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Swiss oppose death penalty for minors in Iran

This content was published on Jul 7, 2010 The man scheduled for capital punishment was found guilty of murder in connection with a robbery in 2004. He was 15 at the time. His execution has been postponed several times over the past few years, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The young man has since withdrawn his confession; the exact circumstances of…

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Dutch power into World Cup final

This content was published on Jul 6, 2010 Dutch goals from Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben have set up an all-European final in Johannesburg on Sunday against either Spain or Germany. Diego Forlan and Maximiliano Pereira scored for Uruguay. The Dutch have never lifted the trophy but made the final twice, in 1974 and 1978, losing to West Germany and…

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Cancellara regains yellow jersey

This content was published on Jul 6, 2010 Cancellara, who finished the bumpy third stage over cobblestones in a five-man group behind Thor Hushovd of Norway, was delighted to retrieve the leader’s jersey. “Yesterday I gave it up, today I took it,” he said. “We can call it a good day for Saxo Bank despite the loss of Frank, a great friend.” Frank…

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Alphorn Egnach: Typisch Egnach

This content was published on Jul 6, 2010 Typisch Egnach Alphornbläser Egnach (Trio)

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Vandal appeals against sentence in Singapore

This content was published on Jul 6, 2010 Speaking on Tuesday, the man’s lawyer was unable to say whether his client had already received the three strokes of the cane to which he had also been sentenced. The Singapore authorities refused to comment on this aspect. Acts of vandalism can be punished by up to eight strokes of the cane in Singapore. The…

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A window on a Hopper way of life

This content was published on Jul 5, 2010 An extensive exhibition of works by American artist Edward Hopper has recently opened in Lausanne which captures the spirit of his iconic images. It also gives a new insight into his creative process. Lausanne’s Hermitage Foundation, in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, has brought together 160 Hopper works, including…

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The end of a rocky start

This content was published on Jul 5, 2010 I made it just about as far as one can see from Leysin, following the French-Swiss border almost until Italy. The landscape thrust up from Lake Geneva with breathtaking speed, and within a few hours of walking I’d left behind the quietly beautiful lakeside village of St. Gingolphe, and with it, nearly all human intrusion…

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Keeping gypsies and locals on a straight road

This content was published on Jul 5, 2010 Cultural mediator Nadia Bizzini, who works in the Italian-speaking border canton of Ticino, tells swissinfo.ch that relations between the two communities are still beset by prejudice and misunderstandings. In medieval times, travellers were said to be the descendants of Cain. Nowadays they make up the largest minority in Europe, at around 15 million people, and…

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The Jenisch

This content was published on Jul 5, 2010 Despite being granted Swiss citizenship in 1851, the Jenisch were marginalised for more than a century. From 1926-1972 Jenisch children were taken away from their parents and put into care. Nowadays around 90 per cent of the 30,000 Jenisch in Switzerland have abandoned their nomadic lifestyle.

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