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Red Cross aid heads to Libyan border town

This content was published on Mar 4, 2011 A charter flight carrying seven tonnes of material took off on Friday from Basel. The goods are headed for the town of Ras Jdir on the Libyan-Tunisian border. The aid includes 3,500 wool blankets and ten large tents that can be used for shelter or as makeshift medical units. A second Swiss government-sponsored flight carrying family…

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Picasso’s erotic obsessions revealed

This content was published on Mar 4, 2011 Picasso: The Power of Eros at the Museum of Fine Arts Bern brings together around 100 of the 20th century master’s prints from the vast collection of a Zurich industrialist. At the entrance of the exhibition, which runs until May 1, hangs a panel listing the most important women in the Spanish artist’s life: Fernande…

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Retired Del Ponte eyes inquiry in Kosovo

This content was published on Mar 4, 2011 Del Ponte, who was prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for eight years from 1999 to 2007, is returning to Switzerland after three years as ambassador to Argentina. The prosecutor created an international controversy with the 2008 publication of the book The Hunt: War Criminals and Me in which she described…

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Ammann flies to success in Oslo

This content was published on Mar 3, 2011 He flew to third place in the large hill ski jump following an excellent second jump of 134.5 metres, which moved him up from eighth place after the first round. The title went to Austrian rival Gregor Schlierenzauer, who won his first individual gold medal on Thursday, finishing ahead of his compatriot and the favourite Thomas…

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The Power of Eros

This content was published on Mar 3, 2011 Picasso: The Power of Eros at the Museum of Fine Arts Bern brings together around 100 of Picasso’s prints. They are part of the vast collection amassed by Zurich industrialist Georges Bloch.

Fool moon

This content was published on Mar 3, 2011 The long winter nights are coming to an end and for the inhabitants of Lucerne the carnival period is beginning. Dirty Thursday marks the start of the annual craziness. (Pictures: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo.ch)

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Geneva Motor Show opens its doors

This content was published on Mar 3, 2011 Among the stars of the show are Volkswagen’s Bulli, a contemporary take on the old minibus much loved by hippies in the 1970s, and Hyundai’s i40 D-class luxury station wagon. Despite the spectre of sharply higher oil prices, the super sports car segment has plenty to show as well. Lamborghini is rolling out the sixth…

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Paolo Basso, from Ticino, is the best wine connoisseur in Europe

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Alexandre Dubach Quartett: Haydn & Tchaikovsky

This content was published on Mar 3, 2011 String Quartet op.76 no.2. Andante. Alexandre Dubach Quartett

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