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Month-long Gotthard repairs finish on time

This content was published on Jul 3, 2012 The first passenger and freight trains entered the tunnel on Monday just after 10pm, thus meeting the July 2 deadline for restoration of service. The Gotthard tunnel serves as the main north-south axis through the Alps, with 120 freight trains and 90 passenger trains normally passing through the tunnel per day. During the month-long repair…

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No entry for student suspected of jihadist ties

This content was published on Jul 1, 2012 “The Jordanian citizen … arrested in Kenya, may not enter Swiss territory until further notice,” said the Swiss justice ministry in a statement. “Clear evidence shows that he visited regions of Somalia where jihadist groups are involved in conflict (against the government). It also appears that he had contact with Islamist elements in Switzerland.” The Federal…

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Using theatre to cross cultural divides

This content was published on Jul 1, 2012 The premise of the play is that if women were to talk more openly about their pain and the medical complications resulting from circumcision, their men would be more compassionate. When a man finds out his wife has suffered for years from urinary tract infections, he agrees not to let their daughter be circumcised. Caritas…

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Mutilation victim finds a voice in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 1, 2012 Originally from Sudan, Amal Bürgin has lived in Switzerland for many years. She and her Swiss husband have two sons and a daughter, aged between four and 11. The fact that she managed to conceive and deliver three children is almost remarkable considering the brutal tradition she herself endured as a child. When Bürgin was…

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Law tightened on female genital mutilation

This content was published on Jul 1, 2012 “Thanks to the new provision in our criminal law, mutilation of female genitals can be prosecuted and punished by a Swiss judge, even in cases where the offence has taken place abroad and even when not punishable under that country’s law,” Andrea Candrian, vice head of the Federal Justice Office’s international criminal law unit, told…

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Switzerland, a century ago

This content was published on Jun 30, 2012 Moeglé opened his first studio in Thun in the 1880s, followed by a second one at Hotel Gurnigelhof. He took portraits in the salons of Thun society, photographed associations, schools and weddings and accompanied tourists on mountain hikes and ski tours. A few months after his death in December 1938, during the clearout of his…

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“A victory for common sense”

This content was published on Jun 29, 2012 Notably in Switzerland – which has a mandatory health insurance policy – commentators were also keen to describe the decision as a win for solidarity over neo-conservative ideals. “By dividing the risk taken by health insurers among a larger number of insured, the Democrat administration has induced a philosophical rupture in a country where individualism…

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ICRC adapts to changing nature of conflicts

This content was published on Jun 29, 2012 Kellenberger, then a Swiss diplomat, took over the leadership of the Geneva-run ICRC in a year which had seen a spike in violence, notably in the Horn of Africa. The ICRC’s budget in 2000 stood at SFr1 billion ($1.04 billion), up some 30 per cent on 1999. The budget since then has had some small…

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“The ICRC today is a paradox”

This content was published on Jun 29, 2012 What at first appear to be contradictions, such as a Swiss private agency with a special status in public international law, actually works well, according to David Forsythe, author of two books on the ICRC. “Another paradox is that it has liberal goals, but conservative means,” Forsythe told swissinfo.ch. “That is, it is interested in…

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