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“Everything is broken and lost”

This content was published on Aug 5, 2010 Sher Zaman, a Pakistani who works for the Basel-based fair trade label, Step, has travelled through the region and spoke to swissinfo.ch about the need for international help. The Swiss foreign ministry said on Thursday it was considering increasing aid to the ravaged nation where 1,500 people have died. Thousands are homeless; tens of thousands…

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Pakistan’s flood

This content was published on Aug 5, 2010 Massive damage to streets, railways, homes and bridges. Drinking water is contaminated, threatening the health of many people, particularly the old and the young. More than three million people are believed to be affected by the flooding in northwestern Pakistan.

Google Street View hits the road again

This content was published on Aug 5, 2010 Federal data protection commissioner Hanspeter Thür has taken Google to court in a dispute over privacy protection in Google’s Street View picture map. An interim agreement between the two means that no pictures will be added to Street View or other applications until the Federal Administrative Court has given its decision. In May Thür explained…

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Young Boys show soccer maturity in Turkey

This content was published on Aug 5, 2010 After a 2-2 draw in Bern in the first leg, Young Boys were the clear underdogs. Fenerbahçe made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2008 and had been expected to progress further in this season’s competition. The Swiss were helped by the dismissal of Fenerbahçe’s Miroslav Stoch in the 53rd minute after…

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Helping girls in trouble

This content was published on Aug 5, 2010 They are often victims of physical, psychological or sexual violence – normally carried out within the family. Some are fleeing from forced marriages. Zurich was shaken in May by the case of 16-year-old Swera, of Pakistani Muslim origin, who was killed by her father with an axe in what has been described as an honour…

Tapping into alternative energy for the soul

This content was published on Aug 4, 2010 Flipping through a book called “Places of Power in Switzerland”, swissinfo.ch picks three – urban, suburban and remote – to get a rough sampling of what’s available on the alternative energy market. The first stop is Werthenstein, a pilgrim site along the Way of St James and not far from the city of Lucerne. It…

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Director prepares for a leaner Locarno

This content was published on Aug 4, 2010 Olivier Père explains to swissinfo.ch why regular festival sections have been axed and says showing fewer films will make Locarno the “best possible showcase” for critics and cinema-goers alike. Formerly in charge of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Père says he prefers to stay out of the limelight and let the films speak for themselves. The…

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Swiss deliver Pakistan flood aid

This content was published on Aug 3, 2010 The United Nations says 1.8 million people are in dire need of water, food and shelter after the heaviest monsoon rains in 80 years. Northwestern Pakistan has been the hardest-hit. More rain is forecast in the coming days in the northwest and in southern provinces of Punjab and Sindh. Washed out bridges and roads have…

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Festival de la Plage des Six-Pompes

This content was published on Aug 3, 2010

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Fifa fines teams over World Cup final antics

This content was published on Aug 3, 2010 Zurich-based Fifa announced on Tuesday that the Dutch football federation must pay SFr15,000 ($14,480) after eight different players received yellow cards, and defender John Heitinga was sent off. Spain received five yellow cards, which will cost the country’s football federation a SFr10,000 ($9,650) fine. Fifa’s disciplinary code has a clause on team misconduct calling for…

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