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Swiss launch aid efforts for Haiti

This content was published on Oct 27, 2010 The experts from the disaster relief unit will assist the local authorities during a three-week mission, according to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The Swiss branch of the church charity Caritas, which has been active in the region for more than 30 years, has pledged SFr100,000 ($101,184) to support a hospital and health…

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UN ambassador pushes for women’s rights

This content was published on Oct 27, 2010 The UN Security Council has debated a resolution passed ten years ago whose goals remain far from achieved. Resolution Number 1325 calls for world leaders to ensure a woman’s right to peace and security. Swiss Ambassador to the UN Paul Seger addressed the council on Tuesday to propose a member state take the lead on…

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Carlo Brunner’s Superländlerkapelle: Locker vom Hocker

This content was published on Oct 27, 2010 Alpewelle-Schottisch Carlo Brunner’s Superländlerkapelle

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A forest to lose yourself in

This content was published on Oct 26, 2010 All the fir trees look pretty much the same, as do the little rolling hills, and also the twisting gravel roads. Even the three deer we saw leaping across the road looked alike to me. This morning when I went off by myself to find a corner nook of the border, I really wanted to…

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Children’s charity fights for survival

This content was published on Oct 26, 2010 The foundation’s director, Stephan Oetiker, told journalists that in addition to the restructuring programme already undertaken, under which 20 full-time posts had been shed, it would step up its appeals to the public and also look for money from political and economic sources. It depends on voluntary donations for 80 per cent of its funding.…

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Godard, cinematic myth

This content was published on Oct 26, 2010 Jean-Luc Godard’s work has traversed all genres of film, from videos and advertisements to the New Wave and documentaries, from feature films to shorts. Some have become classics while others remain impenetrable to all but the hardiest cinephile. (Photos: cinetext/akg images/AFP/Kobal collection)

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Eva Kesselring: Wondering What Is Coming

This content was published on Oct 26, 2010 Tune For Lu Eva Kesselring

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Godard to skip honorary Oscar ceremony

This content was published on Oct 26, 2010 Godard, 79, was invited to the ceremony on November 13 to accept an honorary Oscar marking his 50 years as “one of the seminal modernists in the history of cinema” through films like Breathless and Sympathy for the Devil. But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that after a “two-month cordial exchange…

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Fifa scandal prompts anti-graft law review

This content was published on Oct 25, 2010 In a new twist, Fifa’s former secretary-general Michel Zen-Ruffinen allegedly told undercover reporters about Fifa executives who were open to bribery and said two candidate countries had colluded to trade votes. Swiss Sports Minister Ueli Maurer, who also heads the defence ministry, has asked Federal Sports Office officials to re-examine the issue of corruption in…

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UN ambassador pushes for women’s rights

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A forest to lose yourself in

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Children’s charity fights for survival

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Godard, cinematic myth

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