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ART: Mysticism – Yearning for the Absolute

This content was published on Sep 12, 2011 The exhibition examines the lives and works of forty male and female mystics from the great religions of the world – Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Islam and Judaism, opening the door to a world of spiritual experiences and secrets.

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Swiss urged to include charities in their will

This content was published on Sep 12, 2011 The first International Legacy Giving Day is being held on September 13, during Remember A Charity Week, with slogans along the lines of “Do good when you’re gone!” or “Sow together and reap separately”. “People are afraid of thinking about their death, but for me this will is just a piece of paper,” said 70-year-old…

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Party Time

This content was published on Sep 12, 2011 We are eight people at the Cesare Fiorio bivouac hut, 2,729 meters high on the south flank of 3820-meter Mont Dolent. The only water here is what we managed to scoop from a trough in the rocks, one cupful at a time. But we’re here to party, so we supplemented our liquids with Dale’s fine…

Fifty years of fighting for bread and justice

This content was published on Sep 12, 2011 Set up by the Swiss Protestant churches at the height of decolonisation in Africa, Bread for all, or Bread for Brothers as it was known at first, was part of a new aid and development movement which was looking for fresh ways to support newly-independent populations. Partly inspired by liberation theology ideas coming from Latin…

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Door “still open” for new Swiss nuclear reactors

This content was published on Sep 11, 2011 Jean-Christophe Füeg, head of international energy affairs at the Federal Energy Office, explains why, despite the decision to phase out nuclear power in Switzerland, the door remains open for the construction of new generation reactors. Six months ago a magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami knocked out reactor cooling systems at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, 240 km…

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On the Alpage

This content was published on Sep 11, 2011 That depends on the place and the time. At its core, an alpage is the high alpine pasture where cows live during the summer. They are milked each day, and for that you need buildings where the milk is stored and then turned into cheese. All summer during my hiking I’ve walked past stone buildings…

Federer knocked out of US Open

This content was published on Sep 11, 2011 Although Federer got off to a good start, Serbia’s Djokovic fought back to win a place in the final 6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 on Saturday. “It’s awkward having to explain this loss because I feel like I should be doing the other press conference,” said Federer said after the nearly four-hour match at Arthur…

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Warriors, Dogs and a Saint

This content was published on Sep 10, 2011 I walked up to Grand St Bernard from Bourg St Pierre along the old Roman road, a route that served Celtic tribes on their way to take Italy (or rather, portions of what we now call Italy) way back in 390 BC. The Romans built a real road to provide more efficient passage during their…

Will economics trump tradition on the Alp?

This content was published on Sep 10, 2011 The “Scargada”, as it is called in Romansh, meaning the “unloading” (of the pastures) was celebrated in the village of Breil (Brigels) in the Surselva region this past weekend, to be followed by many other “scargadas” around Graubünden. The animals are herded down to the village on the way to their owners’ barns, and people…

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Fifty years of Madagascar aid reaches end

This content was published on Sep 9, 2011 With the end of the SAHA rural development programme set for December 31, 2012, the challenge will be to ensure the continuing durability of activities initiated by the Swiss when financial support is reduced to around SFr1.5 million ($1.85 million) a year. “Officially, we’re leaving at the end of 2012, but we hope to keep…

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