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Cannabis dealer Rappaz resumes hunger strike

This content was published on Aug 30, 2010 Rappaz, from canton Valais, was taken back to jail after an appeal lodged at the Federal Tribunal in Lausanne was turned down. The appeal asked for suspension of a prison term of five years and eight months handed down by Valais authorities until they considered a request for pardon. Rappaz’ lawyer said on Monday there…

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Del Ponte denies allegations of using threats

This content was published on Aug 30, 2010 The claims were made by nationalist Serb politician Vojislav Seselj, who is on trial for alleged war crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal Court for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. In an interview with French-language Swiss television, Del Ponte denied putting pressure on witnesses. She is accused with two serving prosecutors, Hildegard Uertz-Retzlaff and…

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Federer remains on comeback trail

This content was published on Aug 29, 2010 But questions are being raised about whether he still has the mental and physical strength at the age of 29 to add another grand slam trophy to his mantelpiece collection. Since his defeat in the semifinal of the 2008 Australian Open against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, there has been plenty of speculation about the end of…

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Memorial service held for Belgian queen

This content was published on Aug 29, 2010 Queen Astrid was 29 when she died in a car accident in the lakeside town near Lucerne. Albert was just one year old at the time. Sunday’s memorial mass was held at the Queen Astrid Chapel near the scene of the accident. Quite a crowd gathered outside, including many Belgians living in Switzerland. In 1935,…

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Death penalty initiative not quite dead

This content was published on Aug 29, 2010 Marcel Graf, the initiative committee’s spokesman, has called on Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf to ensure that those accused of murder are tried and sentenced within a year. In an interview with the Aarau-based Sonntag newspaper, Graf said that he would pass the initiative on to others if the justice minister was unable to promise speedier…

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Non-profit group’s finance head steals funds

This content was published on Aug 28, 2010 As reported in Saturday’s French-language Tribune de Genève and Le Temps newspapers, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre) has lodged a criminal complaint against the man. He is charged with diverting funds through various means, including forged documents. He was caught in the act in mid-June, at which point the HD Centre fired him…

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UBS blocks Palestinian-bound payments

This content was published on Aug 28, 2010 She had wanted to send money to an aid organisation called Urgence Palestine-Vaud, but the bank declined to process the transaction. The decision was based on bank policy established in September 2008, UBS spokesman Serge Steiner said in Saturday’s Fribourg-based La Liberté newspaper. Payment transactions with certain countries and in certain areas are restricted based…

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Federer and Nadal face off for charity match

This content was published on Aug 28, 2010 The two archrivals will play the “Match for Africa” on December 21 at the Hallenstadion in Zurich. All proceeds will go towards the Roger Federer Foundation (RFF). The bank Credit Suisse is sponsoring the event. Tickets go on sale on September 1 at 10am via Ticketcorner. The RFF is a charitable grant-making foundation that supports…

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Swiss set to digitalise Nuremberg Trials

This content was published on Aug 27, 2010 The International Court of Justice in The Hague has requested help from the College of Engineering and Architecture in Fribourg to digitalize hundreds of hours of crackly audio from the trials stored on 2,000 dusty old vinyl records. “The records were more or less forgotten at The Hague until someone found them in a storage…

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Swiss return frozen Aeroflot assets

This content was published on Aug 27, 2010 The Federal Justice Office said the funds were transferred following a request for legal assistance by Russia three years ago. The Russian authorities launched proceedings into the embezzlement of Aeroflot assets by former managers, a Swiss lawyer and Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky in the late 1990s. All the defendants were tried and found guilty by…

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