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Hospital scanners detect cocaine in wine

This content was published on Nov 2, 2010 Swiss researchers have shown that simple hospital scanners are not only useful in detecting tumours and cancers in the human body, but also uncovering cocaine dissolved in wine or other fluids. By using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines used to do imaging of knees or of the brain, it is possible to trace cocaine in…

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Campaign launched against child sex tourism

This content was published on Nov 2, 2010 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) and Ecpat Switzerland, the institute of Child Protection Switzerland which works to prevent child prostitution, on Tuesday presented the “Campaign to Protect Children and Youth against Sexual Exploitation in Tourism” in Bern. At the centre of the campaign are a widely distributed video spot and new opportunities to…

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Eurovision turns to direct democracy

This content was published on Nov 2, 2010 There are no fewer than 320 performances to choose from on the Swiss German television website and the lines will be open until November 10. The candidates for the 2011 event in Düsseldorf are a mix of established singers and unknowns. The 12 with the most votes will present their songs on December 11 in…

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Federer wins in Basel

This content was published on Nov 1, 2010 Federer was leading Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-4, 5-2 when the Ukrainian, ranked 48 in the world, retired with an injured ankle. The Swiss, who will meet Serb Janko Tipsarevic or Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the second round on Wednesday, won the tournament for three straight years before he was beaten by Novak Djokovic in last…

Luana: SerioSistas

This content was published on Nov 1, 2010 Luana debuted 1990 on the first Swiss rap CD-compilation Fresh Stuff. Since she has preferably used to rap and sing in English. Six years later she released her first own album SerioSistas. It featured such international eminences as Afrika Bambaataa and Cora E. Luana became member of the Zulu Nation movement, a social organization founded…

Two Swiss die in Caribbean armed robbery

This content was published on Nov 1, 2010 The foreign ministry on Monday confirmed the deaths, adding that Dominican authorities had formally identified the victims. El Nuevo Diario, a local newspaper, reported that a woman aged 47 and a man aged 66, originally from Switzerland, had been found dead at their hotel in the tourist area of Boca Chica, one hour by car…

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Paddling into the Lavaux

This content was published on Nov 1, 2010 The shoreline here in the Lavaux country is amazingly beautiful and just the way I like it: steeply plunging into the lake, with white-crusted peaks rising high on the far shore, and wine grapes painting the hillside. The wines produced here are famed throughout Switzerland and would be well known around the world if the…

Career killer

This content was published on Nov 1, 2010 People are putting a lot of private information on the internet. Embarrassing data made public is used by firms recruiting new employees. Drunken sprees or half naked photos could damage your career, for a very long time. (SF-swissinfo.ch)

A Swiss surrealist

This content was published on Nov 1, 2010 Swiss surrealist Meret Oppenheim died on November 15, 1985 at the age of 72, leaving behind a wealth of work including paintings, poems, lithographs, photographs and sculptures. Twenty-five years after her death, her niece Lisa Wenger looks back at Meret Oppenheim’s legacy. (Jessica Dacey and Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo.ch)

A Day of Repose in Lausanne

This content was published on Oct 31, 2010 …I don’t think I’ve ever ventured beyond the railway station and the through-roads. What a lovely town Id been missing! Built on a hillside to better avoid marauding armies traveling the lakeshore, this ancient town (yes, dating back at least to the Romans, who named it Lousanna) is the fourth-largest city in Switzerland. It is…

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