switzerland’s fourth language under pressure

This content was published on Aug 5, 2013 “The Romansh-speaking area is not strong enough to integrate speakers of other languages sufficiently – a finding that is unfortunately not new, and which continues,” the most recent government report lamented. In its analysis of the state of the languages of Switzerland drawn up after the 2000 census, the Federal Statistics Office points to a…

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Minorities make themselves seen and heard

This content was published on Aug 5, 2013 Julia Slater finds out about the impact of television on the survival of Romansh in Switzerland and Welsh in Britain. Minorities make themselves seen and heard

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Safety questions raised following train crash

This content was published on Aug 4, 2013 An initial investigation has found that the most likely cause of the frontal collision between two passenger trains – the worst accident of its kind in ten years – was human error on the part of one driver. In all, 25 people were injured in the accident at Granges-près-Marnand on a section of the regional line…

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‘If they like a poem, it gives them 1,000 perspectives’

This content was published on Aug 4, 2013 For Kureyshi, poetry is not just contained in poems – rather it can be found everywhere and include everything. “Poetry includes history, religion, mathematics and philosophy,” the 30-year-old says. “In my workshop, we’ve gone from talking about tomatoes to Kafka’s Metamorphosis.” But poetry is first and foremost a part of her life, which took her,…

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Actor Conrad Phillips Tells it as it was

This content was published on Aug 3, 2013 William Tell is probably the role he’s best remembered for – as the title of his book implies – but he has done plenty of other things, from Shakespeare and James Joyce, to B movies and commercials. He’s had a lot of fun, as he told swissinfo.ch. But life hasn’t always been easy: his book…

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War and revolution stimulate creative minds

This content was published on Aug 3, 2013 Aged 35, Merhej has a German and Lebanese background and works as a graphic designer and illustrator, best known for her drawings inspired by her childhood memories of war-torn Lebanon. In 2007 she also helped found Samandal, a trilingual magazine created to promote graphic artists from her homeland and elsewhere. Shennawy, 34, is a graphic…

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