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Red Cross workers kidnapped in Congo

This content was published on Apr 13, 2010 The Geneva-based organisation confirmed on Tuesday that seven Congolese and one Swiss national had been seized by the Mai Mai Yakutumba rebels in the South Kivu town of Fizi on Friday afternoon. ICRC spokesman Marcal Izard said that his organisation had been in touch with some of the victims; he declined to say whether it…

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Dreamworks chief animator makes his mark.

This content was published on Apr 13, 2010

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Crèche owner faces abuse charges

This content was published on Apr 12, 2010 The 64-year-old woman is accused of mistreating 71 children between 1999 and 2005. The children entrusted to her care were babies and preschoolers. According to the prosecution, the woman slapped and tied up the children as well as subjecting them to cold showers. In addition, she allegedly forced them to eat food that had gone…

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Mammoth Art Basel dwarfs world competition

This content was published on Apr 12, 2010 Four decades ago even the very idea of a mass art show – treating art as you might treat refrigerators – was so innovative that the inaugural event itself was a controversy. But Art Basel went from success to success, establishing itself as the largest international show of its kind in the space of just…

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Wawrinka wins Casablanca tennis tournament

This content was published on Apr 11, 2010 The top-seeded Swiss broke Hanescu twice in the first set and held serve despite landing only 40 per cent of his first serves and double-faulting twice. Wawrinka’s service improved in the second set as he made 63 per cent of first serves, and he won four games in a row to take a 5-1 lead.…

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Cancellara dominates at Paris-Roubaix classic

This content was published on Apr 11, 2010 The 29-year-old completed the 259 kilometres of the so-called Hell of the North route in six hours, 35 minutes and ten seconds. Thor Hushovd of Norway and Spain’s Juan Antonio Flecha finished two minutes behind. Cancellara, also known as Spartacus, also finished first in the Tour of Flanders last Sunday. It is the second time…

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Polish community mourns plane crash victims

This content was published on Apr 11, 2010 The bells at the Sacred Heart Church in the suburb of Wiedikon tolled at noon on Sunday in remembrance of the 96 dead. Among the mourners was a representative of the country’s embassy to Bern. The embassy and the country’s embassy to the United Nations in Geneva put out books of condolence. President Doris Leuthard…

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Avalanches killed 27 this season in Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 11, 2010 The figure is in line with the multi-year average, the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) said. By March 1, 24 people had died – nearly twice as many people as the average at that point in the season. The worst accident occurred on January 3 on the Drümännler in the Bernese…

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Task force to crack down on Nigerian criminals

This content was published on Apr 11, 2010 In an interview with the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper published on Sunday, director Alard du Bois-Reymond said 99.5 per cent of asylum-seekers from the West African country had no chance of asylum in Switzerland. “They do not come as refugees but to do business,” he said, referring to petty crime and drug trafficking. The task…

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Catholics wait for “More Good News”

This content was published on Apr 11, 2010 The “More Good News” campaign will begin one week later than planned and would be “slightly adjusted”, said Walter Müller, a spokesman for the Swiss Bishops Conference. The Church will in the introduction of its document add several sentences explaining why it makes sense to become – or remain – one of the faithful despite…

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